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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits	21
Congressional town halls	17
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
Can legislative majorities shape budgets? A comparative analysis of presidential systems in Latin America	14
Cover Bills	13
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act	12
Recorded Votes as Attention Booster: How Opposition Parties use Roll Calls and Nonrecorded Votes for Position Taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–21	12
Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens	12
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Success Denied: Social Class and Perceptions of Political Success	11
Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy‐making networks	9
About the Authors	9
Historically marginalized groups and ideological representation in legislatures	8
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Wealth and Policymaking in the U.S. House of Representatives	7
A Rich Woman's World? Wealth and Gendered Paths to Office	7
Responsive rhetoric: Evidence from congressional redistricting	6
The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions	6
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
Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress	6
District Size and Proximity to the Pork Barrel in Congressional Elections	6
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments	6

About the Authors	5
The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity	5
Descriptive representation on K street: Race and gender among federal lobbyists	5
Who Shows Up? Legislative Attendance by Electoral Seat Type in Bangladesh and Pakistan	5
What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures	4
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CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia	4
About the Authors	4
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform	4
How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators	4
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
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database	4
Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization	3
Issue Information	3
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures	3
“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority	3
Incentivizing anticorruption reform: Evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican subnational legislatures	2
Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140	2
Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes Among Combat and Non‐Combat Veteran Legislators	2
The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection	2
Dancing Around the Issue? Public Opinion and Strategic Vagueness in Parliamentary Speech	2
Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering	2
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Divergent Position Taking Under Uncertainty With an Application to Chile's 2021–2022 Constituent Convention	2
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Priority Projects: Constituent Spending Demand and the Benefits of Congressional Credit Claiming	2
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Trade Competitiveness, Constituency Interests, and Legislators' Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements	2