OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Studies in Comparative International Development is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Rise of Data Politics: Digital China and the World	46
Exploring the Parameters of China’s Economic Influence	29
Mapping Populism and Nationalism in Leader Rhetoric Across North America and Europe	24
Right-Wing Populism and Vigilante Violence in Asia	14
The Most Vulnerable Poor: Clientelism Among Slum Dwellers	14
Populism and Hindu Nationalism in India	14
Populism, Nationalism, and Nationalist Populism	13
Are Peruvians Enticed by the “China Model”? Chinese Investment and Public Opinion in Peru	12
A “China in the World” Paradigm for Scholarship	10
Populism and Nationalism: An Overview of Similarities and Differences	9
Does Foreign Aid Bifurcate Donor Approval?: Patronage Politics, Winner–Loser Status, and Public Attitudes toward the Donor	8
Populism and the Past: Restoring, Retaining, and Redeeming the Nation	8
From “the Moon Is Rounder Abroad” to “Bravo, My Country”: How China Misperceives the World	8
The Incoherence of Institutional Reform: Decentralization as a Structural Solution to Immediate Political Needs	7
Take or Reject State Power? The Dual Dilemma for Teachers’ Unions in Brazil and Mexico	7
Upgrading Big Brother: Local Strategic Adaptation in China’s Security Industry	6
Electoral Volatility in Latin America, 1932–2018	6
When Do Strong Parties “Throw the Bums Out”? Competition and Accountability in South African Candidate Nominations	6
More than Meets the Eye: Understanding Perceptions of China Beyond the Favorable–Unfavorable Dichotomy	5
Inequality and Immigration Policy	5
Foreign Aid, Norm Diffusion, and Local Support for Gender Equality: Comparing Evidence from the World Bank and China’s Aid Projects in Africa	4
Fairness and Tax Morale in Developing Countries	3
Electoral Politics, Fiscal Policy, and the Resource Curse	3
No Accounting for Bad Contracting: Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas	3
Transformation Towards Renewable Energy Systems: Evaluating the Role of Development Financing Institutions	3

Jumpstarting Ideological Alignments in Clientelist Party Systems: Evidence from Honduras’s 2009 Coup	3
How Climate Change Affects Organized Criminal Group Behavior	3
Aid Management, Trust, and Development Policy Influence: New Evidence from a Survey of Public Sector Officials in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries	3
Harmony or Cacophony? A Disaggregated Analysis of Aid Fragmentation	3
The Dollar Cycle of International Development, 1973–2017	2
Decentralization and Pro-poor Participation in Ghana: Unmasking the Barriers to Inclusive Grassroots Development	2
Electoral Rules, Social Structure, and Public Goods Provision: Outcomes, Spending, and Policies	2
Donor-Funded Women’s Empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of Women’s NGOs and Changing Attitudes to the International Agenda	2
The Last Strike: Age, Career Incentives and Taxation in China	2
Puzzling Partnerships: Overseas Infrastructure Development by Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and Humanitarian Organizations	2
The Complex Imprint of Foreign Rule: Tracking Differential Legacies along the Administrative Hierarchy	2
Governance by Uncertainty: Changing Patterns in China’s Environmental Enforcement	2
Compensating for Instability? Economic Openness, Threat of Social Unrest, and Welfare Provision in China	2
Climbing to the Top? How Globalized Competition for Capital Affects Judicial Independence	2
Greasing the Wheels: the Politics of Environmental Clearances in India	2
Vote Buying as Rent Seeking: Land Sales in China’s Village Elections	2
The Impact of Institutional Formation on Firms’ Strategic Choices in Knowledge Development, Absorptive Capacity and Vertical Integration	2
Routine Problems: Movement Party Institutionalization and the Case of Taiwan’s New Power Party	2
Can Partial Growth Coalitions Build Pathways Out of the Middle-Income Trap? The Case of Querétaro, México	2
Static Electricity: Institutional and Ideational Barriers to China’s Market Reforms	2
Shifting Ground Beneath our Feet: New Research in the Political Science and Sociology of Global Health and its Significance	1
Clientelism and Community Support in Times of Crisis: Evidence Following Floods in Ghana	1
Remittances and Revenue in Latin America, 1990–2017	1
Resilience to Shrinking as a Catch-Up Strategy: a Comparison of Brazil and Indonesia, 1964–2019	1
Firm-Centered Approaches to Overcoming Semi-Peripheral Constraints	1
Economic Insecurity and Voter Attitudes about Currency Crises	1
Post-neoliberal Populism in Latin America and Eastern Europe: Recognizing Family Resemblance	1
Unlocking the Potential of Participatory Planning: How Flexible and Adaptive Governance Interventions Can Work in Practice	1
Between Regulation and Practice: Situated Pesticide Governance in Argentina	1
Semi-Peripheral Pathways to High-Technology Markets: How Organizational Origins Shape Entrepreneurial Ecosystems	1
Exit or Voice? Corruption Perceptions and Emigration	1
Contentious Origins of Authoritarian Social Protection: China’s “Threat-Driven” Strategy in Redistribution	1
Biomedical and Spiritual Approaches to Mental Health in Tanzania: How Power and the Struggle for Public Authority Shaped Care	1
Ethnic Polarization and Human Development: The Conditional Effects of Minority Language Recognition	1
The Perils of Parliamentarism: Executive Selection Systems and Democratic Transitions from Electoral Authoritarianism	1
State of the Fiscal Contract in Lagos’ Informal Settlements	1
Does Democracy Matter for Lifespan Inequalities? Regime Type and Premature Mortality by Sex	1
Defense Sector Politics	1
Universal Health Coverage with Private Options: The Politics of Turkey’s 2008 Health Reform	1
When Mayors Deliver: Political Alignment and Well-being	1
Effect of Participation and Alignment on the Sustainability of Development Aid Output: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda	1
Legislator Attributes and Advocacy Focus: Non-electoral Sources of Parochialism in an Indirectly-Elected Legislature	1
Incumbent Responses to Armed Groups in Nigeria and Kenya	1
Domestic Political Unrest and Chinese Overseas Foreign Direct Investment	1
Trust and Envy: the Political Economy of Business Groups in Developing Countries	1