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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Two States, One Voice? The Integration of the East German Länder into the European Community’s Regional Policy	22
Mayoral Leadership in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Structural Factors in Germany	21
Voter Turnout in Local Elections With One or No List: Evidence from Germany	18
When Crises Unite. Changing Party Positions on Foreign Policy During Critical Events in Germany	17
Germany and Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?	16
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW): Curse or Blessing for AfD in the State Elections?	14
‘All Politics is Local’? The AfD in Local Elections and Local Politics in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	12
Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs	11
German Claims for Leadership: From a Federalist to a Geopolitical Leadership Master Narrative	11
Under Attack: How Social Threats Push Negative Beliefs about Scientists in Germany	9
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below: Civil Society Actors and Their Motivations in the Czech-German Context	8
‘A New Dynamic’ for German Democracy? Democracy Reforms Between Populist Demands and Governmental Strategies	8
The Politics of Military Force. Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse	7
Strategic Timing? Coalition Governments and the Introduction of Controversial Legislation Throughout the Electoral Cycle	7
The AfD and its Electoral Persistence in Eastern Germany. Causes, Issues, and Implications	6
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	6
Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict	6
The Importance of Descriptive Representation & Cue-Taking in Free List Local Elections	5
Alive and Kicking: Electoral Reform in Germany Introduction to the Special Issue	5
The Party-Political Effects of Combining Elections: Evidence from the European Elections in Germany	5
Public Opinion on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Cooperation between Democracies and Autocracies: The Case of German-Egyptian Relations	5
Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany	5
‘Poland is Back’: German Narrative Adjustment in the German-Polish Special Relationship, 2007–2024	5
Living in a Post-material World? Assessing the Impact of Economic and non-Economic Shifts on the Success of the German Greens	5
German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’	5

The Winds of Winter: COVID-19 and Punctuations Without Policy Change in German Health Care Policy	4
German Legislators’ Conceptions of Democracy and Process Preferences: Results from a New Survey	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
Condorcet Method, Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives, and the Size of the Bundestag	4
Uncivilian Power Germany: Why States Violate their Foreign Policy Master Roles	4
Regulation of Housing Markets in Germany’s Federal States Why do Some Act and Others do not?	4
Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland	4
The Glass is Half Full: Environmental and Climate Policy of the Last Merkel Government Between Protest and Pandemic	4
Narratives in Flux: Turkish Elite Perspectives on Germany’s Role in EU–Turkey Relations	4
Germany’s Triangular Relations with the United States and China in the Era of the Zeitenwende	3
(Re)coordinating the German Political Economy: E-mobility and the Verkehrswende	3
How to (Not) Implement a ‘Complementary Coalition’? Lessons from the First Green–Black Government in Baden-Württemberg 2016–2021	3
Under Pressure? The Labour Market Policy of the Grand Coalition 2018–2021	3
Articulating a Delicate Balancing Act: Identity and Ontological Insecurity in Germany’s Narrative Responses to Israel 1993–2023	3
Zeitenwende in the Indo-Pacific? Assessing Germany’s Regional Security Engagement	3
Differentiated Structures of Europe: German Perspectives on Turkey and the United Kingdom	3
Implementing Gender Quotas Locally: How Germany’s Alliance 90/The Greens Enforce the Women’s Statute in District Branches	3
The Ukraine War as a Driver of Intraparty Conflict: Germany's Left Party and the AfD	2
Challenging Liberal Principles: Understanding of Democracy among Populist Radical Right Youth Leaders in Austria and Germany	2
The Gendered Effect of Parenthood on Voting Behaviour in the 2021 German Federal Election	2
Advocacy Coalitions, Power and Opportunities: Policy Change in Germany’s Dual Citizenship Policy Subsystem	2
Same Seeds, More Fertile Ground: Sources of AfD Dominance in Eastern Germany	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
The Impact of German MPs’ Outside Activities on Their Parliamentary Careers	2
German Multi-Level Relations with Superpowers. A Comparison of Subnational Cooperation with American and Chinese Partners	2
Against Coming to Terms with the Past? The AfD’s Alternative Politics of History	2
Security Policy Professionals as Strategic Cultural Agents: The Drafting of the German National Security Strategy	2
Representing the Unrepresented? Examining Disability Representation in the German Parliament	2
Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe	2
Shared Jobs, Shared Trajectories? Employer Groups and the Regulation of Part-time Work in Germany and the Netherlands	2
The Party-Political Integration of Members with Migrant Backgrounds	2
Issue Networks in German Health Insurance Policy	2
Protests in Germany 2000–2020. A dataset based on local protest event data in Bremen, Dresden, Leipzig, and Stuttgart	2
Managing the Legacy of Long-Term Leaders: The Curious Evolution of Leadership Styles in the German Chancellery	2
Parties under Pressure: The Politics of Factions and Party Adaptation	2
Intra-Party Communication in the Digital Era - An Empirical Case Study of Party Delegates from the German Greens	2
Introduction to the Special Issue: The First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany	2
Germany’s Central Role in EU-Turkey Relations and Its Implications for EU Foreign Policy: An Introduction	2