Bernard Grofman

16.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
333 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Bernard Grofman is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Grofman has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 145 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 66 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Bernard Grofman's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (167 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (84 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (40 papers). Bernard Grofman is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (167 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (84 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (40 papers). Bernard Grofman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Bernard Grofman's co-authors include Scott L. Feld, Samuel Merrill, Guillermo Owen, James Adams, Lisa Handley, Stergios Skaperdas, Thomas L. Brunell, Rein Taagepera, Arend Lijphart and Richard G. Niemi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Grofman

323 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Unified Theory of Party Competition

2005 335 citations James Adams, Samuel Merrill et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bernard Grofman	6.0k	3.1k	2.1k	1.4k	920	333	8.7k
Howard L. Rosenthal	6.8k 1.1×	5.0k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	929 1.0×	137	10.8k
Peter C. Ordeshook	5.9k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	483 0.5×	109	8.7k
William H. Riker	6.8k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	2.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	522 0.6×	75	10.3k
Kenneth A. Shepsle	5.2k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	366 0.4×	107	7.7k
Richard G. Niemi	5.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	4.5k 2.1×	853 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	186	9.8k
Keith T. Poole	6.4k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	98	8.9k
Scott L. Feld	1.7k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.3×	593 0.4×	454 0.5×	94	6.6k
R. Michael Alvarez	3.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	603 0.4×	667 0.7×	181	5.7k
David Austen‐Smith	2.4k 0.4×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	151 0.2×	69	5.1k
Arthur L. Stinchcombe	1.3k 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.6×	972 0.7×	256 0.3×	129	7.4k

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Merrill, Samuel, Bernard Grofman, & Thomas L. Brunell. (2022). Identifying the “Downsian Ceiling”: When Does Polarization Make Appealing to One’s Base More Attractive than Moderating to the Center. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3(3-4). 273–293. 3 indexed citations

Grofman, Bernard, et al.. (2020). ZIP Codes as Geographic Bases of Representation. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 20(2). 215–223. 1 indexed citations

Grofman, Bernard. (2019). Tests for Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymandering in a Post- Gill World. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 18(2). 93–115. 11 indexed citations

Miller, Peter & Bernard Grofman. (2018). Public Hearings and Congressional Redistricting: Evidence from the Western United States 2011–2012. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 17(1). 21–38. 2 indexed citations

Tan, Netina & Bernard Grofman. (2016). The Electoral Authoritarian’s Subtle Toolkit: Evidence from Singapore. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 142. 30. 6 indexed citations

Grofman, Bernard, et al.. (2014). Using Spanish Surname to Estimate Hispanic Voting Population in Voting Rights Litigation: A Model of Context Effects Using Bayes' Theorem. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 13(3). 375–393. 8 indexed citations

Grofman, Bernard. (2013). Devising a Sensible Trigger for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 12(3). 332–337. 3 indexed citations

Giannetti, Daniela & Bernard Grofman. (2011). A natural experiment on electoral law reform : evaluating the long run consequences of 1990s electoral reform in Italy and Japan. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1–167. 11 indexed citations

Grofman, Bernard, André Blais, & Shaun Bowler. (2009). Duverger's law of plurality voting : the logic of party competition in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. Springer eBooks. 42 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard & Gary King. (2007). The Future of Partisan Symmetry as a Judicial Test for Partisan Gerrymandering after LULAC v. Perry. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 6(1). 2–35. 86 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard. (2007). toward a science of politics?. European Political Science. 6(2). 143–155. 9 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard. (2006). Operationalizing the Section 5 Retrogression Standard of the Voting Rights Act in the Light of Georgia v. Ashcroft: Social Science Perspectives on Minority Influence, Opportunity and Control. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 5(3). 250–282. 12 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard. (2006). This Way to the Egress and Other Reflections on Partisan Gerrymandering Claims in Light of Lulac v. Perry. 105(1). 67–71.

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Grofman, Bernard, Scott L. Feld, & Natalie Masuoka. (2005). Direct And Indirect Influence Among Political Science Departments. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4 indexed citations

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King, Gary, Gary King, Gary King, et al.. (2004). Ecological Inference. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 98 indexed citations

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Merrill, Samuel, Bernard Grofman, & James Adams. (2001). Assimilation and contrast effects in voter projections of party locations: Evidence from Norway, France, and the USA. European Journal of Political Research. 40(2). 199–221. 2 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard, Lisa Handley, & David Lublin. (2001). Drawing Effective Miority Districts: A Conceptual Framework and Some Empirical Evidence. North Carolina law review. 79(5). 1383–6. 28 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard & Peter Van Roozendaal. (1994). Toward a theoretical explanation of premature cabinet termination. European Journal of Political Research. 26(2). 155–170. 29 indexed citations

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Grofman, Bernard & Guillermo Owen. (1987). A theorem on the optimal allocation of effort. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations

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Taagepera, Rein & Bernard Grofman. (1985). Rethinking Duverger's Law: Predicting the Effective Number of Parties in Plurality and PR Systems – Parties Minus Issues Equals One. European Journal of Political Research. 13(4). 341–352. 107 indexed citations

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