OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Legislative Studies Quarterly 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Congressional town halls	21
Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits	21
Claiming and Blaming: How Minority Party Status Shapes Filibuster Framing in the U.S. Senate	19
The Last Shall Be Last: Ethnic, Racial, and Nativist Bias in Distributive Politics	17
Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance	16
About the Authors	14
Success Denied: Social Class and Perceptions of Political Success	13
	13
Cover Bills	13
Can legislative majorities shape budgets? A comparative analysis of presidential systems in Latin America	12
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act	11
Recorded Votes as Attention Booster: How Opposition Parties use Roll Calls and Nonrecorded Votes for Position Taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–21	10
The House Appropriations Committee Surveys & Investigations Staff and the Arc of Congressional Competence	9
	8
	8
About the Authors	8
Historically marginalized groups and ideological representation in legislatures	8
Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens	8
Wealth and Policymaking in the U.S. House of Representatives	7
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments	7
Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy‐making networks	7
Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress	7
A Rich Woman's World? Wealth and Gendered Paths to Office	7
The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions	7
Redefining “expansion” in congressional communication: Homestyles for a digital constituency	6

The Political Economy of High‐Skilled Immigration: Analyzing (Co)Sponsorship on High‐Skilled Immigration Bills in the U.S. Congress	6
Who Shows Up? Legislative Attendance by Electoral Seat Type in Bangladesh and Pakistan	6
District Size and Proximity to the Pork Barrel in Congressional Elections	6
Descriptive representation on K street: Race and gender among federal lobbyists	6
Responsive rhetoric: Evidence from congressional redistricting	5
CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia	5
The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity	5
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database	5
About the Authors	5
How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators	5
Partisan and Ideological Bias Among the Attentive Public: Evidence From Witness Slips in the Illinois General Assembly	4
Lesser of Two Evils: Allocating Resources to Opposition Districts in Pakistan	4
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures	4
About the Authors	4
Issue Information	4
	4
What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures	4
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform	3
Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization	3
	3
“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority	3
Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering	3
Issue Information	3
Incentivizing anticorruption reform: Evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican subnational legislatures	3
Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140	2
Dancing Around the Issue? Public Opinion and Strategic Vagueness in Parliamentary Speech	2
Bundled Power: How Donors Value Procedural Powers in U.S. State Legislatures	2
Distinctive Voices: Political Speech, Rhetoric, and the Substantive Representation of Women in European Parliaments	2
District Populations and Partisan Bias	2
When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea	2
The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection	2
Priority Projects: Constituent Spending Demand and the Benefits of Congressional Credit Claiming	2
Parliamentary Debate and Job Market Signaling in Westminster Systems	2
Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes Among Combat and Non‐Combat Veteran Legislators	2
When Does Term Length Matter? Party Status, Polarization, and Legislative Productivity	2
Competence in the Eye of the Electorate: Appearance, Incumbency, and Vote Shares	2
Who Runs for Higher Office? Electoral Institutions and Level‐Hopping Attempts in Germany's State Legislatures	2
	2
Who Controls the Legislative Process? Party Cartels, Committee Gatekeepers, and Subcommittee Activity in the South Korean National Assembly	2
Divergent Position Taking Under Uncertainty With an Application to Chile's 2021–2022 Constituent Convention	2
Men Are From Mars, and Women Are From Venus? Political Ambition of Women and Men Within the Legislature	2
Trade Competitiveness, Constituency Interests, and Legislators' Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements	2
Line‐item vetoes as a coordination mechanism	2
	2