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Rorden Wilkinson

Rorden Wilkinson

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
3316
World Ranking
1391
National Ranking
58

Rorden Wilkinson 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 Rorden Wilkinson sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 135 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rorden Wilkinson 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 Rorden Wilkinson sits on this spectrum.

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: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Rorden Wilkinson is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and specializes in research within the social sciences, focusing particularly on political science and international relations. Their work intersects with strategy and management as well as general economics, econometrics, and finance.

The primary topics covered in Wilkinson's research include:

  • World Trade Organization Law
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • International Labor and Employment Law
  • Global trade and economics
  • International Relations in Latin America

Wilkinson has contributed to multiple academic publications, with recent papers appearing in well-regarded venues. These include:

  • "The WTO After MC12: Negotiating multilateral trade in a time of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine" (2023, Journal of World Trade)
  • "China and the WTO, Redux: Making Sense of Two Decades of Membership" (2022, Journal of World Trade)
  • "Reglobalizing trade: progressive global governance in an age of uncertainty" (2020, Globalizations)

Frequent collaborators in Wilkinson's research include:

  • James Scott
  • Thomas G. Weiss
  • Bernard Hoekman

Wilkinson's publications are primarily situated in the following academic journals:

  • Journal of World Trade
  • Globalizations
  • Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations
  • Foro Internacional

Their research reflects a focus on the complexities of global trade governance, especially regarding the World Trade Organization's evolving role. Topics also include the intersection of trade with labor laws and sustainability concerns.

Wilkinson has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, a designation that indicates involvement and standing within the academic community in social sciences.

Best Publications

  • Rethinking Global Governance? Complexity, Authority, Power, Change

    Thomas G. Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

  • The WTO: Crisis and the Governance of Global Trade

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • Global Governance: Critical Perspectives

    Rorden Wilkinson;Steve Hughes

  • International Organization and Global Governance

    Thomas George Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

  • Collapse at the WTO: a Cancun post‐mortem

    Amrita Narlikar;Rorden Wilkinson

  • Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation: The Architecture and Extension of International Trade Regulation

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • The Global Governance Reader

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • What's Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix It

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • Global Governance to the Rescue: Saving International Relations?

    Thomas G. Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

  • Colonial Imaginaries and Postcolonial Transformations: exiles, bases, beaches

    Uma Kothari;Rorden Wilkinson

  • China Threat? Evidence from the WTO

    James Scott;Rorden Wilkinson

  • Developing country participation in the GATT: A reassessment

    Rorden Wilkinson;James Scott

  • The WTO in Bali - What MC9 means for the Doha Development Agenda and why it matters?

    Rorden Wilkinson;Erin Hannah;James Scott

  • Labor Standards and Global Governance: Examining the Dimensions of Institutional Engagement

    Rorden Wilkinson;Steve Hughes

  • The WTO after Hong Kong: progress in, and prospects for, the Doha Development Agenda

    Donna Lee;Rorden Wilkinson

  • The WTO in crisis: exploring the dimensions of institutional inertia

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • The World Trade Organization

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • The WTO in Nairobi: The Demise of the Doha Development Agenda and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System

    Rorden Wilkinson;Erin Hannah;James Scott

  • Reforming WTO-civil society engagement

    Erin Hannah;James Scott;Rorden Wilkinson

  • The international labour standards regime: a case study in global regulation

    Nigel Haworth;Stephen Hughes;Rorden Wilkinson

  • The WTO in Hong Kong: What it really means for the Doha Development Agenda

    Rorden Wilkinson

  • The poverty of the Doha round and the least developed countries

    James Scott;Rorden Wilkinson

  • The global compact: Promoting corporate responsibility?

    Steve Hughes;Rorden Wilkinson;David Humphreys;Tom Macmillan

  • The Globally Governed—Everyday Global Governance

    Thomas G. Weiss;Rorden Wilkinson

  • GLOBAL GOVERNANCE , POVERTY AND INEQUALITY

    Rorden Wilkinson;Jennifer Clapp

  • The Millennium Development Goals and beyond : global development after 2015

    Rorden Wilkinson;David Hulme

  • Global health governance: a conceptual review

    Steve Hughes;Rorden Wilkinson

  • Talking trade: common sense knowledge in the multilateral trade regime

    Rorden Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas G. Weiss
Thomas G. Weiss The Graduate Center, CUNY
David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
Uma Kothari
Uma Kothari University of Manchester
Jan Selby
Jan Selby University of Leeds
Jennifer Clapp
Jennifer Clapp University of Waterloo
James G. Scott
James G. Scott QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Mark Bevir
Mark Bevir University of California, Berkeley
Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Kalypso Nicolaïdis European University Institute
Colin Hay
Colin Hay Sciences Po
Robert Howse
Robert Howse New York University

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