Matthew Blackwell

6.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
27 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Matthew Blackwell is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Blackwell has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Statistics and Probability, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Matthew Blackwell's work include Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (16 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (10 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (7 papers). Matthew Blackwell is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (16 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (10 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (7 papers). Matthew Blackwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Matthew Blackwell's co-authors include Gary King, James Honaker, Giuseppe Porro, Stefano M. Iacus, Avidit Acharya, Maya Sen, Adam Glynn, Anton Strezhnev, Jacob Brown and Darcy M. Bullock and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Blackwell

25 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

AmeliaII: A Program for Missing Data

2011 1.7k citations James Honaker, Gary King et al. Journal of Statistical Software profile →
Cem: Coarsened Exact Matching in Stata

2009 1.3k citations Matthew Blackwell, Stefano M. Iacus et al. The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata profile →
Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects

2016 344 citations Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell et al. American Political Science Review profile →
The Political Legacy of American Slavery

2016 228 citations Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell et al. The Journal of Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Blackwell United States	15	1.2k	790	633	370	334	27	4.1k
Daniel E. Ho United States	23	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	775 1.2×	755 2.0×	532 1.6×	108	8.1k
Stephen L. Morgan United States	18	1.5k 1.2×	631 0.8×	442 0.7×	646 1.7×	400 1.2×	39	3.7k
Yiqing Xu United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	945 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	194 0.5×	221 0.7×	58	3.6k
James A. Calvin United States	19	1.8k 1.5×	853 1.1×	737 1.2×	426 1.2×	558 1.7×	38	5.6k
Giuseppe Porro Italy	13	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 2.1×	536 0.8×	366 1.0×	558 1.7×	36	5.5k
Tim Futing Liao United States	22	1.2k 1.0×	478 0.6×	322 0.5×	141 0.4×	483 1.4×	79	3.7k
Sebastián Calónico United States	12	882 0.7×	1.5k 1.9×	768 1.2×	477 1.3×	439 1.3×	31	3.9k
Alexis Diamond United States	11	1.4k 1.1×	2.8k 3.5×	715 1.1×	586 1.6×	632 1.9×	16	6.0k
Stefano M. Iacus Italy	24	1.6k 1.3×	2.0k 2.5×	598 0.9×	568 1.5×	578 1.7×	105	7.1k
Teppei Yamamoto United States	19	2.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.4×	1.7k 2.7×	524 1.4×	388 1.2×	40	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Blackwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Blackwell, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Priming Bias Versus Post-Treatment Bias in Experimental Designs. Political Analysis. 33(4). 361–377.

Blackwell, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Estimating controlled direct effects with panel data: an application to reducing support for discriminatory policies. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society).

Blackwell, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Noncompliance and Instrumental Variables for 2 ^K Factorial Experiments. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 118(542). 1102–1114. 2 indexed citations

Blackwell, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Reducing Model Misspecification and Bias in the Estimation of Interactions. Political Analysis. 30(4). 495–514. 40 indexed citations

Blackwell, Matthew & Anton Strezhnev. (2021). Telescope Matching for Reducing Model Dependence in the Estimation of the Effects of Time-Varying Treatments: An Application to Negative Advertising. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). 185(1). 377–399. 3 indexed citations

Mathew, Jijo K., Howell Li, Matthew Blackwell, & Darcy M. Bullock. (2020). Hard-braking event dataset for I-35, TX. 1 indexed citations

Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Explaining Preferences from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach. The Journal of Politics. 80(2). 400–411. 65 indexed citations

Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics. 30 indexed citations

Blackwell, Matthew & Adam Glynn. (2018). How to Make Causal Inferences with Time-Series Cross-Sectional Data under Selection on Observables. American Political Science Review. 112(4). 1067–1082. 69 indexed citations

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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Analyzing Causal Mechanisms in Survey Experiments. Political Analysis. 26(4). 357–378. 53 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew. (2018). Game Changers: Detecting Shifts in Overdispersed Count Data. Political Analysis. 26(2). 230–239. 9 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew. (2016). Instrumental Variable Methods for Conditional Effects and Causal Interaction in Voter Mobilization Experiments. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 112(518). 590–599. 7 indexed citations

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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2016). Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects. American Political Science Review. 110(3). 512–529. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2015). Explaining Attitudes from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew, et al.. (2015). A Unified Approach to Measurement Error and Missing Data: Details and Extensions. Sociological Methods & Research. 46(3). 342–369. 36 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew. (2013). A Selection Bias Approach to Sensitivity Analysis for Causal Effects. Political Analysis. 22(2). 169–182. 40 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew. (2012). A Framework for Dynamic Causal Inference in Political Science. American Journal of Political Science. 57(2). 504–520. 77 indexed citations

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Honaker, James, Gary King, & Matthew Blackwell. (2011). AmeliaII: A Program for Missing Data. Journal of Statistical Software. 45(7). 1678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blackwell, Matthew, James Honaker, & Gary King. (2010). Multiple Overimputation: A Unified Approach to Measurement Error and Missing Data. 18 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Matthew, Stefano M. Iacus, Gary King, & Giuseppe Porro. (2009). Cem: Coarsened Exact Matching in Stata. The Stata Journal Promoting communications on statistics and Stata. 9(4). 524–546. 1264 indexed citations breakdown →

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