Ryan C. Black

Ryan C. Black 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 Ryan C. Black sits on this spectrum.

Ryan C. Black 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 Ryan C. Black sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Branch Influence and Judicial Decisions

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  127
  Citations

• US Supreme Court Opinions and their Audiences

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens;Justin Wedeking;Patrick C. Wohlfarth

  118
  Citations

• Courting the President: How Circuit Court Judges Alter Their Behavior for Promotion to the Supreme Court

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  106
  Citations

• Emotions, Oral Arguments, and Supreme Court Decision Making

  Ryan C. Black;Sarah A. Treul;Timothy R. Johnson;Jerry Goldman

  105
  Citations

• The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court

  Unknown

  97
  Citations

• Adding Recess Appointments to the President's “Tool Chest” of Unilateral Powers

  Ryan C. Black;Anthony J. Madonna;Ryan J. Owens;Michael S. Lynch

  69
  Citations

• Agenda Setting in the Supreme Court: The Collision of Policy and Jurisprudence

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  57
  Citations

• Solicitor General Influence and Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  44
  Citations

• The Citation and Depreciation of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

  Ryan C. Black;James F. Spriggs

  37
  Citations

• The Role of Emotional Language in Briefs Before the U.S. Supreme Court

  Ryan C. Black;Matthew E.K. Hall;Ryan J. Owens;Eve Ringsmuth

  33
  Citations

• Consider the Source (and the Message): Supreme Court Justices and Strategic Audits of Lower Court Decisions

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  33
  Citations

• Televised Oral Arguments and Judicial Legitimacy: An Initial Assessment

  Unknown

  26
  Citations

• The Influence of Public Sentiment on Supreme Court Opinion Clarity

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens;Justin Wedeking;Patrick C. Wohlfarth

  23
  Citations

• Toward an Actor-Based Measure of Supreme Court Case Salience: Information-Seeking and Engagement during Oral Arguments

  Ryan C. Black;Maron W. Sorenson;Timothy R. Johnson

  23
  Citations

• Recusals and the "Problem" of an Equally Divided Supreme Court

  Ryan Black;Lee Epstein

  22
  Citations

• The Role of Emotional Language in Briefs before the US Supreme Court

  Ryan C. Black;Matthew E. K. Hall;Ryan J. Owens;Eve M. Ringsmuth

  22
  Citations

• Bargaining and Legal Development in the United States Courts of Appeals

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens

  21
  Citations

• The Role of Law Clerks in the U.S. Supreme Court's Agenda-Setting Process

  Ryan C. Black;Christina L. Boyd

  17
  Citations

• A Well-Traveled Lot: A Research Note on Judicial Travel by U.S. Supreme Court Justices

  Ryan C. Black;Ryan J. Owens;Miles T. Armaly

  17
  Citations

• An Empirical Analysis of the Length of U.S. Supreme Court Opinions

  Ryan C. Black;James F. Spriggs

  10
  Citations