2026 Robert O. Keohane: 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	93	14	11	9	6	307	133259

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2016 - International Balzan Prize
2014 - James Madison Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
2012 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2005 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his significant contribution to our understanding of world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism.
2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1983 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert O. Keohane is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within political science and international relations, with a focus on topics that intersect global development, security, and communication.

Their recent papers include:

Personal hardship narrows the partisan gap in COVID-19 and climate change responses, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The global politics paradigm: guide to the future or only the recent past?, 2020, International Theory
Institutional change in the energy regime complex, 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
The Enemy of My Enemy Is Not My Friend: Arabic Twitter Sentiment toward ISIS and the United States, 2021, International Studies Quarterly
INO volume 75 issue 4 Cover and Front matter, 2021, International Organization

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

Miles Kahler
Peter J. Katzenstein
Stephen D. Krasner
John Odell
Martha Finnemore

Their work is often published in the following venues:

International Organization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
International Theory
International Studies Quarterly
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Robert O. Keohane's studies cover several subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, development, general economics, econometrics and finance, as well as applied psychology.

The main topics addressed in their research contributions encompass:

International Development and Aid
Climate Change Communication and Perception
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Media Influence and Health
Global Peace and Security Dynamics
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

Among their awards are:

International Balzan Prize, 2016
James Madison Award, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2014
Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2012
Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, 2005 (For significant contributions to understanding world politics in an era of interdependence, globalisation and terrorism)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1992
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1983

Best Publications

After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy

Robert O. Keohane

14932
Citations
Power and interdependence

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

14842
Citations
Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research

Gary King;Robert O. Keohane;Sidney Verba

14350
Citations
Designing Social Inquiry

Gary King;Robert O. Keohane;Sidney Verba

11591
Citations
Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies And Institutions

Robert Axelrod;Robert O. Keohane

3184
Citations
Transnational relations and world politics

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

3102
Citations
International Institutions: Two Approaches

Robert O. Keohane

3063
Citations
Power and interdependence : world politics in transition

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

3047
Citations
International Institutions And State Power: Essays In International Relations Theory

Robert O. Keohane

2804
Citations
Neorealism and its critics

Robert O. Keohane

2582
Citations
The Regime Complex for Climate Change

Robert O. Keohane;David G. Victor

2371
Citations
The Concept of Legalization

Kenneth W. Abbott;Robert O. Keohane;Andrew Moravcsik;Anne Marie Slaughter

2348
Citations
The Promise of Institutionalist Theory

Robert O. Keohane;Lisa L. Martin

2335
Citations
Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics

Ruth W. Grant;Robert O. Keohane

2167
Citations
Ideas and Foreign Policy Beliefs, Institutions, and Political Change

Judith L. Goldstein;Robert O. Keohane

2084
Citations
The demand for international regimes

Robert O. Keohane

1997
Citations
Power and Interdependence in the Information Age

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

1654
Citations
The Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions

Allen Buchanan;Robert O. Keohane

1637
Citations
Reciprocity in international relations

Robert O. Keohane

1559
Citations
International Organization and the Study of World Politics

Peter J. Katzenstein;Robert O. Keohane;Stephen D. Krasner

1356
Citations
Internationalization and domestic politics

Robert O. Keohane;Helen V. Milner

1186
Citations
Lilliputians' Dilemmas: Small States in Internatinal Politics

Robert O. Keohane

1180
Citations
Transnational Relations and World Politics: An Introduction

Joseph S. Nye;Robert O. Keohane

1054
Citations
Transgovernmental Relations and International Organizations

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

1034
Citations
Globalization: What's New? What's Not? (And So What?)

Robert O. Keohane;Joseph S. Nye

1026
Citations
Introduction: Legalization and World Politics

Judith Goldstein;Miles Kahler;Robert O. Keohane;Anne-Marie Slaughter

927
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph S. Nye Harvard University

Peter J. Katzenstein Cornell University

Gary King Harvard University

Sidney Verba Harvard University

Helen V. Milner Princeton University

Stephen D. Krasner Stanford University

Anne-Marie Slaughter Princeton University

David G. Victor University of California, San Diego

Andrew Moravcsik Princeton University

Allen Buchanan University of Arizona

External Links

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