2026 Robert W. Oldendick: 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	23	1758	1614	883	784	43	3125

Robert W. Oldendick 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 W. Oldendick sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 43 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Oldendick 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 W. Oldendick sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 23 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert W. Oldendick is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributions are situated primarily within the Social Sciences, with a focus on the subfield of Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly work centers around topics such as Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, as well as Social and Cultural Dynamics. These areas reflect an interest in understanding the ongoing patterns and structures within societies and the dynamics that influence cultural and social changes.

Oldendick's recent publications include the following paper:

Public Opinion. By David L. Weakliem. Medford, Mass.: Polity Press, 2020. Pp. viii+184. $64.95 (cloth) $22.95 (paper)., published in 2021 in the American Journal of Sociology

The American Journal of Sociology is also the primary venue where Oldendick's work has appeared, marking this publication as a key platform for their research dissemination.

There are no frequent coauthors listed for Oldendick, indicating either solo authorship or a broad collaboration network without recurring partners.

Best Publications

Opinions on Fictitious Issues: The Pressure to Answer Survey Questions

George F. Bishop;Alfred J. Tuchfarber;Robert W. Oldendick

343
Citations
Pseudo-Opinions on Public Affairs

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber;Stephen E. Bennett

339
Citations
Help-seeking for intimate partner violence and forced sex in South Carolina.

Ann L Coker;Christina Derrick;Julia L Lumpkin;Timothy E Aldrich

306
Citations
Population-Based Survey of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage, Patient Satisfaction, and Physician Involvement

Robert Oldendick;Ann L. Coker;Darryl Wieland;James I. Raymond

243
Citations
Change in the Structure of American Political Attitudes: The Nagging Question of Question Wording

George F. Bishop;Alfred J. Tuchfarber;Robert W. Oldendick

224
Citations
Effects of Filter Questions in Public Opinion Surveys

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

148
Citations
What Must My Interest in Politics Be If I Just Told You “I Don't Know”?

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred Tuchfarber

143
Citations
Effects of Question Wording and Format on Political Attitude Consistency

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

141
Citations
Public Opinion: Measuring the American Mind

Barbara A. Bardes;Robert W Oldendick

132
Citations
Social Construction and White Attitudes toward Equal Opportunity and Multiculturalism

Michael W. Link;Robert W. Oldendick

126
Citations
Mass and Elite Foreign Policy Opinions

Robert W. Oldendick;Barbara Ann Bardes

99
Citations
Beyond Internationalism: A Case for Multiple Dimensions in the Structure of Foreign Policy Attitudes.

Barbara Bardes;Robert Oldendick

94
Citations
Political Information Processing: Question Order and Context Effects

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

89
Citations
THE ANSWERING MACHINE GENERATION: WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT PROBLEM DO THEY POSE FOR SURVEY RESEARCH?

Robert W. Oldendick;Michael W. Link

84
Citations
Call Screening: Is It Really a Problem for Survey Research?

Michael W. Link;Robert W. Oldendick

78
Citations
Effects of Presenting One Versus Two Sides of an Issue in Survey Questions

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

74
Citations
Evaluation of the quality of care in the clinical care centers of the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health.

Roger T Anderson;Carol S Weisman;Sarah Hudson Scholle;Jillian T Henderson

74
Citations
The role of survey research in the benchmarking process

Michael W. Link;Robert W. Oldendick

39
Citations
Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women in South Carolina, 1998

Ann L. Coker;Christina Derrick;Julia L. Lumpkin;Robert Oldendick

29
Citations
Interest in political campaigns: The influence of question order and electoral context

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

26
Citations
Experiments in filtering political opinions

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber

25
Citations
Comparing nanoparticle risk perceptions to other known EHS risks

David M. Berube;Christopher L. Cummings;Jordan H. Frith;Andrew R. Binder

22
Citations
The Changing Structure of Mass Belief Systems: Fact or Artifact?

George F. Bishop;Robert W. Oldendick;Alfred J. Tuchfarber;Stephen E. Bennett

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann L. Coker University of Kentucky

Robert F. Valois University of South Carolina

Caroline A. Macera San Diego State University

External Links

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