2026 Nils B. Weidmann: 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	34	829	749	39	38	89	7126

Nils B. Weidmann 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 Nils B. Weidmann sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 89 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nils B. Weidmann 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 Nils B. Weidmann sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nils B. Weidmann is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany. Their academic work spans multiple fields with significant contributions in Social Sciences and Computer Science. Within these areas, their research engages with subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Artificial Intelligence, Software, and Information Systems.

The scholar's main research topics include:

Political Conflict and Governance
Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
Social Media and Politics
International Development and Aid
COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Weidmann are:

"Estimating Local Inequality from Nighttime Lights," 2021, Remote Sensing
"How Dictators Control the Internet: A Review Essay," 2020, Comparative Political Studies
"Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset," 2021, Journal of Conflict Resolution
"United they stand: Findings from an escalation prediction competition," 2022, International Interactions
"Thin-skinned leaders: regime legitimation, protest issues, and repression in autocracies," 2021, Political Science Research and Methods

Frequent collaborators in Weidmann's research include:

Anthony Anjorin
Eda Keremoğlu
Gregor Engels
Enes Yigitbas
Lars-Erik Cederman

The academic venues where Weidmann has published most frequently are:

Harvard Dataverse
arXiv (Cornell University)
Comparative Political Studies
International Interactions
Political Science Research and Methods

Weidmann's contributions extend to book publications as well, with a title published by Cambridge University Press:

"Data Management for Social Scientists," 2023

This profile highlights Weidmann's multidisciplinary engagement, encompassing both social scientific inquiry and computational methodologies, regularly intersecting with politically relevant themes and software engineering approaches.

Best Publications

Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnonationalist Civil War: A Global Comparison

Lars-Erik Cederman;Nils B. Weidmann;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

1282
Citations
Politically Relevant Ethnic Groups across Space and Time : Introducing the GeoEPR Dataset

Julian Wucherpfennig;Nils B. Weidmann;Luc Girardin;Lars-Erik Cederman

417
Citations
The Geography of the International System: The CShapes Dataset

Nils B. Weidmann;Doreen Kuse;Kristian Skrede Gleditsch

394
Citations
Representing Ethnic Groups in Space: A New Dataset

Nils B. Weidmann;Jan Ketil Rød;Lars-Erik Cederman

394
Citations
Empowering activists or autocrats? The Internet in authoritarian regimes

Espen Geelmuyden Rød;Nils B. Weidmann

345
Citations
Geography as Motivation and Opportunity: Group Concentration and Ethnic Conflict

Nils B. Weidmann

319
Citations
A Closer Look at Reporting Bias in Conflict Event Data

Nils B. Weidmann

308
Citations
Is the phone mightier than the sword? Cellphones and insurgent violence in iraq

Jacob N. Shapiro;Nils B. Weidmann

239
Citations
Predicting Conflict in Space and Time

Nils B. Weidmann;Michael D. Ward

214
Citations
On the Accuracy of Media-based Conflict Event Data:

Nils B. Weidmann

214
Citations
A two-level learning method for generalized multi-instance problems

Nils Weidmann;Eibe Frank;Bernhard Pfahringer

210
Citations
Using night light emissions for the prediction of local wealth

Nils B Weidmann;Sebastian Schutte

200
Citations
Predicting armed conflict: Time to adjust our expectations?

Lars-Erik Cederman;Nils B. Weidmann

173
Citations
Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad

Nils B. Weidmann;Idean Salehyan

168
Citations
Diffusion patterns of violence in civil wars

Sebastian Schutte;Nils B. Weidmann;Nils B. Weidmann

168
Citations
Violence “from above” or “from below”? The Role of Ethnicity in Bosnia’s Civil War1

Nils B. Weidmann

149
Citations
The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies

Nils B. Weidmann;Espen Geelmuyden Rød

125
Citations
Digital discrimination: Political bias in Internet service provision across ethnic groups

Nils B. Weidmann;Suso Benitez-Baleato;Suso Benitez-Baleato;Philipp Hunziker;Eduard Glatz

124
Citations
Using machine-coded event data for the micro-level study of political violence

Jesse Hammond;Jesse Hammond;Nils B Weidmann

105
Citations
Triangulating horizontal inequality : Toward improved conflict analysis

Lars-Erik Cederman;Nils B Weidmann;Nils-Christian Bormann

104
Citations
Violence and Election Fraud : Evidence from Afghanistan

Nils B. Weidmann;Michael Callen

104
Citations
Communication networks and the transnational spread of ethnic conflict

Nils B Weidmann

96
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars-Erik Cederman ETH Zurich

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex

Xenofontas Dimitropoulos University of Crete

Michael D. Ward Duke University

Jacob N. Shapiro Princeton University

Idean Salehyan University of North Texas

Andreas Wimmer Columbia University

Bernhard Pfahringer University of Waikato

Eibe Frank University of Waikato

Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham University of Maryland, College Park

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