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Political Science
UK
2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 50 231 205 33 30 183 16747

Philip N. Howard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philip N. Howard between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philip N. Howard published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2020. 12 of the 210 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2020. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 6 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1981 2025

210 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philip N. Howard: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2
1995 1
1996 0
1997 2
1998 1
1999 1
2000 4
2001 2
2002 2
2003 2
2004 2
2005 12
2006 1
2007 6
2008 7
2009 8
2010 17
2011 10
2012 4
2013 15
2014 7
2015 4
2016 15
2017 8
2018 13
2019 6
2020 27
2021 5
2022 4
2023 6
2024 6
2025 6
Total 210
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Philip N. Howard 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 Philip N. Howard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 181–185 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 183 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27 183
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Philip N. Howard 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 Philip N. Howard sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 50 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19 50
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Philip N. Howard is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with a focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, communication, political science and international relations, health, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Philip N. Howard has contributed to various peer-reviewed articles published in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of Communication
  • Journalism
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • Journal of Information Technology & Politics

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Anything that Causes Chaos": The Organizational Behavior of Russia Today (RT), 2020, Journal of Communication
  • Who is afraid of fake news? Modeling risk perceptions of misinformation in 142 countries, 2022, Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • What to expect when you're expecting robots: Futures, expectations, and pseudo-artificial general intelligence in UK news, 2020, Journalism
  • Misinformation and professional news on largely unmoderated platforms: the case of telegram, 2022, Journal of Information Technology & Politics
  • The political economy of digital profiteering: communication resource mobilization by anti-vaccination actors, 2022, Journal of Communication

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Aleksi Knuutila
  • Lisa-Maria Neudert
  • Aliaksandr Herasimenka
  • Jonathan Bright
  • Mona Elswah

In addition to journal publications, Philip N. Howard has authored books published by Yale University Press. These include:

  • Lie Machines, 2020
  • Pax Technica, 2020

Best Publications

  • Democracy's Fourth Wave?: Digital Media and the Arab Spring

    Muzammil M. Hussain;Philip N. Howard

  • Days and Nights on the Internet The Impact of a Diffusing Technology

    Philip E. N. Howard;Lee Rainie;Steve Jones

  • The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

    Philip N. Howard

  • Types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation

    JS Brennen;FM Simon;PN Howard;RK Nielsen

  • HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

    Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

  • New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen

    Philip N. Howard

  • Network Ethnography and the Hypermedia Organization: New Media, New Organizations, New Methods

    Philip N. Howard

  • Opening Closed Regimes: What was the Role of Social Media during the Arab Spring?

    Philip Howard;Aiden Duffy;Deen Freelon;Muzammil M. Hussain

  • Use of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol gene score to distinguish patients with polygenic and monogenic familial hypercholesterolaemia: a case-control study

    Philippa J Talmud;Sonia Shah;Ros Whittall;Marta Futema

  • The Role of Digital Media

    Philip N. Howard;Muzammil M. Hussain

  • Troops, Trolls and Troublemakers: A Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation

    S Bradshaw;P Howard

  • Social Media and Political Change: Capacity, Constraint, and Consequence

    Philip N. Howard;Malcolm R. Parks

  • Bots, #StrongerIn, and #Brexit: Computational Propaganda during the UK-EU Referendum

    Philip N. Howard;Bence Kollanyi

  • Automation, Algorithms, and Politics| Political Communication, Computational Propaganda, and Autonomous Agents — Introduction

    Samuel C. Woolley;Philip N. Howard

  • Algorithms, bots, and political communication in the US 2016 election: The challenge of automated political communication for election law and administration

    Philip N. Howard;Samuel Woolley;Ryan Calo

  • Routledge Handbook of Internet Politics

    Andrew Chadwick;Philip N. Howard

  • The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation

    Samantha Bradshaw;Philip N. Howard

  • The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

    Philip N. Howard

  • What Best Explains Successful Protest Cascades? ICTs and the Fuzzy Causes of the Arab Spring

    Muzammil M. Hussain;Philip N. Howard

  • When Do States Disconnect Their Digital Networks? Regime Responses to the Political Uses of Social Media

    Philip N. Howard;Sheetal D. Agarwal;Muzammil M. Hussain

  • Deep Democracy, Thin Citizenship: The Impact of Digital Media in Political Campaign Strategy

    Philip N. Howard

  • Computational propaganda worldwide: Executive summary

    SC Woolley;P Howard

  • The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018

    Philip N. Howard;Bharath Ganesh;Dimitra Liotsiou;John Kelly

  • Comparing Digital Divides: Internet Access and Social Inequality in Canada and the United States

    Philip N. Howard;Laura Busch;Penelope Sheets

  • Society Online: The Internet in Context

    Steve Jones;Philip N. Howard

  • Chinese computational propaganda: automation, algorithms and the manipulation of information about Chinese politics on Twitter and Weibo

    Gillian Bolsover;Philip Howard

  • Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World

    Philip N. Howard;Philip N. Howard;Nimah Mazaheri

  • Political Bots and the Manipulation of Public Opinion in Venezuela

    Michelle Forelle;Philip N. Howard;Andrés Monroy-Hernández;Saiph Savage

  • Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up

    Philip N. Howard

  • Computational Propaganda and Political Big Data: Moving Toward a More Critical Research Agenda

    Gillian Bolsover;Philip N. Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve E. Humphries
Steve E. Humphries University College London
Jackie A. Cooper
Jackie A. Cooper University College London
Philippa J. Talmud
Philippa J. Talmud University College London
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari University of Essex
Aroon D. Hingorani
Aroon D. Hingorani University College London
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London
Daniel Kreiss
Daniel Kreiss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen University of Copenhagen
John C. Whittaker
John C. Whittaker Grinnell College
Mark J. Caulfield
Mark J. Caulfield Queen Mary University of London

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