2026 Neil Nevitte: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	30	1163	1050	42	42	127	4893

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Neil Nevitte is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their main fields of study encompass social sciences broadly, with focused engagement in political science and international relations, gender studies, and sociology and political science.

Their research covers a variety of topics, particularly in electoral systems and political participation, gender politics and representation, and social and intergroup psychology. These areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach to understanding political behavior and social dynamics.

The recent academic output includes a paper titled Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States, published in 2022 in the journal Politics and Governance. This paper explores the relationship between leader evaluations and voter engagement in presidential elections within the U.S.

Co-authorship is an element of their work, with frequent collaborators including Liran Harsgor and Elisabeth Gidengil, contributing jointly to their research efforts.

Publications by Neil Nevitte have appeared in venues such as Politics and Governance, indicating engagement with scholarly platforms focused on political science topics.

Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States (2022) in Politics and Governance

Liran Harsgor
Elisabeth Gidengil

Politics and Governance

Social Sciences

Political Science and International Relations
Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science

Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Gender Politics and Representation
Social and Intergroup Psychology

In 2008, Neil Nevitte was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada within the Academy of Social Sciences, reflecting a formal acknowledgment of their contributions to the field.

Best Publications

Where does turnout decline come from

André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil;Neil Nevitte

507
Citations
Measuring strategic voting in multiparty plurality elections

André Blais;Richard Nadeau;Elisabeth Gidengil;Neil Nevitte

297
Citations
Politics and Professional Advancement Among College Faculty

Stanley Rothman;S. Robert Lichter;Neil Nevitte

275
Citations
The Political Resocialization of Immigrants: Resistance or Lifelong Learning?

Stephen K. White;Neil Nevitte;André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil

258
Citations
ISSUE IMPORTANCE AND PERFORMANCE VOTING

Patrick Fournier;André Blais;Richard Nadeau;Elisabeth Gidengil

254
Citations
Time-of-voting decision and susceptibility to campaign effects

Patrick Fournier;Richard Nadeau;André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil

240
Citations
Measuring Party Identification: Britain, Canada, and the United States

André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil;Richard Nadeau;Neil Nevitte

197
Citations
Accounting for the Age Gap in Turnout

Daniel Rubenson;Daniel Rubenson;André Blais;Patrick Fournier;Elisabeth Gidengil

178
Citations
Does the Local Candidate Matter? Candidate Effects in the Canadian Election of 2000

André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil;Agnieszka Dobrzynska;Neil Nevitte

175
Citations
Making Sense of Regional Voting in the 1997 Canadian Federal Election: Liberal and Reform Support Outside Quebec

Elisabeth Gidengil;André Blais;Richard Nadeau;Neil Nevitte

160
Citations
Explaining The Gender Gap in Support for the New Right: The Case of Canada

Elisabeth Gidengil;Matthew Hennigar;AndrÉ Blais;Neil Nevitte

151
Citations
Election Campaigns as Information Campaigns: Who Learns What and Does it Matter?

Richard Nadeau;Neil Nevitte;Elisabeth Gidengil;André Blais

148
Citations
The Civic Culture Transformed

Russell Dalton;Christian Welzel

114
Citations
The Correlates and Consequences of Anti-Partyism in the 1997 Canadian Election:

Elisabeth Gidengil;André Blais;Neil Nevitte;Richard Nadeau

103
Citations
Does low turnout matter? Evidence from the 2000 Canadian federal election

Daniel Rubenson;André Blais;Patrick Fournier;Elisabeth Gidengil

98
Citations
Back to the Future? Making Sense of the 2004 Canadian Election outside Quebec

Elisabeth Gidengil;André Blais;Joanna Everitt;Patrick Fournier

94
Citations
Does Enrollment Diversity Improve University Education

Stanley Rothman;Seymour Martin Lipset;Neil Nevitte

94
Citations
The formation of party preferences: Testing the proximity and directional models

André Blais;Richard Nadeau;Elisabeth Gidengil;Neil Nevitte

93
Citations
Scapegoating: Unemployment, far-right parties and anti-immigrant sentiment

Christopher Cochrane;Neil Nevitte

84
Citations
Teach your children well: Values of thrift and saving

C. Leigh Anderson;Neil Nevitte

79
Citations
Political judgments, perceptions of facts, and partisan effects

André Blais;Elisabeth Gidengil;Patrick Fournier;Neil Nevitte

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth Gidengil McGill University

André Blais University of Montreal

Richard Nadeau University of Montreal

Seymour Martin Lipset George Mason University

Ronald Inglehart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Richard Johnston University of British Columbia

Christian Welzel Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley

Russell J. Dalton University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of Neil Nevitte

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