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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 52 1220 1084 733 635 197 23152
Political Science 54 169 147 105 88 254 25171

Robert H. Bates publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Robert H. Bates between 1969 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Robert H. Bates published across 57 years, from 1969 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2020. 4 of the 287 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1969 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2020. 1969: 1 publication 1970: 4 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 4 publications 1973: 3 publications 1974: 2 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 3 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 14 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 6 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 5 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 3 publications
1969 2025

287 publications in total across all disciplines

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Robert H. Bates: publications per year, 1969 to 2025
Year Publications
1969 1
1970 4
1971 1
1972 4
1973 3
1974 2
1975 0
1976 1
1977 3
1978 4
1979 0
1980 4
1981 5
1982 2
1983 14
1984 5
1985 5
1986 4
1987 4
1988 6
1989 4
1990 4
1991 3
1992 5
1993 7
1994 4
1995 4
1996 4
1997 6
1998 4
1999 1
2000 6
2001 5
2002 4
2003 4
2004 4
2005 5
2006 8
2007 18
2008 9
2009 7
2010 14
2011 5
2012 9
2013 3
2014 7
2015 4
2016 0
2017 4
2018 12
2019 3
2020 19
2021 1
2022 5
2023 9
2024 1
2025 3
Total 287
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Robert H. Bates 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 Robert H. Bates sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 251–255 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 254 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9 254
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Robert H. Bates 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 Robert H. Bates sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10 54
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - William H. Riker Prize for Political Science For advancing the scientific study of politics through research on the political economy of developing nations in Africa.
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert H. Bates is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary research fields include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to the subfields of Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, Oncology, and Clinical Psychology.

Their research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Cancer Therapeutics and Mechanisms
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

Robert H. Bates has published multiple papers in notable venues. Selected recent papers include:

  • "The Tuberculosis Drug Accelerator at year 10: what have we learned?", 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "Exploring the SAR of the β-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase Inhibitor GSK3011724A and Optimization around a Genotoxic Metabolite", 2020, ACS Infectious Diseases
  • "High-throughput screen with the l,d-transpeptidase LdtMt2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals novel classes of covalently reacting inhibitors", 2023, Chemical Science
  • "GSK2556286 is a novel antitubercular drug candidate effective in vivo with the potential to shorten tuberculosis treatment", 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "A service evaluation of passive remote monitoring technology for patients in a high-secure forensic psychiatric hospital: a qualitative study", 2023, BMC Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Helena I. Boshoff
  • David Barros-Aguirre
  • Dirk Schnappinger
  • Paul G. Wyatt
  • Eva María López-Román

Robert H. Bates has also published books, including:

  • Open-Economy Politics, 2020, Princeton University Press
  • Analytic Narratives, 2020, Princeton University Press
  • The Political Economy of Development, 2020, Cambridge University Press

Frequent publication venues where Robert H. Bates has contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Medicine
  • ACS Infectious Diseases
  • Chemical Science
  • BMC Psychiatry

Among the awards received by Robert H. Bates are:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • William H. Riker Prize for Political Science, 2000, awarded for advancing the scientific study of politics through research on the political economy of developing nations in Africa
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1985

Best Publications

  • Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies

    Robert H. Bates

  • Analytic Narratives Revisited

    Robert H. Bates;Avner Greif;Margaret Levi;Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

  • A Global Model for Forecasting Political Instability

    Jack A. Goldstone;Robert H. Bates;David L. Epstein;Ted Robert Gurr

  • A Note on Taxation, Development and Representative Government

    Robert H. Bates;Da-Hsiang Donald. Lien

  • Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development

    Robert H. Bates

  • Beyond the Miracle of the Market: The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya

    Robert H. Bates

  • Essays on the political economy of rural Africa

    Robert H. Bates

  • Modernization, Ethnic Competition, and the Rationality of Politics in Contemporary Africa

    Robert H. Bates

  • When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa

    Robert H. Bates

  • Ethnic Competition and Modernization in Contemporary Africa

    Robert H. Bates

  • Contra Contractarianism: Some Reflections on the New Institutionalism:

    Robert H. Bates

  • Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade

    Robert H. Bates

  • Democratic Transitions

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  • Making Aid Work

    Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee;Alice H. Amsden;Robert Bates;Jagdish Bhagwati

  • Toward a Political Economy of Development

    Robert H. Bates

  • The Political Economy Of Economic Growth In Africa, 1960-2000

    Benno J. Ndulu;Stephen A. O'Connell;Robert H. Bates;Paul Collier

  • The Politics of Interpretation: Rationality, Culture, and Transition:

    Robert H. Bates;Rui J. P. de Figueiredo;Barry R. Weingast

  • Organizing Violence

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  • Cooperation by Design: Leadership, Structure, and Collective Dilemmas

    William T. Bianco;Robert H. Bates

  • Governments and Agricultural Markets in Africa

    Robert H. Bates

  • Political and economic interactions in economic policy reform : evidence from eight countries

    Robert H. Bates;Anne O. Krueger

  • Africa and the disciplines : the contributions of research in Africa to the social sciences and humanities

    Gail Gerhart;Robert H. Bates;V. Y. Mudimbe;Jean O'Barr

  • Area Studies and the Discipline: A Useful Controversy?

    Robert H. Bates

  • The Analytic Narrative Project

    Robert H. Bates;Avner Greif;Margaret Levi;Jean-Laurent Rosenthal

  • Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa

    Robert H. Bates;John H. Coatsworth;Jeffrey G. Williamson

  • Ethnicity and Development in Africa: A Reappraisal

    Robert H Bates

  • Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

    Gerardo L. Munck;Richard Snyder;Gabriel Abraham Almond;Barrington Moore

  • Markets and States in Tropical Africa. The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies

    Gérard Ghersi;Robert H. Bates

  • Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa

    Howard Stein;Robert H. Bates

  • Beyond the Miracle of the Market: The Political Economy of Agrarian Development in Kenya.

    Frank Holmquist;Robert H. Bates

  • Peasant Consciousness and Guerrilla War in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study.@@@The Agrarian Question and the Peasant Movement in Colombia: Struggles of@@@Squatters and the Roots of Mau Mau 1905-63.

    Robert Bates;Terence Ranger;Leon Zamosc;Tabitha Kanogo

  • Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

    Robert H Bates

Frequent Co-Authors

Anke Hoeffler
Anke Hoeffler University of Konstanz
Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Augustin Kwasi Fosu
Augustin Kwasi Fosu University of Ghana
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Jeffrey G. Williamson Harvard University
Barry R. Weingast
Barry R. Weingast Stanford University
Avner Greif
Avner Greif Stanford University
Jack Andrew Goldstone
Jack Andrew Goldstone George Mason University
Margaret Levi
Margaret Levi Stanford University
Bruno Biais
Bruno Biais Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris
Jan Willem Gunning
Jan Willem Gunning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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