2026 Toby Bolsen: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	30	1156	1044	586	508	94	5302

Overview

Toby Bolsen is a researcher primarily affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, notably social sciences and environmental science, with a particular focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, communication, and health.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

Climate Change Communication and Perception
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Housing Market and Economics
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Social and Intergroup Psychology

Bolsen has published research in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to Harvard Dataverse, Science Communication, Environmental Communication, Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, and Frontiers in Political Science.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Bolsen include:

Politicization and COVID-19 vaccine resistance in the U.S. (2022), published in Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science
The Effect of Frames on COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance (2021), published in Frontiers in Political Science
Framing the Origins of COVID-19 (2020), published in Science Communication
A Research Agenda for Climate Change Communication and Public Opinion: The Role of Scientific Consensus Messaging and Beyond (2020), published in Environmental Communication
"Don't Tell Me What to Do": Resistance to Climate Change Messages Suggesting Behavior Changes (2020), published in Weather Climate and Society

The researcher collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Risa Palm, Justin T. Kingsland, Judd R. Thornton, Robin Bayes, and James Druckman. Notably, collaborations with Risa Palm have resulted in 34 coauthored works.

Bolsen's contributions extend to book publications through Springer International Publishing. Two titles include Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in South Florida (2020) and Housing Market Response to Sea-Level Rise in Florida (2021), reflecting ongoing interest in environmental and economic issues linked to climate change impacts.

Best Publications

The Influence of Partisan Motivated Reasoning on Public Opinion

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman;Fay Lomax Cook

821
Citations
Citizens, Knowledge, and the Information Environment

Jennifer Jerit;Jason Barabas;Toby Bolsen

674
Citations
Framing, Motivated Reasoning, and Opinions About Emergent Technologies

James N. Druckman;Toby Bolsen

530
Citations
Counteracting the Politicization of Science

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman

285
Citations
Do partisanship and politicization undermine the impact of a scientific consensus message about climate change

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman

211
Citations
The US News Media, Polarization on Climate Change, and Pathways to Effective Communication

Toby Bolsen;Matthew A. Shapiro

194
Citations
The Polls—Trends Public Opinion on Energy Policy: 1974–2006

Toby Bolsen;Fay Lomax Cook

187
Citations
How Frames Can Undermine Support for Scientific Adaptations: Politicization and the Status-Quo Bias

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman;Fay Lomax Cook

174
Citations
Citizens’, Scientists’, and Policy Advisors’ Beliefs about Global Warming

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman;Fay Lomax Cook

150
Citations
Doing What Others Do Norms, Science, and Collective Action on Global Warming

Toby Bolsen;Thomas J. Leeper;Matthew A. Shapiro

112
Citations
Self-Interest and Attention to News Among Issue Publics

Toby Bolsen;Thomas J. Leeper

95
Citations
The Effect of Frames on COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance

Risa Palm;Toby Bolsen;Justin T. Kingsland

73
Citations
Are Voters More Likely to Contribute to Other Public Goods? Evidence from a Large‐Scale Randomized Policy Experiment

Toby Bolsen;Paul J. Ferraro;Juan Jose Miranda

71
Citations
The Impact of Message Source on the Effectiveness of Communications About Climate Change

Toby Bolsen;Risa Palm;Justin T. Kingsland

69
Citations
Framing the Origins of COVID-19

Toby Bolsen;Risa Palm;Justin T. Kingsland

69
Citations
A Research Agenda for Climate Change Communication and Public Opinion: The Role of Scientific Consensus Messaging and Beyond

Robin Bayes;Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman

59
Citations
Counteracting Climate Science Politicization With Effective Frames and Imagery

Toby Bolsen;Risa Palm;Justin T. Kingsland

56
Citations
Public Opinion on Energy Policy, 1974-2006

Toby Bolsen

51
Citations
“Don’t Tell Me What to Do”: Resistance to Climate Change Messages Suggesting Behavior Changes

Risa Palm;Toby Bolsen;Justin T. Kingsland

44
Citations
The Feedback Effects of Controversial Police Use of Force

Kevin J. Mullinix;Toby Bolsen;Robert J. Norris

40
Citations
A Comparison of Online and Face-to-Face Approaches to Teaching Introduction to American Government.

Toby Bolsen;Michael Evans;Anna McCaghren Fleming

36
Citations
Framing, Motivated Reasoning, and Opinions about Emergent Technologies

Toby Bolsen;James N. Druckman

31
Citations
Citizens', Scientists', and Policy Advisors' Beliefs about Global Warming (WP-14-17)

Toby Bolsen;James Druckman;Fay Lomax Cook

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James N. Druckman University of Rochester

Fay Lomax Cook Northwestern University

Paul J. Ferraro Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer Jerit Dartmouth College

External Links

Personal website of Toby Bolsen

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