Comparative Political Studies

Papers
(The H4-Index of Comparative Political Studies is 20. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Factional Logic of Political Protection in Authoritarian Regimes108
Does Compulsory Voting Affect How Voters Choose? A Test Using a Combined Conjoint and Regression Discontinuity Analysis89
Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789–202049
Low-Skill Products by High-Skill Workers: The Distributive Effects of Trade in Emerging and Developing Countries47
Military Labor Systems, Domestic Politics, and the Battlefield47
Peacekeepers Without Helmets: How Violence Shapes Local Peacebuilding by Civilian Peacekeepers40
Emigration, Social Remittances and Fiscal Policy Preferences: Experimental Evidence From Mexico37
Party System Congruence and Bicameralism31
The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines31
How Personalist Parties Undermine State Capacity in Democracies30
How Soft Propaganda Persuades29
Regime Transformation From Below: Mobilization for Democracy and Autocracy From 1900 to 202128
How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy28
Corrigendum to the Human Costs of the War on Drugs. Attitudes Towards Militarization of Security in Mexico28
Mobilization and Strategies: Comparing Trade Lobbying in the US and Canada27
Well-Behaved Women: Engendering Political Interest in Public Opinion Research27
The Effect of Simultaneous Proposals: The Case of Immigrant Enfranchisement25
Stalling the State: How Digital Platforms Contribute to and Profit From Delays in the Enforcement and Adoption of Regulations23
Personal Networks, State Financial Backing, and Foreign Direct Investment21
Gender and Authoritarian Politics: Citizens and Elites’ Responses to Gender Reforms20
Violent Elections and Citizens’ Support for Democratic Constraints on the Executive: Evidence From Nigeria20
The Soldier in the State: Explaining Public Trust in the Armed Forces20
State Repression and Opposition Survival in Pinochet’s Chile20
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