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Committee Behavior

Committee Behavior is a subfield of legislative behavior that examines the actions, interactions, and decision-making processes of legislators within standing or ad hoc committees, distinguished by its focus on how institutional rules, committee structures, and strategic deliberations shape policy outcomes and legislative agendas.

523

Publications

38.9K

Citations

614

Authors

327

Institutions

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2017–2026

56

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Publications

523

The Theory of Committees and Elections.

Stuart Alan, Duncan Black · Economica · 1959 · 2.9K citations

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Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish

J. A. Barnes · Human Relations · 1954 · 1.8K citations

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Congressmen in Committees. By Richard F. FennoJr. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Co., 1973. Pp. xvii, 302. $7.95, cloth; $4.95, paper.)

David E. Price · American Political Science Review · 1977 · 961 citations

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Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees

Richard Hall, Frank Whelon Wayman · American Political Science Review · 1990 · 940 citations

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The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power

Kenneth A. Shepsle, Barry R. Weingast · American Political Science Review · 1987 · 822 citations

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Authors

614

  1. KK
    Keith Krehbiel

    Stanford University, United States

    13 publications · 2.1K citations

    13

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  2. DW
    David W. Rohde

    Duke University, United States

    8 publications · 705 citations

    8

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  3. DB
    Duncan Black

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 3.4K citations

    8

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  4. KE
    Keith E. Hamm

    Rice University, United States

    6 publications · 114 citations

    6

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  5. HW
    Henry W. Chappell

    University of South Carolina, United States

    5 publications · 207 citations

    5

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1–5 of 614

Institutions

327

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    843 citations

  3. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    459 citations

  5. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    677 citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    757 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1K citations

1–8 of 327

Venues

  1. American Political Science Review

    39 publications · 7.1K citations

    30

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  2. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 36 publications · 3.4K citations

    26

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  3. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    54 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  4. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 25 publications · 1.9K citations

    22

    h-index

  5. Journal of Legislative Studies

    JLS · 15 publications · 514 citations

    14

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