2026 Robert A. Dahl: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	55	155	94	158	42217

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
1995 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his penetrating analysis of democratic theory, characterized by deep learning and breadth of mind, combined with epochal empirical studies of the actual functioning of representative government.
1990 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1978 - James Madison Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1950 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert A. Dahl was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple areas primarily within engineering and medicine, with a focus on both theoretical and applied aspects in these fields.

The main fields of study that Dahl contributed to included:

Engineering
Medicine

Within these disciplines, the following subfields were represented in their publications:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Hematology
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Dahl's work covered a range of specific research topics, such as:

Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Effects of Radiation Exposure
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Their publications appeared frequently in several venues, including:

Brachytherapy
Wasser und Abfall
Agora
Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Notable recent papers by Dahl and collaborators included:

EM tracking with conventional CT tables: Quantifying and correcting for electromagnetic field distortion (2025, Brachytherapy)
Oberflächenwasserentnahme versus Mindestabfluss im Kontext von WRRL und Klimawandel (2020, Wasser und Abfall)
Agora (2021, Agora)
Pulmonary Toxicities in Pediatric Patients Treated With Total Body Irradiation Using the Lateral Opposed Fields Technique (2025, Pediatric Blood & Cancer)
PHSOP7 Presentation Time: 9:30 AM (2025, Brachytherapy)

Dahl frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

Christopher L. Deufel
Jordan McCauley Cutsinger
Eric E. Brost
Bradley J. Stish
Mark R. Waddle

Their book publications were associated with Yale University Press, including multiple editions of On Democracy published in 2020.

Dahl received several awards recognizing their contributions. These honors included:

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (1995) for analysis of democratic theory and empirical studies of representative government
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) (1990)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1950 and 1978)
James Madison Award, APSA (1978)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972)

Best Publications

Polyarchy; participation and opposition

Robert Alan Dahl

7480
Citations
Democracy and Its Critics

Robert Alan Dahl

5559
Citations
The concept of power

Robert A. Dahl

4969
Citations
Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City

Robert Alan Dahl

2978
Citations
A preface to democratic theory

Robert Alan Dahl

2902
Citations
Politics, economics, and welfare

Robert Alan Dahl;Charles Edward Lindblom

1084
Citations
Modern Political Analysis

Robert Alan Dahl

753
Citations
A Preface to Economic Democracy

Robert Alan Dahl

721
Citations
A Critique of the Ruling Elite Model

Robert A. Dahl

657
Citations
On Political Equality

Robert Alan Dahl

505
Citations
How Democratic Is the American Constitution

Robert Alan Dahl

481
Citations
Political Oppositions in Western Democracies

John E. Kersell;Robert A. Dahl

451
Citations
Democracy's Edges: Can international organizations be democratic? A skeptic's view

Unknown

449
Citations
After the Revolution? Authority in a Good Society

Robert Alan Dahl

423
Citations
The Behavioral Approach in Political Science: Epitaph for a Monument to a Successful Protest

Robert A. Dahl

363
Citations
Pluralist Democracy in the United States: Conflict and Consent

Robert Alan Dahl

323
Citations
Who Governs: Democracy and Power in an American City.

Floyd Hunter;Robert A. Dahl

294
Citations
The Science of Public Administration: Three Problems

Robert A. Dahl

279
Citations
Politics, Economics, and Welfare: Planning and Politico-Economic Systems Resolved Into Basic Processes

Robert Alan Dahl;Charles Edward Lindblom

266
Citations
Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy: Autonomy vs. Control

Robert Alan Dahl

266
Citations
A Preface to Democratic Theory

William H. Harbold;Robert A. Dahl

244
Citations
The democracy sourcebook

Robert Alan Dahl;Ian Shapiro;José Antônio Cheibub

239
Citations
Political Opposition in Western Democracies

R. A. Dahl

204
Citations
Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City.

Marshall N. Goldstein;Robert A. Dahl

194
Citations
Decision-Making in a Democracy : The Supreme Court as a National Policy-Maker

Robert A. Dahl

183
Citations
Modern Political Analysis@@@The American Party System and the American People@@@Politics and Policies in State and Local Governments@@@Perspectives in Constitutional Law

Harold Kaplan;Robert A. Dahl;Fred I. Greenstein;Herbert Kaufman

82
Citations
Political Oppositions in Western Democracies.

Fred Cottrell;Robert A. Dahl

22
Citations
Politics, Economics and Welfare.

George Rogers Taylor;Robert A. Dahl;Charles E. Lindblom

0
Citations
Studies in Social Power.

Robert A. Dahl;Dorwin Cartwright

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Shapiro Yale University

Paul F. Lazarsfeld Columbia University

José Antonio Cheibub University of Pittsburgh

Arend Lijphart University of California, San Diego

Adam Przeworski New York University

Theda Skocpol Harvard University

Robert H. Bates Harvard University

James C. Scott Yale University

David Collier University of California, Berkeley

Herbert A. Simon Carnegie Mellon University

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