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Theda Skocpol 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 Theda Skocpol sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 359 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Theda Skocpol 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 Theda Skocpol 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: 72 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and political trust, pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence.
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1979 - C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Overview

Theda Skocpol is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, as well as sociology and political science. Their research also touches upon strategy and management within these broader fields.

Theda Skocpol's recent publications include:

  • "Social Justice Campaigns and Democratic Party Gains: How Georgia's Partisan Reformers Overtook North Carolina's Moral Advocates" (2022), published in Studies in American Political Development
  • "Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy" (2025), published in PS Political Science & Politics
  • "Reflections on an anniversary" (2024), published in Politics

Coauthors frequently working with Theda Skocpol include Caroline Tervo, Kirsten Walters, Sarah James, Margaret Weir, and Ann Shola Orloff.

Theda Skocpol has published in several respected journals, with multiple works appearing in Studies in American Political Development. Other publication venues include:

  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Politics
  • Perspectives on Politics

Theda Skocpol's academic contributions address a range of topics, such as:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements

One notable book by Theda Skocpol, published by Princeton University Press in 2020, is titled "Social Policy in the United States."

Among awards received by Theda Skocpol are:

  • Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2007), awarded for their analysis of the role of the state in revolutions, welfare, and political trust
  • Mattei Dogan Prize from the International Political Science Association (2016)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
  • Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (1993)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1989)
  • C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems (1979)

Best Publications

  • States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China

    Theda Skocpol

  • Bringing the State Back in

    Peter B. Evans;Dietrich Rueschemeyer;Theda Skocpol

  • Protecting soldiers and mothers : the political origins of social policy in the United States

    Theda Skocpol

  • Bringing the State Back In: Bringing the State Back In: Strategies of Analysis in Current Research

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  • Historical Institutionalism in Contemporary Political Science

    Ira Katznelson;Helen V. Milner;Theda Skocpol;Paul Pierson

  • States and Social Revolutions

    Theda Skocpol;Barrington Moore

  • The Uses of Comparative History in Macrosocial Inquiry

    Theda Skocpol;Margaret Somers

  • The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

    Vanessa Williamson;Theda Skocpol;John Coggin

  • Diminished Democracy: From Membership to Management in American Civic Life

    Theda Skocpol

  • Civic Engagement in American Democracy

    Theda Skocpol;Morris P. Fiorina

  • States and Social Policies

    Theda Skocpol;Edwin Amenta

  • Protecting Soldiers and Mothers

    Theda Skocpol

  • Vision and Method in Historical Sociology

    Theda Skocpol

  • A Nation of Organizers: The Institutional Origins of Civic Voluntarism in the United States

    Theda Skocpol;Marshall Louis Ganz;Ziad Munson

  • Bringing the State Back In: State Structures and the Possibilities for “Keynesian” Responses to the Great Depression in Sweden, Britain, and the United States

    Margaret Weir;Theda Skocpol

  • "Why Not Equal Protection?": Explaining the Politics of Public Social Spending in Britain, 1900-1911 and the United States, 1880s-1920

    Ann Shola Orloff;Theda Skocpol

  • Political Response to Capitalist Crisis: Neo-Marxist Theories of the State and the Case of the New Deal:

    Theda Skocpol

  • State Capacity and Economic Intervention in the Early New Deal

    Theda Skocpol;Kenneth Finegold

  • The Politics of Social Policy in the United States

    Margaret Weir;Ann Shola Orloff;Theda Skocpol

  • Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know

    Lawrence R Jacobs;Theda Skocpol

  • Explaining Revolutions in the Contemporary Third World

    Jeffrey Goodwin;Theda Skocpol

  • RENTIER STATE AND SHI'A ISLAM IN THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION

    Theda Skocpol

  • The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America.

    Theda Skocpol;Peter Flora;Arnold J. Heidenheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence R. Jacobs
Lawrence R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Dietrich Rueschemeyer Brown University
Peter Evans
Peter Evans University of California, Berkeley
Paul Pierson
Paul Pierson University of California, Berkeley
Morris P. Fiorina
Morris P. Fiorina Stanford University
Edwin Amenta
Edwin Amenta University of California, Irvine
Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly Columbia University
Robert D. Putnam
Robert D. Putnam Harvard University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
James C. Scott
James C. Scott Yale University

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