Levi Boxell

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Levi Boxell is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Levi Boxell has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Communication and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Levi Boxell's work include Media Influence and Politics (8 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 papers) and Social Media and Politics (6 papers). Levi Boxell is often cited by papers focused on Media Influence and Politics (8 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 papers) and Social Media and Politics (6 papers). Levi Boxell collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Levi Boxell's co-authors include Matthew Gentzkow, Jacob Conway, Hunt Allcott, Michael Thaler, David Y. Yang, Jesse M. Shapiro, ZACHARY STEINERT-THRELKELD and James Druckman and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Levi Boxell

20 papers receiving 998 citations

Hit Papers

Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in s... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2017 200 400 600
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.

  1. Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic
    2020 671 citations Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell et al. Journal of Public Economics profile →
  2. Greater Internet use is not associated with faster growth in political polarization among US demographic groups
    2017 237 citations Levi Boxell, Matthew Gentzkow et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Levi Boxell United States 8 570 284 260 249 175 20 1.0k
Eric Merkley Canada 17 877 1.5× 145 0.5× 126 0.5× 354 1.4× 222 1.3× 33 1.2k
Jacob Conway United States 5 385 0.7× 271 1.0× 259 1.0× 85 0.3× 91 0.5× 14 770
Dominik Stecuła United States 17 1.0k 1.8× 114 0.4× 67 0.3× 416 1.7× 220 1.3× 29 1.4k
John Wilkerson United States 19 439 0.8× 258 0.9× 131 0.5× 165 0.7× 774 4.4× 49 1.7k
Sylvain Brouard France 21 672 1.2× 395 1.4× 265 1.0× 154 0.6× 792 4.5× 72 2.0k
Sara Wallace Goodman United States 19 1.2k 2.2× 155 0.5× 124 0.5× 138 0.6× 647 3.7× 52 1.7k
Damien Bol United Kingdom 14 602 1.1× 232 0.8× 85 0.3× 165 0.7× 546 3.1× 51 1.2k
Seth J. Hill United States 17 756 1.3× 261 0.9× 65 0.3× 311 1.2× 773 4.4× 47 1.3k
Yonatan Lupu United States 20 925 1.6× 166 0.6× 63 0.2× 96 0.4× 566 3.2× 45 1.5k
Valentina Rotondi Italy 10 333 0.6× 277 1.0× 346 1.3× 49 0.2× 28 0.2× 39 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Levi Boxell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Levi Boxell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Levi Boxell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Levi Boxell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Levi Boxell. Levi Boxell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allcott, Hunt, et al.. (2024). What explains temporal and geographic variation in the early US COVID-19 pandemic?. Review of Economic Design. 29(1). 45–85. 2 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi, Jacob Conway, James Druckman, & Matthew Gentzkow. (2022). Affective Polarization Did Not Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 17(4). 491–512. 4 indexed citations
3.
Boxell, Levi & ZACHARY STEINERT-THRELKELD. (2022). Taxing dissent: The impact of a social media tax in Uganda. World Development. 158. 105950–105950. 13 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi & Jacob Conway. (2022). Journalist Ideology and the Production of News: Evidence from Movers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi, Jacob Conway, James Druckman, & Matthew Gentzkow. (2021). Affective Polarization Did Not Increase During the Coronavirus Pandemic. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2021). Slanted Images: Measuring Nonverbal Media Bias During the 2016 Election. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Allcott, Hunt, et al.. (2020). What Explains Temporal and Geographic Variation in the Early US Coronavirus Pandemic. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Allcott, Hunt, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, et al.. (2020). Polarization and public health: Partisan differences in social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Public Economics. 191. 104254–104254. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allcott, Hunt, Levi Boxell, Jacob Conway, et al.. (2020). Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during COVID-19. SSRN Electronic Journal. 37 indexed citations
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Allcott, Hunt, et al.. (2020). Economic and Health Impacts of Social Distancing Policies during the Coronavirus Pandemic. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2020). Demographic change and political polarization in the United States. Economics Letters. 192. 109187–109187. 11 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi, et al.. (2019). The Slave Trade and Conflict in Africa, 1400-2000. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2019). Droughts, conflict, and the African slave trade. Journal of Comparative Economics. 47(4). 774–791. 6 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2018). Slanted images: Measuring nonverbal media bias. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 3 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi, Matthew Gentzkow, & Jesse M. Shapiro. (2018). A note on internet use and the 2016 U.S. presidential election outcome. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199571–e0199571. 11 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2018). Demographic Change and Political Polarization in the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi, Matthew Gentzkow, & Jesse M. Shapiro. (2017). Greater Internet use is not associated with faster growth in political polarization among US demographic groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(40). 10612–10617. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boxell, Levi. (2017). Droughts, Conflict, and the African Slave Trade. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2016). A Drought-Induced African Slave Trade?. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Munich University). 1 indexed citations
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Boxell, Levi. (2015). K-fold Cross-Validation and the Gravity Model of Bilateral Trade. Atlantic Economic Journal. 43(2). 289–300. 7 indexed citations

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