OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Studies in Comparative International Development 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 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
The Most Vulnerable Poor: Clientelism Among Slum Dwellers	14
Populism and Hindu Nationalism in India	14
Right-Wing Populism and Vigilante Violence in Asia	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
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
Does Foreign Aid Bifurcate Donor Approval?: Patronage Politics, Winner–Loser Status, and Public Attitudes toward the Donor	8
Take or Reject State Power? The Dual Dilemma for Teachers’ Unions in Brazil and Mexico	7
The Incoherence of Institutional Reform: Decentralization as a Structural Solution to Immediate Political Needs	7
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
Upgrading Big Brother: Local Strategic Adaptation in China’s Security Industry	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
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
Fairness and Tax Morale in Developing Countries	3
Electoral Politics, Fiscal Policy, and the Resource Curse	3
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
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