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D-Index
68
Citations
30892
World Ranking
61
National Ranking
4

Thomas Risse 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 Thomas Risse sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 308 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Risse 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 Thomas Risse 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: 68 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Risse is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research spans several fields including Computer Science and Decision Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Operations Research, Management Information Systems, Information Systems and Management, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

Risse's work commonly addresses topics related to Data Quality and Management, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing, and Text Readability and Simplification.

The scientist has contributed to scholarly literature through several papers, including:

  • Current Research on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: Best Papers from TPDL 2019 & 2020, 2022, published in International Journal on Digital Libraries
  • INO volume 77 issue 4 Cover and Front matter, 2023, published in International Organization
  • Requirements for a Digital Library System: A Case Study in Digital Humanities (Technical Report), 2024, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Risse's co-author network includes collaborators with multiple joint publications, such as Fabien Duchateau, Mark Hall, and Tanja Merčun, each with two collaborations, followed by Ladjel Bellatreche and Mária Bieliková with one collaboration each.

Regarding publication venues, Thomas Risse has contributed articles to:

  • International Journal on Digital Libraries
  • International Organization
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

In addition to articles, Risse has been involved in book publications. Notably, one title published by Springer Science+Business Media is "ADBIS, TPDL and EDA 2020 Common Workshops and Doctoral Consortium" (2020), which has accrued several citations.

Best Publications

  • “Let's Argue!”: Communicative Action in World Politics

    Thomas Risse

  • When Europe Hits Home: Europeanization and Domestic Change

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Conceptualizing the Domestic Impact of Europe

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • A Community of Europeans?: Transnational Identities and Public Spheres

    Thomas Risse

  • The Power of Human Rights: The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction

    Thomas Risse;Kathryn Sikkink

  • 1. Europeanization and Domestic Change: Introduction

    Thomas Risse;Maria Green Cowles;James Caporaso

  • Social Constructivism and European Integration

    Thomas Risse

  • Transnational Actors and World Politics

    Thomas Risse

  • Governance without a state: Can it work?

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • From Europeanisation to Diffusion: Introduction

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • The Power of Human Rights

    Thomas Risse;Stephen C. Ropp;Kathryn Sikkink

  • The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance

    Thomas Risse;Stephen C. Ropp;Kathryn Sikkink

  • 9. Public-Private Partnerships: Effective and Legitimate Tools of Transnational Governance?

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • "Constructing Europe? The Evolution of French, British, and German Nation-State Identities"

    Martin Marcussen;Thomas Risse;Daniela Engelmann-Martin;Hans Joachim Knopf

  • Control of the charge state of metal atoms on thin MgO films.

    Martin Sterrer;Thomas Risse;Umberto Martinez Pozzoni;Livia Giordano

  • From the euro to the Schengen crises: European integration theories, politicization, and identity politics

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Europeanization: The Domestic Impact of European Union Politics

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Global Governance and Communicative Action

    Thomas Risse

  • Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood

    Thomas Risse

  • External Actors, State‐Building, and Service Provision in Areas of Limited Statehood: Introduction

    Stephen D. Krasner;Thomas Risse

  • Transnational Diffusion: Norms, Ideas and Policies

    Fabrizio Gilardi;Walter Carlsnaes;Thomas Risse;Beth A Simmons

  • Neofunctionalism, European identity, and the puzzles of European integration

    Thomas Risse

  • The Euro between national and European identity

    Thomas Risse

  • Challenges to the Liberal Order: Reflections on International Organization

    David A. Lake;Lisa L. Martin;Thomas Risse

Frequent Co-Authors

Tanja A. Börzel
Tanja A. Börzel Freie Universität Berlin
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Silke Leimkühler
Silke Leimkühler University of Potsdam
Frank Girgsdies
Frank Girgsdies Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gianfranco Pacchioni
Gianfranco Pacchioni University of Milano-Bicocca
Beth A. Simmons
Beth A. Simmons University of Pennsylvania
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov
Shamil K. Shaikhutdinov Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Angelika Brückner
Angelika Brückner University of Rostock
Markus C. Wahl
Markus C. Wahl Freie Universität Berlin
Helmut Kuhlenbeck
Helmut Kuhlenbeck Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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