Top institutions for Political Science & Public Administration

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Political Science & Public Administration?

899 researchers whose main subfield is Political Science & Public Administration are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Stanford University has the most (18, 2.0%), followed by University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (17) and Harvard University (17). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Stanford University United States1818Hainmueller, Jens #337
2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States1717Inglehart, Ronald F. #408
3Harvard University United States1717Norris, Pippa #1,150
4University of California, Berkeley United States1515Pierson, Paul #2,060
5Princeton University United States1515Milner, Helen V. #12,255
6London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom1313Hobolt, Sara Binzer #4,500
7Yale University United States1313Svolik, Milan W. #8,341
8Göteborgs Universitet Sweden1111Rothstein, Bo #10,832
9Universiteit van Amsterdam Netherlands1010Rooduijn, Matthijs #7,770
10KU Leuven Belgium1010Hooghe, Marc #11,586
11European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole Italy1010Radaelli, Claudio M. #14,164
12University of Oxford United Kingdom1010Snidal, Duncan #15,411
13Indiana University Bloomington United States88Ostrom, Elinor #34
14Universität Zürich Switzerland88Kriesi, Hanspeter #2,335
15University of California, Los Angeles United States88Treisman, Daniel S. #5,800
16New York University United States88Przeworski, Adam #9,474
17Aarhus Universitet Denmark88Green-Pedersen, Christopher #29,568
18The University of Texas at Austin United States77Gerring, John #1,609
19Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States77Thelen, Kathleen #2,258
20The University of Chicago United States77Young, Iris Marion #3,122
21University of California, San Diego United States77Roberts, Margaret E. #4,391
22Universiteit Leiden Netherlands77Boin, Arjen #4,915
23John F. Kennedy School of Government United States77Putnam, Robert D. #5,307
24The Australian National University Australia77Goodin, Robert E. #13,877
25Cornell University United States77Tarrow, Sidney G. #15,906
26The George Washington University United States77Pandey, Sanjay K. #25,317
27University of Georgia United States66Mudde, Cas E. #600
28Northwestern University United States66Mahoney, James #2,574
29Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands66Meijer, Albert Jacob #2,840
30University of California, Irvine United States66Dalton, Russell J. #5,193
31The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States66Hooghe, Liesbet #6,708
32Vanderbilt University United States66Bartels, Larry M. #7,412
33Georgetown University United States66Voeten, Erik #9,327
34Duke University United States66Kitschelt, Herbert P. #9,531
35University of Southampton United Kingdom66Rhodes, R. A.W. #10,963
36Central European University Austria66Schneider, Carsten Q. #12,462
37Universitetet i Oslo Norway64Christensen, Tom #12,811
38Johns Hopkins University United States66Mason, Lilliana #13,352
39Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Netherlands66Klijn, Erik Hans #15,776
40Columbia University United States66Green, Donald Philip #25,162
41Brown University United States66McDermott, Rose M. #30,771
42University of Pennsylvania United States55Mutz, Diana C. #2,241
43Roskilde Universitet Denmark55Torfing, Jacob #3,194
44Faculty of Arts and Sciences United States55Nyhan, Brendan #3,649
45ETH Zürich Switzerland55Schimmelfennig, Frank #5,634
46Université McGill Canada55Béland, Daniel #6,277
47University of California, Davis United States55Sabatier, Paul A. #6,815
48Hoover Institution United States55Diamond, Larry #10,497
49Freie Universität Berlin Germany54Börzel, Tanja Anita #10,810
50University of Wisconsin-Madison United States55Santos, Boaventura De Sousa #16,600
51Washington University in St. Louis United States55Tavits, Margit #19,977
52University of Warwick United Kingdom55Caney, Simon #21,782
53Centre d'Études Européennes et de Politique Comparée de Sciences Po France55Hay, Colin #22,716
54Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany55Fischer, Frank #23,838
55University of California, Santa Barbara United States55Stokes, Leah C. #25,082
56Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom55Isin, Engin F. #25,576
57The University of Manchester United Kingdom55Ford, Robert #40,678
58University of Essex United Kingdom55Böhmelt, Tobias #41,538
59King's College London United Kingdom55John, Peter C. #42,146
60University of Pittsburgh United States44Peters, B. Guy #1,886
61City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong44Tummers, Lars G. #5,888
62University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States44Bryson, John M. #7,334
63Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna Italy44Capano, Giliberto #8,403
64Princeton School of Public and International Affairs United States44Prior, Markus #11,802
65LUISS University Italy44Laruelle, Marlene #12,279
66Stockholms universitet Sweden44Tallberg, Jonas #13,020
67Utrecht University School of Governance Netherlands44Bovens, Mark A.P. #21,923
68Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands44Busuioc, Elena Madalina #24,460
69Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel44Gidron, Noam #25,011
70University of Notre Dame United States44Campbell, David E. #25,211
71Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Germany44Scharpf, Fritz W. #25,331
72Radboud Universiteit Netherlands44Spierings, Niels #30,791
73University College London United Kingdom43Ayoub, Phillip M. #32,927
74The Open University United Kingdom44Hartley, Jean F. #36,711
75Université de Lausanne (UNIL) Switzerland44Bonoli, Giuliano #38,463
76University of Delaware United States44Redlawsk, David P. #53,262
77University of Rochester United States33Druckman, James N. #598
78Simon Fraser University Canada33Howlett, Michael P. #608
79The University of Sydney Australia33Schlosberg, David #2,572
80Universität Konstanz Germany33Mergel, Ines A. #4,134
81University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences United States33Levendusky, Matthew S. #5,867
82University of Canberra Australia33Dryzek, John S. #7,052
83Rutgers University–New Brunswick United States33Krook, Mona Lena #8,084
84Arizona State University United States33Abbott, Kenneth W. #10,166
85Monash University Australia33Mintrom, Michael #12,219
86University of Virginia United States33Lawless, Jennifer L. #15,526
87University of Birmingham United Kingdom33Phillimore, Jenny A. #15,631
88Nuffield College, University Of Oxford United Kingdom33Miller, David Ryan #16,074
89School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark United States33Van Ryzin, Gregg G. #16,818
90The University of British Columbia Canada33Warren, Mark E. #16,924
91University of Houston United States33de Genova, Nicholas P. #18,029
92Copenhagen Business School Denmark33Moon, Jeremy #21,284
93University of Toronto Canada33Way, Lucan Ahmad #22,458
94Pennsylvania State University United States33Golder, Matt #28,928
95Tufts University United States33Ebrahim, Alnoor #31,535
96The University of Arizona United States33Klar, Samara #32,012
97Universiteit Antwerpen Belgium33Walgrave, Stefaan #33,519
98University of Cambridge United Kingdom33Powell, Robert S. #43,336
99Université de Genève Switzerland33Pontusson, Jonas #47,515
100Michigan State University United States33Bratton, Michaël #47,936
101Università degli Studi di Milano Italy32Ferrera, Maurizio #52,332
102Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom33Teasdale, Simon #63,582
103Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain33Torcal, Mariano #66,478
104The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy United States33Fowler, Anthony #82,129