Journal of Democracy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Democracy 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison83
China's AI-Powered Surveillance State82
The Return of Dictatorship58
The Danger is Real56
The Truth About Africa's Coups48
Documents on Democracy48
How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine42
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough42
Democracy's Surprising Resilience39
The Mandarin in the Machine37
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy37
Documents on Democracy37
A Reply To My Critics36
Why Populists Hollow Out Their States30
Why Gen-Z Is Rising30
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge29
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan's Democracy Under Fire27
Documents on Democracy27
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide27
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World25
Leonardo Morlino (1947–2025)25
Why the World Is Down on Democracy25
Shell Game24
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue24
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right24
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed24
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights24
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America22
Confronting Our Common Enemy22
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy20
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy17
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC16
How Global Illiberalism Damages Democracy16
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame16
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?15
The Constitutionalization of Democracy14
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave14
China’s Age of Counterreform14
The Threat to Latin American Term Limits14
A Refuge from Liberalism?14
Is India Still a Democracy?14
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?14
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey14
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying12
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy12
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism12
The Liberalism of Refuge11
Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers10
Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Money10
The Empty Quest for Muslim Democracy10
The Perils of Propaganda9
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe9
What Went Wrong In Hungary9
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow9
Documents on Democracy9
When Should the Majority Rule?9
The Power of Liberal Nationalism8
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building8
The Myth of the Coup Contagion8
What Political Scientists Owe Democracy8
How Covid Changed Latin America8
How Viktor Orbán Wins7
The End of Village Democracy in China7
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis7
The Authoritarian Argument7
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria7
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed7
Tanzania Will Never Be the Same7
How to Prevent Political Violence7
Documents on Democracy6
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender6
China's Threat to Global Democracy6
Documents on Democracy6
Modi's Undeclared Emergency6
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise6
Why Democracy Survives Populism6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began6
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy6
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy6
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink5
The Perils of Climate Alarmism5
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy5
AI's Real Dangers For Democracy5
Crime, Crackdowns, and Democracy in Ecuador5
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities5
The Danger of Runaway AI5
A Reply to Our Critics5
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration4
Who Decides What Is Democratic?4
Documents on Democracy4
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia's Civil Society Led the Way4
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again4
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience4
How to Bring Authoritarians to Justice4
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy4
Georgia: Between Democracy and Autocracy4
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy4
Documents on Democracy3
The Myth of Democratic Resilience3
The Meddling Kingdom3
A Quiet Consensus3
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do3
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation3
Sri Lanka's Agony3
Why Senegal's Democracy Survived3
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy3
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis3
Is Costa Rica's Democracy Failing?3
Why Democracies Survive3
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State3
The War in Ukraine: Do Russians Support Putin?2
Documents on Democracy2
AI and Catastrophic Risk2
Documents on Democracy2
Why India's Democracy Is Dying2
Delivering for Democracy: Why Results Matter2
Follow the Leader2
China and the Battle for the Global South2
The Shadow of the Swedish Right2
Guarding Against Minority Rule2
Why We Elect Former Dictators and Their Children2
When Democracy Is on the Ballot2
Making Liberalism Work2
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights2
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal2
Honduras’s Missed Opportunity2
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy2
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections2
Why India’s Political Elites Are to Blame2
How Resilient Is the CCP?2
The Origins of Military Supremacy in Dictatorships2
African Popular Protest and Political Change2
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