Journal of Democracy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Democracy is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison63
The Puzzle of Panamanian Exceptionalism62
Documents on Democracy44
The Return of Dictatorship44
The Truth About Africa's Coups31
How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine28
The Danger is Real28
Democracy's Surprising Resilience27
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough27
The Mandarin in the Machine26
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide25
Documents on Democracy25
A Reply To My Critics23
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy22
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge20
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan's Democracy Under Fire20
Documents on Democracy20
Authoritarians on Offense19
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World19
Why the World Is Down on Democracy19
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right19
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights18
Shell Game17
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy17
South Africa's Resilient Democracy16
Confronting Our Common Enemy15
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America15
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue14
Why the Future Is (Still) Democratic14
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy13
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC13
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame12
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy11
Is India Still a Democracy?11
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?11
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?11
A Refuge from Liberalism?11
The Constitutionalization of Democracy11
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey10
Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories10
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave10
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism10
China’s Age of Counterreform10
What Putin Fears Most9
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying9
The Perils of Propaganda9
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow9
When Should the Majority Rule?9
The Liberalism of Refuge9
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe9
Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers9
How Covid Changed Latin America7
The Power of Liberal Nationalism7
What Went Wrong In Hungary7
The Myth of the Coup Contagion7
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed7
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building7
Documents on Democracy7
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis6
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy6
How to Prevent Political Violence6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began6
The Authoritarian Argument6
How Viktor Orbán Wins6
How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood5
China's Threat to Global Democracy5
Why the Future Cannot Be Predicted5
Modi's Undeclared Emergency5
Documents on Democracy5
China's Tech-Enhanced Authoritarianism5
The End of Village Democracy in China5
Documents on Democracy5
How Autocrats Undermine Media Freedom5
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria5
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise4
Why Democracy Survives Populism4
The Perils of Climate Alarmism4
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy4
Kyrgyzstan's Poison Parliament3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities3
The Danger of Runaway AI3
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink3
Is Democracy Lost?3
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia's Civil Society Led the Way3
Democracy's Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled3
A Reply to Our Critics3
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy3
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again3
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience3
The Collapse of Afghanistan3
The Myth of Democratic Resilience2
Who Decides What Is Democratic?2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy2
How Zambia's Opposition Won2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State2
How Autocrats Weaponize Women's Rights2
Documents on Democracy2
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis2
Sri Lanka's Agony2
A Quiet Consensus2
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression2
Documents on Democracy2
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy2
The Meddling Kingdom2
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation2
The Authoritarian Data Problem1
How to Confront No Ordinary Danger1
Power, Performance, and Legitimacy1
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights1
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections1
Follow the Leader1
China and the Battle for the Global South1
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy1
Making Liberalism Work1
Can Capitalism Save Democracy?1
Why the Military Abandoned Democracy1
When Democracy Is on the Ballot1
How Resilient Is the CCP?1
Why India’s Political Elites Are to Blame1
The War in Ukraine: Do Russians Support Putin?1
The Shadow of the Swedish Right1
AI and Catastrophic Risk1
Why India's Democracy Is Dying1
The Return of Politics in Bangladesh1
How Financial Secrecy Undermines Democracy1
Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy1
How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn1
How Guatemala Defied the Odds1
The Origins of Military Supremacy in Dictatorships1
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal1
African Popular Protest and Political Change1
Why Democracies Survive1
Delivering for Democracy: Why Results Matter1
Bolivia’s Silent Destruction1
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