2026 Robert E. Goodin: 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	71	48	41	2	2	516	29629

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Australia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Robert E. Goodin is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, with a concentration on political philosophy and ethics.

Their work addresses various topics including:

Political Philosophy and Ethics
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Political Theology and Sovereignty
Free Will and Agency
Judicial and Constitutional Studies
War, Ethics, and Justification
Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies

Goodin's publications cover a range of fields such as political science, philosophy, sociology, cognitive neuroscience, and law. The major subfields they contribute to are:

Political Science and International Relations
Philosophy
Sociology and Political Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Law

Frequent publication venues include:

Politics Philosophy & Economics
European Journal of Philosophy
Journal of Deliberative Democracy
Diametros
Perspectives on Politics

Robert E. Goodin has collaborated often with several scholars, including:

Nicholas Southwood
Christian Barry
Gustaf Arrhenius
Cristina Bodea
Tobias Böhmelt

Selected recent papers by Goodin are:

"Responsibility for structural injustice: A third thought" (2021, Politics Philosophy & Economics)
"Consent as an act of commitment" (2023, European Journal of Philosophy)
"Enfranchising all subjected: A reconstruction and problematization" (2024, Politics Philosophy & Economics)
"Between Full Endorsement and Blind Deference" (2020, Journal of Deliberative Democracy)

Best Publications

Deliberative Impacts: The Macro-Political Uptake of Mini-Publics

Robert E. Goodin;John S. Dryzek

1221
Citations
Enfranchising all affected interests, and its alternatives

Robert E. Goodin

1076
Citations
Green Political Theory

Robert E. Goodin

1071
Citations
The theory of institutional design

Robert E. Goodin

1016
Citations
Innovating Democracy: Democratic Theory and Practice After the Deliberative Turn

Robert E. Goodin

953
Citations
Protecting the Vulnerable: A Reanalysis of Our Social Responsibilities

Unknown

951
Citations
A new handbook of political science

Robert E. Goodin;Hans-Dieter Klingemann

900
Citations
Reasons for Welfare: The Political Theory of the Welfare State

Robert E. Goodin

838
Citations
Utilitarianism as a public philosophy

Robert E. Goodin

812
Citations
Epistemic democracy : generalizing the Condorcet jury theorem

Christian List;Robert E. Goodin

772
Citations
The Oxford handbook of public policy

Robert E. Goodin;Michael Moran;Martin Rein

676
Citations
Not Only the Poor: The Middle Classes and the Welfare State

Robert E. Goodin;Julian Le Grand

639
Citations
Democratic Deliberation Within

Robert E. Goodin

606
Citations
What is So Special about Our Fellow Countrymen

Robert E. Goodin

546
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability

M. A. P. Bovens;Robert E. Goodin;Thomas Schillemans

529
Citations
Political theory and public policy

Robert E. Goodin

470
Citations
Protecting the vulnerable

Robert E. Goodin

470
Citations
Innovating Democracy

Unknown

417
Citations
Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom

Robert E. Goodin;James Mahmud Rice;Antti Parpo;Lina Eriksson

385
Citations
When Does Deliberation Begin? Internal Reflection versus Public Discussion in Deliberative Democracy:

Robert E. Goodin;Simon J. Niemeyer

369
Citations
The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Frontmatter

Unknown

369
Citations
The Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis

Robert E. Goodin;Charles Tilly

355
Citations
A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy

Robert E. Goodin;Philip Pettit;Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge

343
Citations
Social welfare and individual responsibility

David Schmidtz;Robert E. Goodin

333
Citations
An Epistemic Theory of Democracy

Robert E. Goodin;Kai Spiekermann

302
Citations
On Complicity and Compromise

Chiara Lepora;Robert E. Goodin

269
Citations
The Oxford handbook of political science

Robert E. Goodin

253
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Headey University of Melbourne

Geoffrey Brennan Australian National University

Julian Le Grand London School of Economics and Political Science

Philip Pettit Princeton University

Christian List London School of Economics and Political Science

John S. Dryzek University of Canberra

Keith Dowding Australian National University

Michael Moran University of Manchester

James S. Fishkin Stanford University

Carole Pateman University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

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