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Virginia Gray 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 Virginia Gray sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 118 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia Gray 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 Virginia Gray 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: 41 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Virginia Gray is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations, and Education.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Child Development and Digital Technology

Virginia Gray has published in several venues, with frequent contributions to UNC Libraries, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Interest Groups & Advocacy, and Congress & the Presidency.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "I choose you! Interest group endorsements in the 2018 US House midterm elections" (2020), published in Interest Groups & Advocacy
  • "O24 Today's Mom: HappyHealthy Baby: Transforming a Traditional Nutrition Education Curriculum Into an Online Course for SNAP-Ed" (2022), published in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
  • "P071 COVID-Related Diet Changes in a Multiethnic Sample of College Students" (2022), published in Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
  • "McKay, Amy Melissa. Stealth Lobbying: Interest Group Influence and Health Care Reform" (2023), published in Congress & the Presidency
  • "The Construction of Interest Communities: Distinguishing Bottom-Up and Top-Down Models" (2021), published in UNC Libraries

Virginia Gray often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • David Lowery
  • Tyler Steelman
  • Sylvia H. Byrd
  • Sondra Parmer
  • Carson Purcell

Best Publications

  • Innovation in the States: A Diffusion Study

    Virginia Gray

  • The Population Ecology of Interest Representation: Lobbying Communities in the American States

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis

    Virginia Gray;Russell L. Hanson;Thad Kousser

  • A Niche Theory of Interest Representation

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • The Population Ecology of Gucci Gulch, or the Natural Regulation of Interest Group Numbers in the American States

    David Lowery;Virginia Gray

  • A Neopluralist Perspective on Research on Organized Interests

    David Lowery;Virginia H Gray

  • Public opinion, public policy, and organized interests in the American states

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery;Matthew Fellowes;Andrea McAtee

  • Models of Comparative State Politics: A Comparison of Cross-Sectional and Time Series Analyses

    Virginia Gray

  • Interest Group Politics and Economic Growth in the U.S. States

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • A Neopluralist Perspective on Research on Organized Interests

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  • External Limits and Internal Determinants of State Public Policy

    Sung-Don Hwang;Virginia Gray

  • Reconceptualizing Pac Formation: It's Not a Collective Action Problem, and It May Be an Arms Race

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • Bias in the Heavenly Chorus Interests in Society and before Government

    David Lowery;Virginia H Gray

  • To Lobby Alone or in a Flock Foraging Behavior Among Organized Interests

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • The Density of State Interest Group Systems

    David Lynn Lowery;Virginia Gray

  • Interest Representation and Democratic Gridlock

    Virginia Gray;David Lowery

  • The Institutionalization of State Communities of Organized Interests

    Virginia Gray;David Lynn Lowery

  • The Expression of Density Dependence in State Communities of Organized Interests

    Virginia Gray;David Lynn Lowery

  • Federal Policy Activity and the Mobilization of State Lobbying Organizations

    Frank R. Baumgartner;Virginia H Gray;David Lowery

  • How some rules just don't matter: The regulation of lobbyists

    David Lynn Lowery;Virginia Gray

  • Legislative Agendas and Interest Advocacy: Understanding the Demand Side of Lobbying

    Virginia Gray;David Lynn Lowery;Matthew Fellowes;Jennifer L. Anderson

  • Sisyphus meets the borg: Economic scale and inequalities in interest representation

    David Lowery;Virginia Gray;Matthew Fellowes

Frequent Co-Authors

David Lowery
David Lowery Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey J. Harden
Jeffrey J. Harden University of Notre Dame
Jennifer Wolak
Jennifer Wolak Michigan State University
Darren Halpin
Darren Halpin Australian National University
Pamela Johnston Conover
Pamela Johnston Conover University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel J. Elazar
Daniel J. Elazar Bar-Ilan University
Frank R. Baumgartner
Frank R. Baumgartner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Brace
Paul Brace Rice University
Austin Sarat
Austin Sarat Amherst College
Peter L. Berger
Peter L. Berger Boston University

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