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Nic Cheeseman publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nic Cheeseman sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 171 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Nic Cheeseman D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nic Cheeseman sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nic Cheeseman is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is in Social Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research, Development, and Communication.

The research topics addressed by Cheeseman cover a range of issues including:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • International Development and Aid
  • Social Media and Politics
  • African studies and sociopolitical issues

Recent scholarly contributions include several papers published between 2020 and 2022. Some notable titles are:

  • "Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's WhatsApp Politics" (2020), Journal of Democracy
  • "Tanzania: The Roots of Repression" (2021), Journal of Democracy
  • "The Curse of Good Intentions: Why Anticorruption Messaging Can Encourage Bribery" (2021), American Political Science Review
  • "African Studies Keyword: Democracy" (2021), African Studies Review
  • "Why efforts to fight corruption can undermine the social contract: Lessons from a survey experiment in Nigeria" (2022), Governance

Nic Cheeseman frequently collaborates with other researchers. Among the most common co-authors are Justin Willis and Gabrielle Lynch, with 14 co-authored works each, followed by Caryn Peiffer with 5, and Jonathan Fisher and Heather D. Flowe contributing to 2 works each.

Their work is also commonly published in specific academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets comprise:

  • Journal of Democracy (3 publications)
  • African Studies Review (3 publications)
  • Journal of Eastern African Studies (2 publications)
  • American Political Science Review (1 publication)
  • Governance (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, Nic Cheeseman has published books, notably with Cambridge University Press. Among these is "The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa" (2020).

Best Publications

  • Democratization, sequencing, and state failure in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

    Daniel Branch;Nic Cheeseman

  • The Kenyan Elections of 2007: An Introduction

    Nic Cheeseman

  • Democracy in Africa

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  • Power-sharing in comparative perspective: the dynamics of ‘unity government’ in Kenya and Zimbabwe*

    Nic Cheeseman;Blessing-Miles Tendi

  • Rethinking the ‘presidentialism debate’: conceptualizing coalitional politics in cross-regional perspective

    Paul Chaisty;Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power

  • Parties, Platforms, and Political Mobilization: The Zambian Presidential Election of 2008

    Nic Cheeseman;Marja Hinfelaar

  • Democracy and its discontents: understanding Kenya's 2013 elections

    Nicholas Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • Decentralisation in Kenya : the governance of governors

    Nicholas Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • African Elections as Vehicles for Change

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  • Digital dilemmas: the unintended consequences of election technology

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • Ethnicity as a political cleavage

    Nicholas Cheeseman;R. Ford

  • Ethnopopulism in Africa: opposition mobilization in diverse and unequal societies

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  • The internal dynamics of power-sharing in Africa

    Nic Cheeseman

  • Managing a mega-city: learning the lessons from Lagos

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  • Kenya's 2017 elections : winner-takes-all politics as usual?

    Nicholas Cheeseman;Karuti Kanyinga;Gabrielle Lynch;Mutuma Ruteere

  • Our turn to eat : politics in Kenya since 1950

    Branch Branch;Nic Cheeseman;Leigh Gardner

  • Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective

    Paul Chaisty;Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power

  • Zimbabwe: The coup that never was, and the election that could have been

    Nicole Beardsworth;Nic Cheeseman;Simukai Tinhu

  • Tanzania: the roots of repression

    Nic Cheeseman;Hilary Matfess;Alitalali Amani

  • Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's WhatsApp Politics

    Nic Cheeseman;Jonathan Fisher;Idayat Hassan;Jamie Hitchen

  • Ghana: The Ebbing Power of Incumbency

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • War and democracy: the legacy of conflict in East Africa

    Nic Cheeseman;Michaela Collord;Filip Reyntjens

  • Peace but at what cost? Media coverage of elections and conflict in Kenya

    Nic Cheeseman;Jacinta Maweu;Seth Ouma

  • Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems

    Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power;Paul Chaisty

  • The political economy of Kenya

    Nic Cheeseman;Karuti Kanyinga;Gabrielle Lynch

  • Notes on Researching Africa

    Nic Cheeseman;Carl Death;Lindsay Whitfield

  • The Retreat of African Democracy

    Nic Cheeseman;Jeffrey Smith

  • The Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments 1989–2014

    Nic Cheeseman

  • Reimagining the Role of the Commonwealth in the UK’s Future

    Nic Cheeseman;Alana Tomlin

  • Democracy in Africa: Cultures of Resistance: Civil Society and the Limits of Power

    Nic Cheeseman

  • Navigating Multiple Moralities

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • Were the Kenyan Elections Conducted Successfully

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • Kenya's Electoral Impasse

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • Why Kenya's Supreme Court Can't Solve the Country's Electoral Crisis

    Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

  • An Introduction to African Affairs and African Studies

    Nic Cheeseman;Carl Death;Lindsay Whitfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabrielle Lynch
Gabrielle Lynch University of Warwick
Timothy J. Power
Timothy J. Power University of Oxford
Filip Reyntjens
Filip Reyntjens University of Antwerp
Sarah Birch
Sarah Birch King's College London
Robert Mattes
Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde
Rita Abrahamsen
Rita Abrahamsen University of Ottawa
Jack Corbett
Jack Corbett Monash University

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