Daniel Nielson

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Daniel Nielson is a scholar working on Development, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Nielson has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Development, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Daniel Nielson's work include International Development and Aid (30 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (11 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Daniel Nielson is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (30 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (11 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Daniel Nielson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Daniel Nielson's co-authors include Michael J. Tierney, Michael G. Findley, Helen V. Milner, J. C. Sharman, Darren Hawkins, Bradley C. Parks, Ryan Powers, Sven E. Wilson, J. Timmons Roberts and Robert L. Hicks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of International Business Studies.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Nielson

64 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform

2003 421 citations Daniel Nielson, Michael J. Tierney profile →
More Dollars than Sense: Refining Our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData

2011 346 citations Michael J. Tierney, Daniel Nielson et al. World Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Nielson United States	20	1.0k	917	696	353	353	67	2.0k
Strom C. Thacker United States	13	511 0.5×	873 1.0×	736 1.1×	189 0.5×	105 0.3×	18	1.7k
Joseph Wright United States	27	855 0.8×	2.5k 2.7×	1.6k 2.3×	230 0.7×	125 0.4×	55	3.5k
Erik Voeten United States	26	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	2.0k 2.9×	716 2.0×	86 0.2×	79	3.3k
Gabriella R. Montinola United States	14	282 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	989 1.4×	164 0.5×	103 0.3×	26	2.0k
Claudia R. Williamson United States	21	344 0.3×	800 0.9×	207 0.3×	125 0.4×	251 0.7×	74	1.8k
Thandika Mkandawire United Kingdom	18	399 0.4×	730 0.8×	521 0.7×	79 0.2×	149 0.4×	55	1.7k
Mushtaq Khan United Kingdom	20	371 0.4×	809 0.9×	456 0.7×	138 0.4×	71 0.2×	71	1.6k
B. Peter Rosendorff United States	22	882 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.4k 2.0×	681 1.9×	74 0.2×	58	2.8k
Arthur A. Goldsmith United States	20	350 0.3×	660 0.7×	289 0.4×	142 0.4×	81 0.2×	57	1.4k
David S. Brown United States	20	252 0.2×	644 0.7×	624 0.9×	109 0.3×	124 0.4×	55	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Nielson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Nielson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Nielson

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Kubinec, Robert, et al.. (2025). Tariffs and corporate political activity: a survey experiment on US businesses. Business and Politics. 27(3). 395–416.

Heinzel, Mirko, et al.. (2025). Experimental evidence on the financial consequences of international organization legitimacy. The Review of International Organizations.

Findley, Michael G., Daniel Nielson, & J. C. Sharman. (2024). Banking bad? A global field experiment on risk, reward, and regulation. American Journal of Political Science. 69(2). 545–559. 2 indexed citations

Jablonski, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Individualized Text Messages about Public Services Fail to Sway Voters: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Ugandan Elections. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 9(3). 346–358. 5 indexed citations

Roessler, Philip, et al.. (2021). The economic impact of mobile phone ownership: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations

Nielson, Daniel, Susan Hyde, & Judith G. Kelley. (2019). The elusive sources of legitimacy beliefs: Civil society views of international election observers. The Review of International Organizations. 14(4). 685–715. 19 indexed citations

Buntaine, Mark, et al.. (2019). Escaping the Disengagement Dilemma: Two Field Experiments on Motivating Citizens to Report on Public Services. British Journal of Political Science. 51(2). 685–705. 14 indexed citations

Cuesta, Brandon De La, Helen V. Milner, Daniel Nielson, & Stephen Knack. (2019). Oil and aid revenue produce equal demands for accountability as taxes in Ghana and Uganda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(36). 17717–17722. 13 indexed citations

Harris, Adam S., et al.. (2017). The Economic Roots of Anti-immigrant Prejudice in the Global South: Evidence from South Africa. Political Research Quarterly. 71(1). 228–241. 19 indexed citations

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Findley, Michael G., Helen V. Milner, & Daniel Nielson. (2017). The choice among aid donors: The effects of multilateral vs. bilateral aid on recipient behavioral support. The Review of International Organizations. 12(2). 307–334. 38 indexed citations

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Morgenstern, Scott, et al.. (2016). The PRI's Choice: Balancing Democratic Reform and its Own Salvation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Nielson, Daniel, et al.. (2014). How Collaborations with Undergraduates Improve Both Learning and Research: With Examples from International Development Experiments. PS Political Science & Politics. 48(1). 48–52. 5 indexed citations

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Muchapondwa, Edwin, Daniel Nielson, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, & Michael J. Tierney. (2014). ‘Ground-truthing’ Chinese development finance in Africa: Field evidence from South Africa and Uganda. Working Paper Series. 2 indexed citations

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Muchapondwa, Edwin, Daniel Nielson, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange, & Michael J. Tierney. (2014). 'Ground-truthing' Chinese development finance in Africa. 3 indexed citations

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Tierney, Michael J., Daniel Nielson, Darren Hawkins, et al.. (2011). More Dollars than Sense: Refining Our Knowledge of Development Finance Using AidData. World Development. 39(11). 1891–1906. 346 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nielsen, Richard A. & Daniel Nielson. (2010). Triage for Democracy: Selection Effects in Governance Aid. 18 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Richard P. & Daniel Nielson. (2008). Lending Democracy: How Governance Aid Improves Governance. 1–32. 1 indexed citations

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Tierney, Michael J., Daniel Nielson, & Mona M. Lyne. (2006). A Problem of Principals: Common Agency and Social Lending at the Multilateral Development Banks. 3 indexed citations

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Nielson, Daniel. (2003). Supplying Trade Reform: Political Institutions and Liberalization in Middle-Income Presidential Democracies. American Journal of Political Science. 47(3). 470–470. 6 indexed citations

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Nielson, Daniel, et al.. (1998). Taking Stock of Inter-American Bonds: Approaches to Explaining Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere. 42(2). 257–257. 2 indexed citations

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