OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of German Politics 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Black–Blue or Bahamas? Explaining CDU, CSU, FDP and AfD Voter Attitudes Towards a Common Governmental Coalition Before the 2017 German Federal Election	55
Two States, One Voice? The Integration of the East German Länder into the European Community’s Regional Policy	48
Mayoral Leadership in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Structural Factors in Germany	39
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW): Curse or Blessing for AfD in the State Elections?	32
German Claims for Leadership: From a Federalist to a Geopolitical Leadership Master Narrative	28
Voter Turnout in Local Elections With One or No List: Evidence from Germany	22
Germany and Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?	19
‘A New Dynamic’ for German Democracy? Democracy Reforms Between Populist Demands and Governmental Strategies	18
Communal and Exchange-Based Trust in Germany Thirty Years After Reunification: Convergence or Still an East–West Divide?	16
‘The Politicisation Game’: Strategic Interactions in the Contention Over TTIP in Germany	16
Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs	15
(How) Perceived Descriptive Underrepresentation Decreases Political Support: The Case of East Germans	13
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below: Civil Society Actors and Their Motivations in the Czech-German Context	12
The Wall in the Mind – Revisited Stable Differences in the Political Cultures of Western and Eastern Germany	11
The Politics of Military Force. Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse	11
Strategic Timing? Coalition Governments and the Introduction of Controversial Legislation Throughout the Electoral Cycle	11
Lowering the Quality of Democracy by Lowering the Voting Age? Comparing the Impact of School, Classmates, and Parents on 15- to 18-Year-Olds’ Political Interest and Turnout	10
Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict	10
German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’	9
The Importance of Descriptive Representation & Cue-Taking in Free List Local Elections	8
Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany	8
Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy: A New German Power? *Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy: A New German Power?* Liana Fix,	8
Living in a Post-material World? Assessing the Impact of Economic and non-Economic Shifts on the Success of the German Greens	8
Large-Scale and Green? The German Covid-19 Stimulus Package in International Comparison	8
‘Poland is Back’: German Narrative Adjustment in the German-Polish Special Relationship, 2007–2024	8

Alive and Kicking: Electoral Reform in Germany Introduction to the Special Issue	8
The Winds of Winter: COVID-19 and Punctuations Without Policy Change in German Health Care Policy	7
Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland	6
Condorcet Method, Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives, and the Size of the Bundestag	6
German Legislators’ Conceptions of Democracy and Process Preferences: Results from a New Survey	6
Uncivilian Power Germany: Why States Violate their Foreign Policy Master Roles	5
Regulation of Housing Markets in Germany’s Federal States Why do Some Act and Others do not?	5
The Glass is Half Full: Environmental and Climate Policy of the Last Merkel Government Between Protest and Pandemic	5
Germany’s Triangular Relations with the United States and China in the Era of the Zeitenwende	5
Party System Change in Eastern and Western Germany Between Convergence and Dissimilarity	4
Challenging Liberal Principles: Understanding of Democracy among Populist Radical Right Youth Leaders in Austria and Germany	4
Articulating a Delicate Balancing Act: Identity and Ontological Insecurity in Germany’s Narrative Responses to Israel 1993–2023	4
Myopic Fiscal Policy During the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Intergenerational Burden	4
Differentiated Structures of Europe: German Perspectives on Turkey and the United Kingdom	4
Interventions by the Populist Radical Right in German Civil Society and the Search for Counterstrategies	4
Narratives in Flux: Turkish Elite Perspectives on Germany’s Role in EU–Turkey Relations	4
Framing COVID-19: Public Leadership and Crisis Communication By Chancellor Angela Merkel During the Pandemic in 2020	4
(Re)coordinating the German Political Economy: E-mobility and the Verkehrswende	4
Between a Curse and a Blessing: Germany’s Role in Shaping the EU-Turkish Relations with the Eastern Mediterranean as a Litmus Test	4
Security Policy Professionals as Strategic Cultural Agents: The Drafting of the German National Security Strategy	3
German Multi-Level Relations with Superpowers. A Comparison of Subnational Cooperation with American and Chinese Partners	3
Against Coming to Terms with the Past? The AfD’s Alternative Politics of History	3
Representing the Unrepresented? Examining Disability Representation in the German Parliament	3
Under Pressure? The Labour Market Policy of the Grand Coalition 2018–2021	3
Issue Networks in German Health Insurance Policy	3
Intra-Party Communication in the Digital Era - An Empirical Case Study of Party Delegates from the German Greens	3
Parties under Pressure: The Politics of Factions and Party Adaptation	3
Managing the Legacy of Long-Term Leaders: The Curious Evolution of Leadership Styles in the German Chancellery	3
The Ukraine War as a Driver of Intraparty Conflict: Germany's Left Party and the AfD	3
The Gendered Effect of Parenthood on Voting Behaviour in the 2021 German Federal Election	3
The Impact of German MPs’ Outside Activities on Their Parliamentary Careers	3
The Party-Political Integration of Members with Migrant Backgrounds	2
Is Negative Campaigning a Response to a Dynamic Polling Environment? Evidence from Facebook and Twitter Posts by German Party Leaders in the 2021 German Federal Election	2
On the Association of Attitudes Towards NATO and Weapon Deliveries for Ukraine with Vote Intentions in Germany	2
Civil Society, Cleavage Structures, and Democracy in Germany	2
Philo-Semitic Civilisationism or Anti-Semitic Nationalism? The Ambivalent Stance of the Alternative for Germany Towards Judaism, Jews, and Israel	2
Shared Jobs, Shared Trajectories? Employer Groups and the Regulation of Part-time Work in Germany and the Netherlands	2
Introduction to the Special Issue: The First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany	2
‘Climate-Soviets,’ ‘Alarmism,’ and ‘Eco-Dictatorship’: The Framing of Climate Change Scepticism by the Populist Radical Right Alternative for Germany	2
Change to Stay the Same? German European Preference Formation During the COVID-19 Crisis	2
From Guilt to Responsibility and Beyond: The Evolution of German Strategic Culture after the End of the Cold War From Guilt to Responsibility and Beyond: The Evolution of German Strateg	2
Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe	2
Germany’s Central Role in EU-Turkey Relations and Its Implications for EU Foreign Policy: An Introduction	2
Unequal German Democracy and the Rise of the ‘Lifestyle-Left’? How Left Parties in Germany Conceive of (In)Equality, 1970–2021	2
Conflicting Institutional Pressures During the Establishment of Tax Administrations in the Post-1990 Eastern German States	2
Citizen Deliberation in Germany: Lessons from the ‘Bürgerrat Demokratie’	2