OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Parliamentary Affairs is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
How to Deal with Executive Secrecy? Opposition Perspectives and Practices in the German Bundestag	16
Representation of the UK Parliament’s Power in the National Media: Too Weak, or Too Strong?	16
Understanding politicians’ discourse on inflation and cost of living in Canada	14
Leveraging automated technologies for law-making in Italy: Generative AI and constitutional challenges	14
Shifting sands: Sources of voter volatility in the 2024 UK General Election in Scotland	10
Fear-based self-legitimation in the institutional climate change discourse: Case study of the European Parliament’s online communication	8
You are unmuted: The impact of virtual arrangements on women and old age legislators’ participation during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
ThePresentof Parliamentary and Legislative Studies	6
Democracy by algorithm? Public attitudes towards AI in parliamentary decision-making in the UK and Japan	6
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: Accountability and parliamentary administration	6
It’s Only Words? Analysing the Roots of the Irish Party System Using Historical Parliamentary Debates	6
Correction to: Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation	6
Non-Legislative Actions and Party ‘Brand’: Evidence from the Mexican Congress	6
Duration of coalition formation in the German states: Inertia and familiarity in a multilevel setting	6
Editorial: On the Aims and Scope of Parliamentary Affairs	6
Paralysed Governments: How Political Constraints Elicit Cabinet Termination	5
‘We Can’t Afford to be a Branch Office’: The Territorial Dynamics of the British Labour Party, 2015–2019	5
Gender, Political Dynasties, and Committee Assignments: Evidence From Indonesia	4
Candidates nomination strategy in a mixed electoral system: Evidence from the 2022 Italian general election	4
Grassroots lobbying in Germany: Are moderately and greatly supported public petitions effective?	4
Parliamentarians’ perspectives on parenthood and politics in Canada’s House of Commons	4
Does Party Colour Matter? The Effect of Government Partisanship on Pledges’ Left–Right Location	4
Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership	4
Party finance: Labour exploits its advantage	3
The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election	3

Correction to: Populism as a centrist strategy for disqualification: The use of ‘populism(s)/populist(s)’ in Belgian, French and Spanish Parliaments	3
E-petitioning Parliament: Understanding the connections between citizens and the UK Parliament	3
An inexperienced parliament	3
The Labour Party under Keir Starmer: Plotting the route to a shallow landslide	3
District Variation in Party System Competition and Women’s Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems	3
The first TikTok election? Social media, generative AI, and data-driven campaigning in the 2024 UK General Election	3
Moralism without populism? The salience of corruption in the electoral manifestos and legislature speeches of Czech and Slovak parties	3
Negative Interplay between Cabinet and Opposition Agendas: Evidence from Croatia	3
Critical Actors in a Dominant-Party Parliament? Representing Marginalised Communities in Singapore	2
Transitional Support for Former Members of Parliament: Benchmarks for ‘Professional Parliaments’	2
MPs, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?	2
When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa	2
Implementing Public Accounts Committee Recommendations: Evidence from the UK Government’s ‘Progress Reports’ since 2012	2
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability	2
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches	2
The 2024 UK General Election in Wales	2
Shaping reform: the role of experts in the constitutional revision process. The case of Italy	2
How (and when) does party matter? Explaining MPs’ positions on assisted dying/assisted suicide	2
Disability inclusion in the House of Commons: A new institutionalism story	2
Gauging the roles of parliamentary staff	2
Working at home: Individual level drivers of MEPs’ focus on constituency work	2