Nancy Burns

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Nancy Burns is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy Burns has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Gender Studies and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nancy Burns's work include Gender Politics and Representation (13 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 papers). Nancy Burns is often cited by papers focused on Gender Politics and Representation (13 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (6 papers). Nancy Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Norway. Nancy Burns's co-authors include Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, James Ε. Alt, Gary King, Michael Laver, Gerald Gamm, Katherine Gallagher, Paul Schumaker, Laura Evans and Donald R. Kinder and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Nancy Burns

27 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Private Roots of Public Action 1997 2026 2006 2016 2001 1997 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. The Private Roots of Public Action
    2001 602 citations Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman et al. Harvard University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Knowing and Caring about Politics: Gender and Political Engagement
    1997 579 citations Sidney Verba, Nancy Burns 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Nancy Burns United States 14 1.6k 1.1k 1.1k 550 319 27 2.6k
Jan E. Leighley United States 24 2.2k 1.4× 538 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 873 1.6× 398 1.2× 44 2.9k
Daniel M. Butler United States 20 1.4k 0.9× 552 0.5× 909 0.8× 354 0.6× 355 1.1× 65 2.2k
Jeffrey A. Karp United States 31 2.9k 1.8× 777 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 887 1.6× 430 1.3× 63 3.6k
Neil Nevitte Canada 24 1.7k 1.1× 332 0.3× 1.1k 1.0× 586 1.1× 255 0.8× 82 2.4k
Steven J. Rosenstone United States 6 2.2k 1.4× 398 0.4× 1.5k 1.4× 1.0k 1.8× 377 1.2× 13 3.0k
Edward Fieldhouse United Kingdom 26 1.5k 1.0× 401 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 478 0.9× 292 0.9× 119 2.4k
Rodney E. Hero United States 22 1.1k 0.7× 403 0.4× 935 0.9× 263 0.5× 251 0.8× 65 1.8k
Hilde Coffé United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.8× 598 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 466 0.8× 110 0.3× 99 2.2k
Barry C. Burden United States 26 2.1k 1.3× 547 0.5× 828 0.8× 347 0.6× 713 2.2× 77 2.7k
William Mishler United States 28 2.6k 1.6× 472 0.4× 2.5k 2.4× 553 1.0× 638 2.0× 61 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nancy Burns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy Burns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nancy Burns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nancy Burns 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 Nancy Burns. Nancy Burns 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
1.
Shames, Shauna, et al.. (2025). What's Happened to the Gender Gap in Political Activity?. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
2.
Jardina, Ashley & Nancy Burns. (2016). Advances and Ambivalence: The Consequences of Women's Educational and Workforce Changes for Women's Political Participation in the United States, 1952 to 2012. RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2(4). 272–301. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy & Katherine Gallagher. (2010). Public Opinion on Gender Issues: The Politics of Equity and Roles. Annual Review of Political Science. 13(1). 425–443. 34 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy, Laura Evans, Gerald Gamm, & Corrine M. McConnaughy. (2008). Pockets of Expertise: Institutional Capacity in Twentieth-Century State Legislatures. Studies in American Political Development. 22(2). 229–248. 9 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy & Susan K. Grove. (2006). Pflegeforschung verstehen und anwenden. Pflege. 19(2). 133–133. 6 indexed citations
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Kinder, Donald R., et al.. (2005). Liberalism, Race, and Exceptionalism: Understanding the American Appetite for Tax Reduction. 1–46. 2 indexed citations
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Bowers, Jake, Nancy Burns, Michael J. Ensley, & Donald R. Kinder. (2004). Analyzing the 2000 National Election Study. Political Analysis. 13(1). 109–111. 4 indexed citations
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Verba, Sidney, Nancy Burns, & Kay Lehman Schlozman. (2003). Unequal at the starting line: Creating participatory inequalities across generations and among groups. The American Sociologist. 34(1-2). 45–69. 100 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy, Kay Lehman Schlozman, & Sidney Verba. (2001). The Private Roots of Public Action. Harvard University Press eBooks. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Verba, Sidney, Nancy Burns, & Kay Lehman Schlozman. (2001). The Private Roots of Public Life: Gender and the Paradox of Political Inequality. 1 indexed citations
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Schlozman, Kay Lehman, Nancy Burns, & Sidney Verba. (1999). "What Happened at Work Today?": A Multistage Model of Gender, Employment, and Political Participation. The Journal of Politics. 61(1). 29–53. 154 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy, Kay Lehman Schlozman, & Sidney Verba. (1997). The Public Consequences of Private Inequality: Family Life and Citizen Participation. American Political Science Review. 91(2). 373–389. 102 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy & Gerald Gamm. (1997). Creatures of the State. 12 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy & Gerald Gamm. (1997). Creatures of the State. Urban Affairs Review. 33(1). 59–96. 41 indexed citations
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Verba, Sidney, Nancy Burns, & Kay Lehman Schlozman. (1997). Knowing and Caring about Politics: Gender and Political Engagement. The Journal of Politics. 59(4). 1051–1072. 579 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burns, Nancy. (1994). The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 182 indexed citations
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Schlozman, Kay Lehman, Nancy Burns, & Sidney Verba. (1994). Gender and the Pathways to Participation: The Role of Resources. The Journal of Politics. 56(4). 963–990. 241 indexed citations
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Burns, Nancy, et al.. (1993). The Effective Presentation of Graphs. Nursing Research. 42(4). 250???253–250???253. 2 indexed citations
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King, Gary, James Ε. Alt, Nancy Burns, & Michael Laver. (1990). A Unified Model of Cabinet Dissolution in Parliamentary Democracies. American Journal of Political Science. 34(3). 846–846. 231 indexed citations
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Schumaker, Paul & Nancy Burns. (1988). Gender Cleavages and the Resolution of Local Policy Issues. American Journal of Political Science. 32(4). 1070–1070. 30 indexed citations

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