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D-Index
73
Citations
25053
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42
National Ranking
22

Richard G. Niemi 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 Richard G. Niemi sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 250 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard G. Niemi 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 Richard G. Niemi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 States Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Richard G. Niemi is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research spans several fields within social sciences and physics, focusing primarily on political science, communication, and complex systems.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

In more specific terms, their subfields of research cover:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Law

Key topics that appear throughout their publications reflect interests in the intersection of political processes and social dynamics:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Gender Politics and Representation

Important recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard G. Niemi include:

  • "Catching Fire via 'Likes': Inferring Topic Preferences of Trump Followers on Twitter" (2021), published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "To Follow or Not to Follow: Analyzing the Growth Patterns of the Trumpists on Twitter" (2021), published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "The Enduring Effects of State Party Tradition on the Voting Experience" (2020), published in Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • "College Student Registration and Voting in the Time of COVID-19" (2020), published in Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Yu Wang
  • Jiebo Luo
  • Yuncheng Li
  • Tianran Hu
  • Jay Goodliffe

The most common venues for publishing their research are:

  • Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

Richard G. Niemi has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2007 and as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1982.

Best Publications

  • Generations and Politics

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Generations and Politics: A Panel Study of Young Adults and Their Parents

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study.

    Richard G. Niemi;Stephen C. Craig;Franco Mattei

  • Political efficacy and trust: A report on the NES pilot study items

    Stephen C. Craig;Richard G. Niemi;Glenn E. Silver

  • Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • The Transmission of Political Values from Parent to Child

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • Civic Education: What Makes Students Learn

    Richard G. Niemi;Jane Junn

  • Controversies in voting behavior

    Richard G. Niemi;Herbert F. Weisberg

  • Issues and Inheritance in the Formation of Party Identification

    Richard G. Niemi;M. Kent Jennings

  • Campaign Strategies and Tactics

    D M. Farrell;L. LeDuc;R. Niemi;P. Norris

  • The Political character of adolescence

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • The Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools.

    David Gottlieb;M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

  • A cross-national analysis of economic voting: taking account of the political context across time and nations

    Richard Nadeau;Richard G Niemi;Antoine Yoshinaka

  • Term Limits in State Legislatures

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell

  • Minority Representation and the Quest for Voting Equality

    Bernard Grofman;Lisa Handley;Richard G. Niemi

  • The Rebirth of Political Socialization

    Richard G. Niemi;Mary A. Hepburn

  • State Economies and State Taxes: Do Voters Hold Governors Accountable?

    Richard G. Niemi;Harold W. Stanley;Ronald J. Vogel

  • Measuring Compactness and the Role of a Compactness Standard in a Test for Partisan and Racial Gerrymandering

    Richard G. Niemi;Bernard Grofman;Carl Carlucci;Thomas Hofeller

  • Incumbency and the Probability of Reelection in State Legislative Elections

    John M. Carey;Richard G. Niemi;Lynda W. Powell

  • Constituency Characteristics, Individual Characteristics and Tactical Voting in the 1987 British General Election

    Richard G. Niemi;Guy Written;Mark N. Franklin

  • INNUMERACY ABOUT MINORITY POPULATIONS

    Richard Nadeau;Richard G. Niemi;Jeffrey Levine

  • Elite Economic Forecasts, Economic News, Mass Economic Judgments, and Presidential Approval

    Richard Nadeau;Richard G. Niemi;David P.Fan;Timothy Amato

  • Probability models of collective decision making

    Richard G. Niemi;Herbert F. Weisberg

  • Political Character of Adolescence

    M. Kent Jennings;Richard G. Niemi

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Kent Jennings
M. Kent Jennings University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul S. Herrnson
Paul S. Herrnson University of Connecticut
Bernard Grofman
Bernard Grofman University of California, Irvine
Benjamin B. Bederson
Benjamin B. Bederson University of Maryland, College Park
Michael W. Traugott
Michael W. Traugott University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jiebo Luo
Jiebo Luo University of Rochester
Frederick G. Conrad
Frederick G. Conrad University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard Nadeau
Richard Nadeau University of Montreal
Gary F. Moncrief
Gary F. Moncrief Boise State University
G. Bingham Powell
G. Bingham Powell University of Rochester

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