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Dawn E. Johnsen

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1986
Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsLaw, Rights, and FreedomsLegal and Constitutional StudiesReproductive Health and Technologies

Publications

47

Citations

275

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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Dawn E. Johnsen studies U.S. constitutional law, focusing on how courts protect individual rights, the workings of the Supreme Court, and the balance of legal power in government. Her work covers reproductive rights protections at the state level, the rule of law and executive power (including counterterrorism and war powers), and broader questions about the legitimacy of the judicial system. She also examines specific policy questions such as the constitutionality of national taxes.

Constitutional law and the Supreme CourtReproductive rights and state courtsRule of law and executive/war powersJudicial legitimacy and constitutional democracyLegal and policy analysis

Publication activity has been low and intermittent over the last decade, with a small cluster around 2018-2020 and few outputs since.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 1,197 established Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 275cohort median 1,128
h-index: 9cohort median 16
Publications / year (recent): 0.2cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~1 · 100% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 4 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.2/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications2192020: 2 publications220212223242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The New Press eBooks×2
  • Indiana Magazine of History (Indiana University)×1
  • IUScholarWorks Open (Indiana University)×1
  • Columbia Journal of Gender and Law×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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