Guy D. Whitten

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Guy D. Whitten is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy D. Whitten has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 24 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Guy D. Whitten's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (33 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (13 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers). Guy D. Whitten is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (33 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (13 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers). Guy D. Whitten collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Guy D. Whitten's co-authors include G. Bingham Powell, Harvey D. Palmer, Laron Williams, Matthew J. Gabel, Andrew Philips, Richard G. Niemi, Mark N. Franklin, Amanda Rutherford, Paul M. Kellstedt and Michael S. Lewis‐Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Political Science, Journal of the Association for Information Systems and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Guy D. Whitten

50 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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 Cross-National Analysis of Economic Voting: Taking Account of the Political Context

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guy D. Whitten United States	19	2.2k	941	663	531	176	55	2.6k
Randolph T. Stevenson United States	21	2.0k 0.9×	802 0.9×	677 1.0×	620 1.2×	254 1.4×	37	2.5k
Mary Stegmaier United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	650 0.7×	636 1.0×	336 0.6×	209 1.2×	50	2.0k
Brandice Canes‐Wrone United States	21	1.7k 0.8×	897 1.0×	595 0.9×	687 1.3×	237 1.3×	37	2.4k
Andrea Volkens Germany	8	2.2k 1.0×	339 0.4×	564 0.9×	822 1.5×	259 1.5×	15	2.6k
Judith Bara United Kingdom	12	2.4k 1.1×	354 0.4×	607 0.9×	838 1.6×	275 1.6×	21	2.7k
Christian Breunig Germany	25	1.3k 0.6×	493 0.5×	562 0.8×	353 0.7×	274 1.6×	64	2.0k
Barry Ames United States	17	1.5k 0.7×	483 0.5×	700 1.1×	206 0.4×	196 1.1×	46	2.0k
Eric C. C. Chang United States	16	838 0.4×	538 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	293 0.6×	66 0.4×	27	1.9k
Michael Coppedge United States	23	1.8k 0.8×	382 0.4×	1.8k 2.6×	186 0.4×	144 0.8×	58	2.8k
Simon Hug Switzerland	29	1.9k 0.9×	362 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	585 1.1×	188 1.1×	108	2.7k

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Whitten, Guy D., et al.. (2025). The answer was there all along: Worry about the dynamics!. The Journal of Politics. 1 indexed citations

Lipsmeyer, Christine S., et al.. (2024). Look over there. Where? A compositional approach to the modeling of public opinion on the most important problem. Social Science Quarterly. 105(4). 913–933.

Whitten, Guy D., et al.. (2023). What about us? Political competition, economic performance, immigration, and nativist appeals. Social Science Quarterly. 104(1). 11–24. 1 indexed citations

Lipsmeyer, Christine S., Andrew Philips, & Guy D. Whitten. (2023). The Politics of Budgets. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

Barberia, Lorena, Thomas Plümper, & Guy D. Whitten. (2021). The political science of Covid‐19: An introduction. Social Science Quarterly. 102(5). 2045–2054. 13 indexed citations

Barberia, Lorena, et al.. (2021). Should I stay or should I go? Embracing causal heterogeneity in the study of pandemic policy and citizen behavior. Social Science Quarterly. 102(5). 2055–2069. 3 indexed citations

George, Jordana & Guy D. Whitten. (2020). Blockchain in the Role of Emancipatory Technology.. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1 indexed citations

Whitten, Guy D., et al.. (2020). X Marks the Spot: Unlocking the Treasure of Spatial-X Models. The Journal of Politics. 83(2). 722–739. 9 indexed citations

Whitten, Guy D., et al.. (2019). Interpretation: the final spatial frontier. Political Science Research and Methods. 9(1). 140–156. 19 indexed citations

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Philips, Andrew, et al.. (2019). Globalization and comparative compositional inequality. Political Science Research and Methods. 8(3). 509–525. 7 indexed citations

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Lipsmeyer, Christine S., Andrew Philips, Amanda Rutherford, & Guy D. Whitten. (2017). Comparing Dynamic Pies: A Strategy for Modeling Compositional Variables in Time and Space. Political Science Research and Methods. 7(3). 523–540. 6 indexed citations

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Palmer, Harvey D. & Guy D. Whitten. (2016). Questionable Analyses with No Theoretical Innovation: A Response to Royed, Leyden and Borrelli. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, Laron, et al.. (2015). You’ve Got Some Explaining To Do The Influence of Economic Conditions and Spatial Competition on Party Strategy. Political Science Research and Methods. 4(1). 47–63. 43 indexed citations

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Whitten, Guy D.. (2015). Spatial Models of Politics. Political Science Research and Methods. 4(1). 3–4. 1 indexed citations

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Philips, Andrew, Amanda Rutherford, & Guy D. Whitten. (2015). The dynamic battle for pieces of pie—Modeling party support in multi-party nations. Electoral Studies. 39. 264–274. 14 indexed citations

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Williams, Laron & Guy D. Whitten. (2011). Don't Stand So Close to Me: Spatial Contagion Effects and Party Competition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Neil J., Kerry G. Herron, Hank Jenkins‐Smith, & Guy D. Whitten. (2007). Elite Beliefs, Epistemic Communities and the Atlantic Divide: Scientists' Nuclear Policy Preferences in the United States and European Union. British Journal of Political Science. 37(4). 753–764. 13 indexed citations

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Palmer, Harvey D. & Guy D. Whitten. (1999). The Electoral Impact of Unexpected Inflation and Economic Growth. British Journal of Political Science. 29(4). 623–639. 85 indexed citations

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Franklin, Mark N., Richard G. Niemi, & Guy D. Whitten. (1994). The Two Faces of Tactical Voting. British Journal of Political Science. 24(4). 549–557. 66 indexed citations

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Niemi, Richard G., Guy D. Whitten, & Mark N. Franklin. (1993). People Who Live in Glass Houses: A Response to Evans and Heath's Critique of our Note on Tactical Voting. British Journal of Political Science. 23(4). 549–553. 25 indexed citations

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