2026 Roger D. Masters: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	35	767	405	154	5221

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D-Index

World Ranking

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Publications

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Political Science

767

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5221

Research.com Recognitions

1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Roger D. Masters was affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Environmental Science.

Their work concentrated on subfields related to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Main topics covered in their research included:

Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Mercury impact and mitigation studies

Roger D. Masters was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1967.

Best Publications

The First and Second Discourses

Jean-Jacques Rousseau;Roger D. Masters;Judith R. Masters

582
Citations
Emotional reactions to a political leader's expressive displays.

Gregory J. McHugo;John T. Lanzetta;Denis G. Sullivan;Roger D. Masters

480
Citations
"Happy Warriors": Leaders' Facial Displays, Viewers' Emotions, and Political Support

Denis G. Sullivan;Roger D. Masters

366
Citations
The nature of politics

Roger D. Masters

289
Citations
Ostracism as a social and biological phenomenon: An introduction

Margaret Gruter;Roger D. Masters

235
Citations
The Political Philosophy of Rousseau

Roger D. Masters

197
Citations
Nonverbal displays and political leadership in France and the United States

Roger D. Masters;Denis G. Sullivan

174
Citations
The facial displays of leaders: Toward an ethology of human politics.

Roger D. Masters;Denis G. Sullivan;John T. Lanzetta;Gregory J. McHugo

149
Citations
World Politics as a Primitive Political System

Roger D. Masters

137
Citations
Politics as a biological phenomenon

Roger D. Masters

120
Citations
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis

Roger D. Masters;Edward O. Wilson

117
Citations
Television Coverage of Candidates' Display Behavior during the 1984 Democratic Primaries in the United States

Roger D. Masters;Denis G. Sullivan;Alice Feola;Gregory J. Mchugo

102
Citations
On the Social Contract: with Geneva Manuscript and Political Economy

Jean-Jacques Rousseau;Roger D. Masters;Judith R. Masters

101
Citations
The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau;Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoingnon de Malesherbes;Christopher Kelly;Roger D. Masters

101
Citations
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, NEUROTOXICITY, AND CRIMINAL VIOLENCE

Roger D. Masters;Brian Hone;Anil Doshi

97
Citations
Dominance & Attention: Images of Leaders in German, French, & American TV News

Roger D. Masters;Siegfried Frey;Gary Bente

93
Citations
Political attitudes: Interactions of cognition and affect

Baldwin M. Way;Roger D. Masters

85
Citations
Facial displays and political leadership in France.

Roger D. Masters;Denis G. Sullivan

81
Citations
The Biological Nature of the State

R. D. Masters

80
Citations
IS SOCIOBIOLOGY REACTIONARY? THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INCLUSIVE-FITNESS THEORY

Roger D. Masters

74
Citations
The social cage: Human nature and the evolution of society : Alexandra Maryanski and Jonathan Turner Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992

Roger D. Masters

70
Citations
Emotion and Cognition in Political Information-Processing

Baldwin M. Way;Roger D. Masters

63
Citations
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND POLITICAL THEORY

Roger D. Masters

61
Citations
Discourse on the origins of inequality (second discourse) ; Polemics ; and, Political economy

Jean-Jacques Rousseau;Roger D. Masters;Christopher Kelly

15
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Wesleyan University

Gregory J. McHugo Dartmouth College

Baldwin M. Way The Ohio State University

Gary Bente Michigan State University

Michael T. McGuire United States Department of Veterans Affairs

External Links

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