2026 Richard R. Lau: 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	50	233	207	136	115	122	16116

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

2027
Citations
Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting

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

1383
Citations
How Voters Decide: Information Processing During Election Campaigns

Richard R. Lau;David P. Redlawsk

1320
Citations
The Effects of Negative Political Campaigns: A Meta‐Analytic Reassessment

Richard R. Lau;Lee Sigelman;Ivy Brown Rovner

952
Citations
Two Explanations for Negativity Effects in Political Behavior

Richard R. Lau

799
Citations
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

761
Citations
The Effects of Negative Political Advertisements: A Meta-Analytic Assessment

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

705
Citations
Negativity in political perception

Richard R. Lau

589
Citations
Common Sense Representations of Common Illnesses

Richard R. Lau;Karen A. Hartman

571
Citations
How Voters Decide

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485
Citations
Attributions in the Sports Pages

Richard R. Lau;Dan Russell

473
Citations
Health as a value: methodological and theoretical considerations

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

458
Citations
Voting Correctly

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426
Citations
Further explorations of common-sense representations of common illnesses.

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

408
Citations
On the Varieties and Utilities of Political Expertise

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

351
Citations
Origins of health locus of control beliefs.

Richard R. Lau

334
Citations
Refinements in the Measurement of Health-Specific Locus-of-Control Beliefs

Richard R. Lau;John F. Ware

272
Citations
An Exploration of Correct Voting in Recent U.S. Presidential Elections

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

271
Citations
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

246
Citations
Models of decision-making.

Richard R. Lau

235
Citations
Inducing Apparently Self-Interested Political Preferences

David O. Sears;Richard R. Lau

217
Citations
Effectiveness of negative campaigning in U.S. Senate elections

Richard R. Lau;Gerald M. Pomper

178
Citations
Self‐Interest, Symbolic Attitudes, and Support for Public Policy: A Multilevel Analysis

Richard R. Lau;Caroline Heldman

170
Citations
Political Beliefs, Policy Interpretations, and Political Persuasion

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

169
Citations
Cognitive links between economic grievances and political responses

Richard R. Lau;David O. Sears

158
Citations
CONSTRUCT ACCESSIBILITY AND ELECTORAL CHOICE

Richard R. Lau

155
Citations
Policy Frames, Metaphorical Reasoning, and Support for Public Policies

Richard R. Lau;Mark Schlesinger;Mark Schlesinger

154
Citations
7. Affective Intelligence and Voting: Information Processing and Learning in a Campaign

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

148
Citations
How Voters Decide: Voting Correctly

Richard R. Lau;David P. Redlawsk

2
Citations
In Defense of Negativity: Attack Ads in Presidential Campaigns

Richard R. Lau

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Redlawsk University of Delaware

David O. Sears University of California, Los Angeles

Mark Schlesinger Yale University

Ruth Dassonneville KU Leuven

Robert R. Kaufman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Lee Sigelman George Washington University

Marc Hooghe KU Leuven

Tom R. Tyler Yale University

Susan T. Fiske Princeton University

Daniel W. Russell Iowa State University

External Links

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