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Richard R. Lau 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 R. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 122 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard R. Lau 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 R. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Richard R. Lau is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains primarily within social sciences and medicine, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates political science, sociology, communication, and epidemiology.

Their main fields of study include Social Sciences with 23 publications and Medicine with 13 publications. Subfields are notably focused on Sociology and Political Science, as well as Political Science and International Relations, both with nine publications each. Additional subfields cover Communication, Surgery, and Epidemiology.

The research topics addressed by Richard R. Lau cover:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard R. Lau include:

  • "Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and viral hepatitis B: A call for renewed global focus," 2022, published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Googling Politics: How Offloading Affects Voting and Political Knowledge," 2020, published in Political Psychology
  • "Media Effects in the Viewer's Choice Era: Testing Revised Agenda-Setting and Priming Hypotheses," 2020, published in Political Communication
  • "A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effects of Emotions on Political Information Search and Decision-Making," 2023, published in American Journal of Political Science
  • "House Republican Decision Making Following the Capitol Riot," 2022, published in PS Political Science & Politics

Their frequent coauthors are Kathleen Rogers, Jamel Love, Lori D. Bougher, David P. Redlawsk, and Jason Kessler.

Richard R. Lau's work has appeared in several prominent publication venues, including:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Political Psychology
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Media War & Conflict

Best Publications

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Cognitive Heuristics in Political Decision Making

    Richard R. Lau;David P. Redlawsk

  • Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting

    David O. Sears;Richard R. Lau;Tom R. Tyler;Harris M. Allen

  • How Voters Decide: Information Processing During Election Campaigns

    Richard R. Lau;David P. Redlawsk

  • The Effects of Negative Political Campaigns: A Meta‐Analytic Reassessment

    Richard R. Lau;Lee Sigelman;Ivy Brown Rovner

  • Two Explanations for Negativity Effects in Political Behavior

    Richard R. Lau

  • Development and change of young adults' preventive health beliefs and behavior: influence from parents and peers.

    Richard R. Lau;Marilyn Jacobs Quadrel;Karen A. Hartman

  • The Effects of Negative Political Advertisements: A Meta-Analytic Assessment

    Richard R. Lau;Lee Sigelman;Caroline Heldman;Paul Babbitt

  • Negativity in political perception

    Richard R. Lau

  • Common Sense Representations of Common Illnesses

    Richard R. Lau;Karen A. Hartman

  • How Voters Decide

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  • Attributions in the Sports Pages

    Richard R. Lau;Dan Russell

  • Health as a value: methodological and theoretical considerations

    Richard R. Lau;Karen A. Hartman;John E. Ware

  • Voting Correctly

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  • Further explorations of common-sense representations of common illnesses.

    Richard R. Lau;Teresa M. Bernard;Karen A. Hartman

  • On the Varieties and Utilities of Political Expertise

    Susan T. Fiske;Richard R. Lau;Richard A. Smith

  • Origins of health locus of control beliefs.

    Richard R. Lau

  • Refinements in the Measurement of Health-Specific Locus-of-Control Beliefs

    Richard R. Lau;John F. Ware

  • An Exploration of Correct Voting in Recent U.S. Presidential Elections

    Richard R. Lau;David J. Andersen;David P. Redlawsk

  • Political Cynicism Revisited: An Information-Processing Reconciliation of Policy-Based and Incumbency-Based Interpretations of Changes in Trust in Government

    Ralph Erber;Richard R. Lau

  • Models of decision-making.

    Richard R. Lau

  • Inducing Apparently Self-Interested Political Preferences

    David O. Sears;Richard R. Lau

  • Effectiveness of negative campaigning in U.S. Senate elections

    Richard R. Lau;Gerald M. Pomper

  • Self‐Interest, Symbolic Attitudes, and Support for Public Policy: A Multilevel Analysis

    Richard R. Lau;Caroline Heldman

  • Political Beliefs, Policy Interpretations, and Political Persuasion

    Richard R. Lau;Richard A. Smith;Susan T. Fiske

  • Cognitive links between economic grievances and political responses

    Richard R. Lau;David O. Sears

  • CONSTRUCT ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTORAL CHOICE

    Richard R. Lau

  • Policy Frames, Metaphorical Reasoning, and Support for Public Policies

    Richard R. Lau;Mark Schlesinger;Mark Schlesinger

  • 7. Affective Intelligence and Voting: Information Processing and Learning in a Campaign

    david p. redlawsk;Andrew J . W. Civettini;Richard R. Lau

  • How Voters Decide: Voting Correctly

    Richard R. Lau;David P. Redlawsk

  • In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns

    Richard R. Lau

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Redlawsk
David P. Redlawsk University of Delaware
David O. Sears
David O. Sears University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Schlesinger
Mark Schlesinger Yale University
Robert R. Kaufman
Robert R. Kaufman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Susan T. Fiske
Susan T. Fiske Princeton University
Lee Sigelman
Lee Sigelman George Washington University
Marc Hooghe
Marc Hooghe KU Leuven
Tom R. Tyler
Tom R. Tyler Yale University
John E. Ware
John E. Ware University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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