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D-Index
46
Citations
20870
World Ranking
309
National Ranking
176

William H. Riker 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 William H. Riker sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 109 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William H. Riker 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 William H. Riker sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

William H. Riker was affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States throughout their academic career.

The researcher held memberships and honors including becoming a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1982 and being elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1974.

The scientific contributions of William H. Riker spanned multiple areas, though specific fields of study, subfields, or main topics were not detailed in the available data.

There are no recorded publications, frequent co-authors, or dominant publication venues associated with their profile in the provided information.

William H. Riker is noted as deceased.

Best Publications

  • A Theory of the Calculus of Voting

    William H. Riker;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • The Theory of Political Coalitions

    William H. Riker

  • The Theory of Political Coalitions.

    Unknown

  • The art of political manipulation

    William H. Riker

  • Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice

    William H. Riker

  • An Introduction to Positive Political Theory

    William H. Riker;Peter C. Ordeshook

  • Federalism: origin, operation, significance

    William H. Riker

  • The Two-party System and Duverger's Law: An Essay on the History of Political Science

    William H. Riker

  • Implications from the Disequilibrium of Majority Rule for the Study of Institutions

    William H. Riker

  • Perspectives on positive political economy

    James E. Alt;Kenneth A. Shepsle

  • Implications from the Disequilibrium of Majority Rule for the Study of Institutions

    Unknown

  • A Theory of the Calculus of Voting

    Unknown

  • The Two-party System and Duverger's Law: An Essay on the History of Political Science

    Unknown

  • The Strategy of Rhetoric: Campaigning for the American Constitution

    Unknown

  • The Paradox of Vote Trading

    William H. Riker;Steven J. Brams

  • Farquharson and Fenno: Sophisticated Voting and Home Style

    Arthur Denzau;William Riker;Kenneth Shepsle

  • The Heresthetics of Constitution-Making: The Presidency in 1787, with Comments on Determinism and Rational Choice

    William H. Riker

  • The Strategy of Rhetoric: Campaigning for the American Constitution.

    Unknown

  • The Number of Political Parties: A Reexamination of Duverger's Law

    William H. Riker

  • ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AND THE COHERENCE OF LEGISLATION

    David Austen-Smith;William H. Riker

  • The Justification of Bicameralism

    William H. Riker

  • An Assessment of the Merits of Selective Nuclear Proliferation

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita;William H. Riker

  • Voting and the Summation of Preferences: An interpretive Bibliographical Review of Selected Developments During the Last Decade

    William H. Riker

  • The development of American federalism

    William H. Riker

  • Democracy in the United States

    William H. Riker

  • The Effects of Zoning and Externalities on the Price of Land: An Empirical Analysis of Monroe County, New York

    Steven M. Maser;William H. Riker;Richard N. Rosett

  • The Paradox of Voting and Congressional Rules for Voting on Amendments.

    William H. Riker

  • Perspectives on Positive Political Economy: Political science and rational choice

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Weimer
David L. Weimer University of Wisconsin–Madison
David Austen-Smith
David Austen-Smith Northwestern University
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom Indiana University
Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock George Mason University
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Kenneth A. Shepsle Harvard University

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