2026 Robert C. Luskin: 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	27	1415	1289	706	621	43	7486

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Overview

Robert C. Luskin is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Communication, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Public Administration.

Their academic work explores multiple topics, notably Social Media and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Capital and Networks, Environmental Education and Sustainability, and Public Policy and Administration Research.

Recent publications by Robert C. Luskin include the following:

Does Deliberation Increase Public-Spiritedness? (2020) published in Social Science Quarterly
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions (2022) published in British Journal of Political Science
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions - ERRATUM (2024) published in British Journal of Political Science
Replication Data for: Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Deliberations (2020) published in Harvard Dataverse

Their frequent co-authors include:

James S. Fishkin (4 joint publications)
Kyu S. Hahn (3 joint publications)
Gaurav Sood (2 joint publications)
Rui Wang (1 joint publication)
Gaurav Sood (1 joint publication)

Robert C. Luskin's work has appeared regularly in key publication venues, notably:

British Journal of Political Science (2 publications)
Social Science Quarterly (1 publication)
Harvard Dataverse (1 publication)

Best Publications

Explaining political sophistication

Robert C. Luskin

1365
Citations
Measuring Political Sophistication

Robert C. Luskin

1337
Citations
Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal: Deliberative Polling and Public Opinion

James S Fishkin;Robert C Luskin

1076
Citations
Considered Opinions: Deliberative Polling in Britain

Robert C. Luskin;James S. Fishkin;Roger Jowell

986
Citations
''Don't Know'' Means ''Don't Know'': DK Responses and the Public's Level of Political Knowledge

Robert C. Luskin;John G. Bullock

320
Citations
Deliberative polling and public consultation

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin;Roger Jowell

289
Citations
Deliberation, single-peakedness, and the possibility of meaningful democracy: evidence from deliberative polls

Christian List;Robert C. Luskin;James S. Fishkin;Iain McLean

269
Citations
Disaggregating Deliberation’s Effects: An Experiment within a Deliberative Poll

Cynthia Farrar;James S. Fishkin;Donald P. Green;Christian List

269
Citations
Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin

257
Citations
Where Is the Schema? Going Beyond the “S” Word in Political Psychology

James H. Kuklinski;Robert C. Luskin;John Bolland

248
Citations
Deliberating across deep divides

Robert C. Luskin;Ian O'Flynn;James S. Fishkin;David Russell

169
Citations
The quest for deliberative democracy

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin

148
Citations
Simple Explanations of Turnout Decline

Carol A. Cassel;Robert C. Luskin

114
Citations
Issues and the Transmission of Partisanship

Robert C. Luskin;John P. McIver;Edward G. Carmines

99
Citations
Thinking about Political Psychology: From Denial to Extenuation (and Finally Beyond): Political Sophistication and Citizen Performance

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90
Citations
Why So Fast, Why So Slow: Explaining Case Processing Time

Mary Lee Luskin;Robert C. Luskin

58
Citations
Abusus Non Tollit Usum: Standardized Coefficients, Correlations, and R 2 s

Robert C. Luskin

56
Citations
Deliberative Agenda Setting: Piloting Reform of Direct Democracy in California

James Fishkin;Thad Kousser;Robert C. Luskin;Alice Siu

50
Citations
The Varying Role of Voter Information Across Democratic Societies

Jasjeet S. Sekhon;Robert H. Durr;Henry Brady;John Brehm

28
Citations
Europolis and the European public sphere: Empirical explorations of a counterfactual ideal:

James S Fishkin;Robert C Luskin;Alice Siu

26
Citations
"Deliberative Public Opinion in Presidential Primaries: Evidence from the Online Deliberative Poll" *

Shanto Iyengar;Robert C. Luskin;James Fishkin

25
Citations
Broadcasts of Deliberative Polls: Aspirations and Effects

James S. Fishkin;Robert C. Luskin

25
Citations
Deliberative Democracy in an Unlikely Place: Deliberative Polling in China

James Fishkin;Baogang He;Robert C. Luskin;Alice Siu

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Fishkin Stanford University

Christian List London School of Economics and Political Science

Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley

Iain McLean University of Oxford

Baogang He Deakin University

Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute

Paul M. Sniderman Stanford University

Donald P. Green Columbia University

Thomas Risse Freie Universität Berlin

External Links

Personal website of Robert C. Luskin

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