David Doherty

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Doherty is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Doherty has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Doherty's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (33 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers) and Social Media and Politics (8 papers). David Doherty is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (33 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (14 papers) and Social Media and Politics (8 papers). David Doherty collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. David Doherty's co-authors include Conor M. Dowling, Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, Shang E. Ha, Michael G. Miller, Connor Raso, Jennifer Wolak, Neil Malhotra, E. Scott Adler and Costas Panagopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

David Doherty

53 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Personality and Political Attitudes: Relationships across Issue Domains and Political Contexts

2010 468 citations Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber et al. American Political Science Review profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Doherty United States	19	1.4k	903	357	357	311	57	2.1k
Shang E. Ha United States	14	1.0k 0.8×	586 0.6×	197 0.6×	255 0.7×	276 0.9×	22	1.6k
Howard Lavine United States	26	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	551 1.5×	200 0.6×	674 2.2×	42	2.9k
Costas Panagopoulos United States	27	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	835 2.3×	121 0.3×	228 0.7×	124	2.6k
Carolyn L. Funk United States	17	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	411 1.2×	106 0.3×	351 1.1×	26	2.4k
Lene Aarøe Denmark	17	1.1k 0.8×	748 0.8×	426 1.2×	74 0.2×	325 1.0×	34	2.0k
Ted Brader United States	17	2.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	884 2.5×	147 0.4×	307 1.0×	35	3.1k
Kathleen M. McGraw United States	26	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	578 1.6×	169 0.5×	608 2.0×	38	2.7k
André Krouwel Netherlands	26	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	480 1.3×	100 0.3×	292 0.9×	114	2.6k
Damarys Canache United States	18	974 0.7×	671 0.7×	225 0.6×	154 0.4×	146 0.5×	34	1.4k
Vincent L. Hutchings United States	18	2.7k 2.0×	1.7k 1.9×	868 2.4×	128 0.4×	323 1.0×	30	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Doherty

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Doherty, David, Michael Schade, & Dana Garbarski. (2025). Descriptive representation and attitudes about local government: An experimental test using real-world stimuli. Research & Politics. 12(2). 1 indexed citations

Garbarski, Dana, et al.. (2023). How Local Perceptions Contribute to Urban Environmental Activism: Evidence from the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Sociological Quarterly. 65(1). 38–60. 1 indexed citations

Doherty, David, et al.. (2023). Who is Interested in Participating in Participatory Budgeting?. State Politics & Policy Quarterly. 24(2). 121–144. 2 indexed citations

Sánchez, Peter M., et al.. (2020). Skin Color and System Support in Latin America. 6(2). 352–372. 1 indexed citations

Doherty, David & E. Scott Adler. (2019). Campaign Mailers and Intent to Turnout: Do Similar Field and Survey Experiments Yield the Same Conclusions?. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 7(2). 150–155.

Dowling, Conor M., David Doherty, Seth J. Hill, Alan S. Gerber, & Gregory A. Huber. (2019). The voting experience and beliefs about ballot secrecy. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0209765–e0209765. 4 indexed citations

Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2017). Personality Traits and the Consumption of Political Information. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Doherty, David, Conor M. Dowling, & Michael G. Miller. (2015). When is Changing Policy Positions Costly for Politicians? Experimental Evidence. Political Behavior. 38(2). 455–484. 33 indexed citations

Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2014). Why People Vote: Estimating the Social Returns to Voting. British Journal of Political Science. 46(2). 241–264. 44 indexed citations

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Doherty, David. (2013). To Whom Do People Think Representatives Should Respond: Their District or the Country?. Public Opinion Quarterly. 77(1). 237–255. 30 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Eric M. Patashnik, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2013). Doctor Knows Best: Physician Endorsements, Public Opinion, and the Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 39(1). 171–208. 2 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2012). Is There a Secret Ballot? Ballot Secrecy Perceptions and Their Implications for Voting Behaviour. British Journal of Political Science. 43(1). 77–102. 55 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2011). Personality and the Strength and Direction of Partisan Identification. Political Behavior. 34(4). 653–688. 96 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2011). Citizens’ Policy Confidence and Electoral Punishment: A Neglected Dimension of Electoral Accountability. The Journal of Politics. 73(4). 1206–1224. 21 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2010). Personality Traits and the Consumption of Political Information. American Politics Research. 39(1). 32–84. 74 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Eric M. Patashnik, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2010). The Public Wants Information, Not Board Mandates, From Comparative Effectiveness Research. Health Affairs. 29(10). 1872–1881. 16 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, & Shang E. Ha. (2010). Personality and Political Attitudes: Relationships across Issue Domains and Political Contexts. American Political Science Review. 104(1). 111–133. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gerber, Alan S., Gregory A. Huber, David Doherty, & Conor M. Dowling. (2009). Is There a Secret Ballot? Ballot Secrecy Perceptions and their Implications for Voting Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Gerber, Alan S., et al.. (2009). Using Battleground States as a Natural Experiment to Test Theories of Voting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Doherty, David. (1967). Parrot or Perish. Improving College and University Teaching. 15(1). 25–25. 1 indexed citations

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