OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Political Behavior is 5. 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 Relationship Between Social Media Use and Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation	94
Christian Nationalism and Political Violence: Victimhood, Racial Identity, Conspiracy, and Support for the Capitol Attacks	57
Are Republicans and Conservatives More Likely to Believe Conspiracy Theories?	35
Enemy Mine: Negative Partisanship and Satisfaction with Democracy	31
Rural Identity as a Contributing Factor to Anti-Intellectualism in the U.S.	30
Social Trust in Polarized Times: How Perceptions of Political Polarization Affect Americans’ Trust in Each Other	28
Hostile Sexism, Racial Resentment, and Political Mobilization	25
Partisanship, Religion, and Issue Polarization in the United States: A Reassessment	25
Legislative vs. Executive Political Offices: How Gender Stereotypes Can Disadvantage Women in Either Office	24
Does Radical-Right Success Make the Political Debate More Negative? Evidence from Emotional Rhetoric in German State Parliaments	21
‘Why Me?’ The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics	20
How Public Opinion Information Changes Politicians’ Opinions and Behavior	19
Local Candidates, Place-Based Identities, and Electoral Success	19
The Gender Backlash in the Vote for Brexit	19
You’re Not From Here!: The Consequences of Urban and Rural Identities	18
Advancing the Measurement of Authoritarianism	17
No Country for Asylum Seekers? How Short-Term Exposure to Refugees Influences Attitudes and Voting Behavior in Hungary	17
How Social Group Memberships Interact to Shape Partisanship, Policy Orientations, and Vote Choice	14
The Effects of Basic Human Values on Populist Voting. An Analysis of 13 European Democracies	13
The Effects of Politician’s Moral Violations on Voters' Moral Emotions	13
Social-Psychology of Vaccine Intentions: The Mediating Role of Institutional Trust in the Fight Against Covid-19	13
Correlates of Voter Turnout	13
Residential Context and Voting for the Far Right: The Impact of Immigration and Unemployment on the 2017 French Presidential Election	12
Expressive Politics as (Costly) Norm Following	12
Asian American Candidate Preferences: Evidence from California	12

When are Explicit Racial Appeals Accepted? Examining the Role of Racial Status Threat	12
Ready When the Big One Comes? Natural Disasters and Mass Support for Preparedness Investment	12
Affective Polarization and Misinformation Belief	11
Social and Political Trust in a Low Trust Society	11
Dangerous Disconnect: Voter Backlash, Elite Misperception, and the Costs of Violence as an Electoral Tactic	11
Affective Polarization: Over Time, Through the Generations, and During the Lifespan	11
Promoting the Youth Vote: The Role of Informational Cues and Social Pressure	10
The Conditional Effects of Microtargeted Facebook Advertisements on Voter Turnout	10
Negativity and Elite Message Diffusion on Social Media	10
Testing the Participation Hypothesis: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting	10
Partisanship, Information, and the Conditional Effects of Scandal on Voting Decisions	9
From Inter-Racial Solidarity to Action: Minority Linked Fate and African American, Latina/o, and Asian American Political Participation	9
Who Cares If You Vote? Partisan Pressure and Social Norms of Voting	9
Public Services, Geography, and Citizen Perceptions of Government in Latin America	8
How Do Partisans Navigate Intra-Group Conflict? A Theory of Leadership-Driven Motivated Reasoning	8
Racial Resentment, Electoral Loss, and Satisfaction with Democracy Among Whites in the United States: 2004–2016	8
Natural Disasters, ‘Partisan Retrospection,’ and U.S. Presidential Elections	8
The Multidimensional Disadvantages of Centrist Parties in Western Europe	8
Elections, Party Rhetoric, and Public Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe	8
Citizen Assessment of Electoral Reforms: Do Evaluations of Fairness Blunt Self-Interest?	8
Temporal Selective Exposure: How Partisans Choose When to Follow Politics	8
Municipal Identity and City Interests	7
Partisanship on Social Media: In-Party Love Among American Politicians, Greater Engagement with Out-Party Hate Among Ordinary Users	7
The Partisanship of Bipartisanship: How Representatives Use Bipartisan Assertions to Cultivate Support	7
Cued by Culture: Political Imagery and Partisan Evaluations	7
Uncovering the Source of Patrimonial Voting: Evidence from Swedish Twin Pairs	7
Place, Race, and the Geographic Politics of White Grievance	7
Immigration Policies and Access to the Justice System: The Effect of Enforcement Escalations on Undocumented Immigrants and Their Communities	6
Do voters punish ambitious women? Tracking a gendered backlash toward the 2020 democratic presidential contenders	6
Electoral Competition, the EU Issue and Far-right Success in Western Europe	6
Do Voters Care about the Age of their Elected Representatives?	6
The Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Political Interest Representation	6
Exposure to Extremely Partisan News from the Other Political Side Shows Scarce Boomerang Effects	6
Threatened by the Worst but Hoping for the Best: Unraveling the Relationship Between Threat, Hope, and Public Opinion During Conflict	6
Closing the Gender Gap in Legislative Debates: The Role of Gender Quotas	6
Big Boys Don’t Cry: Evaluations of Politicians Across Issue, Gender, and Emotion	6
Decreasing Hurdles and Increasing Registration Rates for College Students: An Online Voter Registration Systems Field Experiment	6
Propaganda, Presumed Influence, and Collective Protest	6
Political Trust and Support for Immigration in the European Mass Public	6
Fueling the Populist Divide: Nativist and Cosmopolitan Preferences for Representation at the Elite and Mass Level	6
Empathy, Deservingness, and Preferences for Welfare Assistance: A Large-Scale Online Perspective-Taking Experiment	6
Distance and Trust: An Examination of the Two Opposing Factors Impacting Adoption of Postal Voting Among Citizens Living Abroad	6
Do Voters Trust Deliberative Minipublics? Examining the Origins and Impact of Legitimacy Perceptions for the Citizens’ Initiative Review	5
After the Flood: Disasters, Ideological Voting and Electoral Choices in Chile	5
Beyond Performance: Racial Prejudice and Whites’ Mistrust of Government	5
The Electoral Costs and Benefits of Feminism in Contemporary American Politics	5
In Need of the Devil’s Advocate? The Impact of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Political Discussion	5
Nail in the Coffin or Lifeline? Evaluating the Electoral Impact of COVID-19 on President Trump in the 2020 Election	5
Issue Voting and Government Responsiveness to Policy Preferences	5
Expressive Responding and Belief in 2020 Election Fraud	5

Bridging the Gaps Between Us: Explaining When and Why People of Color Express Shared Political Views	5
Can Conservatives Be Persuaded? Framing Effects on Support for Universal Basic Income in the US	5
Modulating the Neural Bases of Political Communications: Political Involvement and Perception of the Economic Situation	5
The Conditional Effects of Authoritarianism on COVID-19 Pandemic Health Behaviors and Policy Preferences	5
Defending the Dog Whistle: The Role of Justifications in Racial Messaging	5
Economic Self-Interest and Americans’ Redistributive, Class, and Racial Attitudes: The Case of Economic Insecurity	5
Personality Traits and Approaches to Political Representation and Responsiveness: An Experiment in Local Government	5
The (Null) Effects of Happiness on Affective Polarization, Conspiracy Endorsement, and Deep Fake Recognition: Evidence from Five Survey Experiments in Three Countries	5
The Dimensions and Effects of Reciprocity in Political Tolerance Judgments	5