2026 Robert S. Erikson: 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	65	80	69	49	40	231	22664

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert S. Erikson is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans several interdisciplinary subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Law, Sociology and Political Science, Education, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their major topics of work include Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, Legal and Constitutional Studies, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, School Choice and Performance, Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, as well as Game Theory and Voting Systems.

Among their recent academic papers are:

Appellate court assignments as a natural experiment: Gender panel effects in sex discrimination cases, 2022, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
Inequality of Educational Opportunity - The Role of Performance and Choice, 2020, European Review
Forecasting the 2020 Presidential Election: Leading Economic Indicators, Polls, and the Vote, 2020, PS Political Science & Politics
Electoral College bias and the 2020 presidential election, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Abortion Opinion and Partisan Choice: Untangling the Causal Dynamics, 2024, Political Science Quarterly

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert S. Erikson include Christopher Wlezien, Karl Sigman, and Linan Yao.

Their work has been published in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, European Review, PS Political Science & Politics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In 2007, Robert S. Erikson was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

The Macro Polity

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

2552
Citations
Statehouse Democracy: Public Opinion and Policy in the American States

Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright;John P. McIver

2325
Citations
Peasants or Bankers? The American Electorate and the U.S. Economy.

Michael B. MacKuen;Robert S. Erikson;James A. Stimson

1504
Citations
American public opinion: Its origins, content, and impact

Robert S. Erikson;Kent L. Tedin

1432
Citations
Dynamic Representation

Unknown

1273
Citations
The Advantage of Incumbency in Congressional Elections

Robert S. Erikson

716
Citations
Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

Robert Erikson;John H. Goldthorpe

676
Citations
Economic Conditions and the Presidential Vote

Robert S. Erikson

539
Citations
Measuring State Partisanship and Ideology with Survey Data

Gerald C. Wright;Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver

487
Citations
Constituency Opinion and Congressional Behavior: A Reexamination of the Miller-Stokes Representation Data

Robert S. Erikson

470
Citations
Political Parties, Public Opinion, and State Policy in the United States

Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright;John P. McIver

465
Citations
Malapportionment, Gerrymandering, and Party Fortunes in Congressional Elections

Robert S. Erikson

453
Citations
Public Opinion and Policy Liberalism in the American States

Gerald C. Wright;Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver

428
Citations
The Puzzle of Midterm Loss

Robert S. Erikson

397
Citations
Caught in the Draft: The Effects of Vietnam Draft Lottery Status on Political Attitudes

Robert S. Erikson;Laura Stoker

321
Citations
Equilibria in Campaign Spending Games: Theory and Data

Robert S. Erikson;Thomas R. Palfrey

309
Citations
The Scandinavian model : welfare states and welfare research

Robert Erikson

296
Citations
Economic Conditions and the Congressional Vote: A Review of the Macrolevel Evidence

Robert S. Erikson

292
Citations
Descriptions of Inequality : the Swedish Approach to Welfare Research

Robert Erikson

290
Citations
State Political Culture and Public Opinion

Robert S. Erikson;John P. McIver;Gerald C. Wright

279
Citations
Campaign Spending and Incumbency: An Alternative Simultaneous Equations Approach

Robert S. Erikson;Thomas R. Palfrey

247
Citations
The Timeline of Presidential Election Campaigns

Christopher Wlezien;Robert S. Erikson

242
Citations
Policy representation of constituency interests

Robert S. Erikson;Gerald C. Wright

224
Citations
Candidate Equilibrium and the Behavioral Model of the Vote

Robert S. Erikson;David W. Romero

197
Citations
Macropartisanship

Unknown

160
Citations
The Macro Polity: Macropartisanship: The Permanent Memory of Party Performance

Robert S. Erikson;Michael B. Mackuen;James A. Stimson

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin

James A. Stimson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael B. Mackuen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Gerald C. Wright Indiana University

Kent L. Tedin University of Houston

John H. Goldthorpe University of Oxford

Thomas R. Palfrey California Institute of Technology

James M. Snyder Harvard University

Michael S. Lewis-Beck University of Iowa

Alan I. Abramowitz Emory University

External Links

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