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D-Index
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5790
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1330
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Valerie Bunce 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 Valerie Bunce sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 107 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valerie Bunce 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 Valerie Bunce 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: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Valerie Bunce is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their professional work includes contributions to academia recognized through the award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.

Details of their research output include no listed recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications in the provided data.

Information concerning specific fields of study, subfields, or main topics covered within their research is not detailed in the available data.

The award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences indicates recognition within the broader academic community, though specific citations accompanying this award are not provided.

There is no indication that Valerie Bunce is deceased, so their profile is presented in the present tense.

Best Publications

  • Subversive Institutions: The Design and the Destruction of Socialism and the State

    Valerie Bunce

  • Comparative Democratization Big and Bounded Generalizations

    Valerie Bunce

  • Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • Rethinking Recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommunist Experience

    Valerie Bunce

  • Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • Should Transitologists Be Grounded

    Valerie Bunce

  • Diffusion-Proofing: Russian and Chinese Responses to Waves of Popular Mobilizations against Authoritarian Rulers

    Karrie J. Koesel;Valerie J. Bunce

  • Uncertainty in the Transition: Post-communism in Hungary:

    Valerie Bunce;Mária Csanádi

  • The Political Economy of Postsocialism

    Valerie Bunce

  • International Diffusion and Postcommunist Electoral Revolutions

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • FAVORABLE CONDITIONS AND ELECTORAL REVOLUTIONS

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • Do New Leaders Make a Difference?: Executive Succession and Public Policy Under Capitalism and Socialism

    Valerie Bunce

  • Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Postcommunist World

    Valerie Bunce;Michael McFaul;Kathryn Stoner-Weiss

  • Paper Curtains and Paper Tigers

    Valerie Bunce

  • Comparing East and South

    Valerie Bunce

  • The National Idea: Imperial Legacies and Post-Communist Pathways in Eastern Europe

    Valerie Bunce

  • Regional Differences in Democratization: The East Versus the South

    Valerie Bunce

  • 3. Diffusion and Demonstration

    David Patel;Valerie Bunce;Sharon Wolchik;Marc Lynch

  • Putin, Popular Protests, and Political Trajectories in Russia: A Comparative Perspective

    Karrie J. Koesel;Valerie J. Bunce

  • The Political Economy of the Brezhnev Era: The Rise and Fall of Corporatism

    Valerie Bunce

  • DEMOCRATIZATION AND ECONOMIC REFORM

    V. Bunce

  • getting real about "real causes"

    Valerie Bunce;Sharon Wolchik

  • Youth and Electoral Revolutions in Slovakia, Serbia, and Georgia

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • The Succession Connection: Policy Cycles and Political Change in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

    Valerie Jane Bunce

  • Transnational networks, diffusion dynamics, and electoral revolutions in the postcommunist world

    Valerie Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

  • Socialist Unemployment: The Political Economy of Yugoslavia, 1945–1990. By Woodward Susan L.. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. 443p. $55.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

    Valerie Bunce

  • Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries: Conclusions

    Valerie J. Bunce;Sharon L. Wolchik

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Michael McFaul Stanford University

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