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Oliver James 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 Oliver James sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 148 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oliver James 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 Oliver James 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: 38 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Oliver James is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and focuses their research within the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several specialized areas including Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection

Oliver James has multiple publications in frequent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, BJPsych Open, NeuroImage, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Oliver James include:

  • The Effects of Trait Extraversion on University Student Mental Health and Well-being During Lockdown: A Systematic Review, 2023, BJPsych Open
  • The Representational Dynamics of Sequential Perceptual Averaging, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Frontal engagement in perceptual integration under low subjective visibility, 2024, NeuroImage
  • Choice-Dependent Delta-Band Neural Trajectory During Semantic Category Decision Making in the Human Brain, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontal engagement in perceptual integration under low subjective visibility, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers including Yee-Joon Kim, Jongrok Do, Jisub Bae, Koeun Jung, and Satoru Suzuki.

Oliver James has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Regulation Inside Government: Waste-Watchers, Quality Police, and Sleaze-Busters

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;Colin Scott;George W. Jones

  • The Limitations of ‘Policy Transfer’ and ‘Lesson Drawing’ for Public Policy Research

    Oliver James;Martin Lodge

  • Evaluating the Expectations Disconfirmation and Expectations Anchoring Approaches to Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Services

    Oliver James

  • Controlling Modern Government: Variety, Commonality And Change

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;B. Guy Peters;Colin Scott

  • The Executive Agency Revolution in Whitehall

    Oliver James

  • Performance Measures and Democracy: Information Effects on Citizens in Field and Laboratory Experiments

    Oliver James

  • Regulation of Government: Has it Increased, is it Increasing, Should it be Diminished?

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;Colin Scott

  • Regulation Inside Government

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;George Jones;Colin Scott

  • DOES PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICES AFFECT CITIZENS' PERCEPTIONS, SATISFACTION, AND VOICE BEHAVIOUR? FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

    Oliver James;Alice Moseley

  • Democracy and government performance: holding incumbents accountable in English local governments

    George Alexander Boyne;Oliver James;Peter John;Nicolai Petrovsky

  • MANAGING CITIZENS' EXPECTATIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    Oliver James

  • Public Management at the Ballot Box: Performance Information and Electoral Support for Incumbent English Local Governments

    Oliver James;Peter John

  • Controlling Modern Government

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;B. Peters;Colin Scott

  • Regulation Inside Government: Public Interest Justifications and Regulatory Failures

    Oliver James

  • Regulation Inside Government: Where New Public Management Meets the Audit Explosion

    Christopher Hood;Oliver James;George Jones;Colin Scott

  • The UK Core Executive's Use of Public Service Agreements as a Tool of Governance

    Oliver James

  • Motivated Reasoning about Public Performance: An Experimental Study of How Citizens Judge the Affordable Care Act

    Oliver James;Gregg G. Van Ryzin

  • Top management turnover and organizational performance: A test of a contingency model

    George Alexander Boyne;Oliver James;Peter John;Nicolai Petrovsky

  • Experiments in public management research: Challenges and contributions

    Oliver James;Sebastian R. Jilke;Gregg G. Van Ryzin

  • Business Models and the Transfer of Businesslike CentralGovernment Agencies

    Oliver James

Frequent Co-Authors

George Alexander Boyne
George Alexander Boyne University of Aberdeen
Christopher Hood
Christopher Hood University of Oxford
Peter John
Peter John King's College London
Gregg G. Van Ryzin
Gregg G. Van Ryzin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Colin Scott
Colin Scott University College Dublin
Richard M. Walker
Richard M. Walker Lingnan University
Donald P. Moynihan
Donald P. Moynihan University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martin Lodge
Martin Lodge London School of Economics and Political Science
Gene A. Brewer
Gene A. Brewer Arizona State University

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