Comparative Political Studies

Papers
(The H4-Index of Comparative Political Studies is 19. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Factional Logic of Political Protection in Authoritarian Regimes106
Does Compulsory Voting Affect How Voters Choose? A Test Using a Combined Conjoint and Regression Discontinuity Analysis81
How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity in Democracies47
Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789–202047
Regime Transformation From Below: Mobilization for Democracy and Autocracy From 1900 to 202146
How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy37
Low-Skill Products by High-Skill Workers: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries35
Military Labor Systems, Domestic Politics, and the Battlefield30
Peacekeepers Without Helmets: How Violence Shapes Local Peacebuilding by Civilian Peacekeepers29
The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines28
How Soft Propaganda Persuades27
Party System Congruence and Bicameralism27
Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence From Mexico27
Corrigendum to the Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes Towards Militarization of Security in Mexico26
Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria25
Mobilization and Strategies: Comparing Trade Lobbying in the US and Canada24
Well-Behaved Women: Engendering Political Interest in Public Opinion Research23
Stalling the State: How Digital Platforms Contribute to and Profit From Delays in the Enforcement and Adoption of Regulations22
Personal Networks, State Financial Backing, and Foreign Direct Investment20
The Soldier in the State: Explaining Public Trust in the Armed Forces19
When the State Becomes Complicit: Mayors, Criminal Actors, and the Deliberate Weakening of the Local State in Colombia19
Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms19
Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support19
The Effect of Simultaneous Proposals: The Case of Immigrant Enfranchisement19
The Recognition of Shared Suffering After Violence: ISIS Victimization and LGBT+ Support in Mosul Iraq19
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