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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 57 139 122 85 72 213 18476

Stuart Soroka publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stuart Soroka between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stuart Soroka published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 2019. 18 of the 280 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 2019. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 34 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 10 publications
1970 2025

280 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stuart Soroka: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 0
2002 4
2003 5
2004 3
2005 2
2006 5
2007 5
2008 3
2009 22
2010 5
2011 4
2012 9
2013 13
2014 22
2015 10
2016 10
2017 11
2018 10
2019 41
2020 34
2021 19
2022 18
2023 3
2024 8
2025 10
Total 280
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Stuart Soroka 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 Stuart Soroka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 211–215 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 213 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19 213
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Stuart Soroka 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 Stuart Soroka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 57 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11 57
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Stuart Soroka is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with significant contributions to sociology, political science, and communication.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications in notable journals such as:

  • Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage, 2020, Science Communication
  • Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content, 1985-2017, 2020, Science Communication
  • Netflix, Library Analysis, and Globalization: Rethinking Mass Media Flows, 2022, Journal of Communication
  • Negativity Biases and Political Ideology: A Comparative Test Across 17 Countries, 2020, American Political Science Review
  • Social Media and the Changing Information Environment, 2020, Public Opinion Quarterly

Soroka's frequent coauthors include:

  • Patrick Fournier
  • Christopher Wlezien
  • Lilach Nir
  • Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice
  • Arthur Lupia

The scholar has published heavily through Harvard Dataverse, with 25 publications credited there, alongside other venues such as:

  • Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications
  • Science Communication
  • American Political Science Review
  • Canadian Journal of Political Science

In addition to journal articles, Soroka has authored books published by Cambridge University Press, including:

  • Information and Democracy, 2022
  • The Increasing Viability of Good News, 2021

The main fields of study associated with Soroka's work include:

  • Social Sciences

Key subfields in which Soroka's research contributions are prominent include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Areas central to their work encompass topics such as:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Computational and Text Analysis Methods

Best Publications

  • Degrees of democracy

    Stuart N. Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Degrees of Democracy: Politics, Public Opinion, and Policy

    Stuart Neil Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Good News and Bad News: Asymmetric Responses to Economic Information

    Stuart N. Soroka

  • When Does Diversity Erode Trust? Neighborhood Diversity, Interpersonal Trust and the Mediating Effect of Social Interactions

    Dietlind Stolle;Stuart Soroka;Richard Johnston

  • Affective News: The Automated Coding of Sentiment in Political Texts

    Lori Young;Stuart Soroka

  • Agenda-setting dynamics in Canada

    Stuart Neil Soroka

  • Public Opinion and Public Policy

    Stuart N. Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Issue Attributes and Agenda‐Setting by Media, the Public, and Policymakers in Canada

    Stuart N. Soroka

  • Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage

    P. Sol Hart;Sedona Chinn;Stuart Soroka

  • Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

    Stuart N. Soroka

  • The Mass Media's Political Agenda-Setting Power: A Longitudinal Analysis of Media, Parliament, and Government in Belgium (1993 to 2000)

    Stefaan Walgrave;Stuart Soroka;Michiel Nuytemans

  • Do Multiculturalism policies erode the welfare state? An empirical analysis

    Keith Banting;Richard Johnston;Will Kymlicka;Stuart Soroka

  • News, Politics, and Negativity

    Stuart Soroka;Stephen McAdams

  • Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences

    Stuart Neil Soroka

  • A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis

    Bryan Davidson Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner;Christian Breunig;Christopher Wlezien

  • Opinion–Policy Dynamics: Public Preferences and Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom

    Stuart N. Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Consumer Demand for Cynical and Negative News Frames

    Marc Trussler;Stuart Soroka

  • The Gatekeeping Function: Distributions of Information in Media and the Real World

    Stuart N. Soroka

  • Cross-national evidence of a negativity bias in psychophysiological reactions to news

    Stuart Soroka;Patrick Fournier;Lilach Nir

  • Negativity in Democratic Politics

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  • On the limits to inequality in representation

    Stuart N. Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Political Institutions and the Opinion–Policy Link

    Christopher Wlezien;Stuart N. Soroka

  • Opinion Representation and Policy Feedback: Canada in Comparative Perspective

    Stuart N. Soroka;Christopher Wlezien

  • Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content, 1985-2017:

    Sedona Chinn;P. Sol Hart;Stuart Soroka

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Shanto Iyengar
Shanto Iyengar Stanford University
Richard Johnston
Richard Johnston University of British Columbia
Keith G. Banting
Keith G. Banting Queen's University
Toril Aalberg
Toril Aalberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology
David Rowe
David Rowe Western Sydney University
James Curran
James Curran University of Sydney
Stefaan Walgrave
Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp
Hernando Rojas
Hernando Rojas University of Wisconsin–Madison
Will Kymlicka
Will Kymlicka Queen's University

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