| Is the US Supreme Court's legitimacy grounded in performance satisfaction and ideology? JL Gibson, MJ Nelson American Journal of Political Science 59 (1), 162-174, 2015 | 275 | 2015 |
| The legitimacy of the US Supreme Court: Conventional wisdoms and recent challenges thereto JL Gibson, MJ Nelson Annual Review of Law and Social Science 10 (1), 201-219, 2014 | 173 | 2014 |
| Ignorance or opposition? Blank and spoiled votes in low-information, highly politicized environments A Driscoll, MJ Nelson Political Research Quarterly 67 (3), 547-561, 2014 | 138 | 2014 |
| Reconsidering positivity theory: What roles do politicization, ideological disagreement, and legal realism play in shaping US Supreme Court legitimacy? JL Gibson, MJ Nelson Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 14 (3), 592-617, 2017 | 119 | 2017 |
| Change in institutional support for the US Supreme Court: Is the Court’s legitimacy imperiled by the decisions it makes? JL Gibson, MJ Nelson Public Opinion Quarterly 80 (3), 622-641, 2016 | 100 | 2016 |
| Black and blue: How African Americans judge the US legal system JL Gibson, MJ Nelson Oxford University Press, 2018 | 85 | 2018 |
| How does hyperpoliticized rhetoric affect the US Supreme Court’s legitimacy? MJ Nelson, JL Gibson The Journal of Politics 81 (4), 1512-1516, 2019 | 78 | 2019 |
| Racial and Gender Diversity on State Courts-An AJS Study M Reddick, MJ Nelson, RP Caufield Judges J. 48, 28, 2009 | 73 | 2009 |
| Judicial selection and the democratization of justice: Lessons from the Bolivian judicial elections A Driscoll, MJ Nelson Journal of Law and Courts 3 (1), 115-148, 2015 | 68 | 2015 |
| Responsive justice?: Retention elections, prosecutors, and public opinion MJ Nelson Journal of Law and Courts 2 (1), 117-152, 2014 | 56 | 2014 |
| The effects of trial judge gender and public opinion on criminal sentencing decisions CL Boyd, MJ Nelson Vand. L. Rev. 70, 1819, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| The Transmission of Legal Precedent among State Supreme Courts in the Twenty-First Century RK Hinkle, MJ Nelson State Politics & Policy Quarterly 16 (4), 391-410, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| The Dynamics of US Supreme Court Legitimacy MJ Nelson, P Tucker Journal of Politics 83 (2), 767-71, 2021 | 46* | 2021 |
| Oh, mi: A note on empirical examinations of judicial elections MJ Nelson, RP Caufield, AD Martin State Politics & Policy Quarterly 13 (4), 495-511, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
| The 2011 judicial elections in Bolivia A Driscoll, MJ Nelson Electoral Studies 31 (3), 628-632, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| The costs of court curbing: Evidence from the United States A Driscoll, MJ Nelson The Journal of Politics 85 (2), 609-624, 2023 | 40 | 2023 |
| Opportunity and overrides: The effect of institutional public support on congressional overrides of Supreme Court decisions MJ Nelson, A Uribe-McGuire Political Research Quarterly 70 (3), 632-643, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Uncontested and unaccountable-rates of contestation in trial court elections MJ Nelson Judicature 94, 208, 2010 | 38 | 2010 |
| Human capital in court: The role of attorney experience in US Supreme Court litigation MJ Nelson, L Epstein Journal of Law and Courts 10 (1), 61-85, 2022 | 37* | 2022 |
| Measuring subjective ideological disagreement with the US Supreme Court MJ Nelson, JL Gibson Journal of law and courts 8 (1), 75-94, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
James L. GibsonWashington University in St. LouisVerified email at wustl.edu
