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22
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2012
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1859
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933

Spencer Piston 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 Spencer Piston sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 63 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Spencer Piston 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 Spencer Piston 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: 73 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: 22 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • How Explicit Racial Prejudice Hurt Obama in the 2008 Election

    Spencer Piston

  • Increasing Precision without Altering Treatment Effects: Repeated Measures Designs in Survey Experiments

    Scott Clifford;Geoffrey Sheagley;Spencer Piston

  • Unequal and Unrepresented: Political Inequality and the People's Voice in the New Gilded Age by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry E. Brady, and Sidney Verba. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2018. 330 pp. $29.95.

    Spencer Piston

  • Saving Face: Identifying Voter Responses to Black Candidates and Female Candidates

    Yanna Krupnikov;Spencer Piston;Nichole M. Bauer

  • Explaining Public Support for Counterproductive Homelessness Policy: The Role of Disgust

    Scott Clifford;Spencer Piston

  • Class Attitudes in America

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  • Class Attitudes in America: Sympathy for the Poor, Resentment of the Rich, and Political Implications

    Spencer Piston

  • Too Much Knowledge, Too Little Power: An Assessment of Political Knowledge in Highly Policed Communities

    Vesla Weaver;Gwen Prowse;Spencer Piston

  • Is Implicit Prejudice against Blacks Politically Consequential? Evidence from the AMP

    Nathan P. Kalmoe;Spencer Piston

  • Racial Prejudice, Partisanship, and White Turnout in Elections with Black Candidates

    Yanna Krupnikov;Spencer Piston

  • Guilt by Association: White Collective Guilt in American Politics

    Jennifer Chudy;Spencer Piston;Joshua Shipper

  • Pride or prejudice?: Racial prejudice, southern heritage, and white support for the confederate battle flag

    Logan Strother;Spencer Piston;Thomas Ogorzalek

  • The Politics of Racist Dehumanization in the United States

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  • College roommates have a modest but significant influence on each other’s political ideology

    Logan Strother;Spencer Piston;Ezra Golberstein;Sarah E. Gollust

  • Accentuating the Negative: Candidate Race and Campaign Strategy

    Yanna Krupnikov;Spencer Piston

  • Examining whites’ anti-black attitudes after Obama’s presidency

    Nicole Yadon;Spencer Piston

  • The Political Consequences of Latino Prejudice against Blacks

    Yanna Krupnikov;Spencer Piston

  • Withdrawing and Drawing In: Political Discourse in Policed Communities

    Vesla Weaver;Gwen Prowse;Spencer Piston

  • Clear as Black and White: The Effects of Ambiguous Rhetoric Depend on Candidate Race

    Spencer Piston;Yanna Krupnikov;John Barry Ryan;Kerri Milita

  • What Does it Take to Reduce Racial Prejudice in Individual-Level Candidate Evaluations? A Formal Theoretic Perspective*

    Arthur Lupia;Logan S. Casey;Kristyn L. Karl;Spencer Piston

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