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Impactful Papers from the Journal
‘West European Politics’
1
Altmetric Attention Score: 353
Public support for government responses against COVID-19: assessing levels and predictors in eight Western democracies during 2020
West European Politics2021-06-07
Political Science
2
Altmetric Attention Score: 99
Explaining the emergence of the radical right in Spain and Portugal: salience, stigma and supply
West European Politics2020-06-19
Political Science
3
Altmetric Attention Score: 88
The long-lasting effects of citizenship education
West European Politics2021-05-21
Political Science
4
Altmetric Attention Score: 82
Welfare state policies and far right party support: moderating ‘insecurity effects' among different social groups
West European Politics2021-03-25
Political Science
5
Altmetric Attention Score: 79
‘Rally round the flag’: the COVID-19 crisis and trust in the national government
West European Politics2021-06-14
Political Science
6
Altmetric Attention Score: 64
The rightward shift and electoral decline of social democratic parties under increasing inequality
West European Politics2021-05-14
Political Science
7
Altmetric Attention Score: 57
Democracy in times of the pandemic: explaining the variation of COVID-19 policies across European democracies
West European Politics2021-03-30
Political Science
8
Altmetric Attention Score: 54
Informed, uninformed or misinformed? A cross-national analysis of populist party supporters across European democracies
West European Politics2020-01-17
Political Science
9
Altmetric Attention Score: 53
Power to the people? Populism, democracy, and political participation: a citizen's perspective
West European Politics2020-06-29
Political Science
10
Altmetric Attention Score: 52
Platform affordances and political participation: how social media reshape political engagement
West European Politics2022-07-16
Political Science
11
Altmetric Attention Score: 50
Authoritarian values and the welfare state: the social policy preferences of radical right voters
West European Politics2021-03-03
Political Science
12
Altmetric Attention Score: 46
The impact of radical right parties on family benefits
West European Politics2021-07-05
Political Science
13
Altmetric Attention Score: 45
Social distancing, politics and wealth
West European Politics2021-05-17
Political Science
14
Altmetric Attention Score: 44
Radical right parties and their welfare state stances – not so blurry after all?
West European Politics2021-04-01
Political Science
15
Altmetric Attention Score: 40
Populism between voting and non-electoral participation
West European Politics2020-03-31
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 40
How to study the populist radical right and the welfare state?
West European Politics2021-06-29
Political Science
17
Altmetric Attention Score: 39
Closing the gap: how descriptive and substantive representation affect women’s vote for populist radical right parties
West European Politics2022-09-17
Political Science
18
Altmetric Attention Score: 34
The reshaping of political conflict over Europe: from pre-Maastricht to post-‘Euro crisis’
West European Politics2020-01-27
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 34
Has the middle secured its share of growth or been squeezed?
West European Politics2020-02-18
Political Science
20
Altmetric Attention Score: 33
Makers against takers: the socio-economic ideology and policy of the Austrian Freedom Party
West European Politics2020-02-18
Political Science
21
Altmetric Attention Score: 32
(N)one of us? The case for descriptive representation of the contemporary working class
West European Politics2022-02-18
Political Science
22
Altmetric Attention Score: 31
How ex-Communist left parties reformed and lost
West European Politics2021-02-01
Political Science
23
Altmetric Attention Score: 28
The conditional politics of class identity: class origins, identity and political attitudes in comparative perspective
West European Politics2022-03-08
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 28
Why do immigrants support an anti-immigrant party? Russian-Germans and the Alternative for Germany
West European Politics2022-03-28
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 28
Going transnational? Candidates’ transnational linkages on Twitter during the 2019 European Parliament elections
West European Politics2020-09-03
Political Science
26
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
Partisan attachments in a multidimensional space
West European Politics2022-07-13
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
‘Immigrationization’ of welfare politics? Anti-immigration and welfare attitudes in context
West European Politics2020-01-13
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 25
The technocratic side of populist attitudes: evidence from the Spanish case
West European Politics2022-02-14
Political Science
29
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
The will for reason: voter demand for experts in office
West European Politics2020-06-23
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
It’s a hoax! The mediating factors of populist climate policy opposition
West European Politics2022-12-02
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
Class gaps in perceptions of political voice: liberal democracies 1974–2016
West European Politics2022-03-29
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 24
Territory and the divine: the intersection of religion and national identity
West European Politics2021-02-19
Political Science
33
Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Generational differences in disguise? A longitudinal study of the liberalising effect of education on socio-cultural attitudes
West European Politics2022-05-30
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 23
Buying time for democracies? European Union emergency politics in the time of COVID-19
West European Politics2021-05-18
Political Science
35
Altmetric Attention Score: 22
Greens in government: the distributive policies of a culturally progressive force
West European Politics2020-01-16
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 22
Does affective polarisation increase turnout? Evidence from Germany, The Netherlands and Spain
West European Politics2022-06-30
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 22
The rhetorical contestation of populism in four European parliaments (2010–2020)
West European Politics2022-01-07
Political Science
38
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
How do cross-pressures affect immigration attitudes? Party and educational influences
West European Politics2021-09-28
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 21
Dolce far niente? Non-compliance and blame avoidance in the EU
West European Politics2021-05-10
Political Science
40
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
Opposition in times of crisis: COVID-19 in parliamentary debates
West European Politics2021-03-04
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
The stigmatisation effect of the radical right on voters’ assessment of political proposals
West European Politics2022-01-31
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
Gender equality salience, backlash and radical right voting in the gender-equal context of Sweden
West European Politics2022-06-28
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
Partisan dealignment and the personalisation of politics in West European parliamentary democracies, 1961–2018
West European Politics2020-12-02
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 19
An unexpected Socialist majority: the 2022 Portuguese general elections
West European Politics2022-06-01
Political Science
45
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Risk and the gender gap in internal political efficacy in Europe
West European Politics2021-09-24
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Congruence and party responsiveness in Western Europe in the 21st century
West European Politics2021-01-18
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Party-system polarisation, legislative institutions and cabinet survival in 28 parliamentary democracies, 1945–2019
West European Politics2021-01-23
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Dynamics and determinants of right-wing populist mobilisation in Germany
West European Politics2022-11-21
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
The hostile media: politicians’ perceptions of coverage bias
West European Politics2020-07-22
Political Science
 
Altmetric Attention Score: 18
Federalism and the management of the COVID-19 crisis: centralisation, decentralisation and (non-)coordination
West European Politics2021-02-06
Political Science