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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
China's AI-Powered Surveillance State69
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison69
The Return of Dictatorship47
The Puzzle of Panamanian Exceptionalism46
The Danger is Real43
Documents on Democracy37
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough33
How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine33
Democracy's Surprising Resilience30
The Truth About Africa's Coups30
The Mandarin in the Machine29
Documents on Democracy29
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide28
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge26
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy25
Documents on Democracy23
Authoritarians on Offense23
A Reply To My Critics23
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan's Democracy Under Fire22
Why the World Is Down on Democracy22
Leonardo Morlino (1947–2025)21
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World21
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right20
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights20
Shell Game18
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy18
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue18
South Africa's Resilient Democracy17
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed17
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America17
Confronting Our Common Enemy16
Why the Future Is (Still) Democratic16
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy15
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC14
The Constitutionalization of Democracy13
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame13
Is India Still a Democracy?13
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?13
The Threat to Latin American Term Limits12
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?12
A Refuge from Liberalism?11
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying11
China’s Age of Counterreform11
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy11
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism11
Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories11
What Putin Fears Most11
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave11
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow10
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey10
The Liberalism of Refuge10
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe9
When Should the Majority Rule?9
Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Money8
The Perils of Propaganda7
Documents on Democracy7
The Myth of the Coup Contagion7
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building7
What Political Scientists Owe Democracy7
Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers7
The Power of Liberal Nationalism7
What Went Wrong In Hungary7
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed6
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis6
Why the Future Cannot Be Predicted6
How Covid Changed Latin America6
How Viktor Orbán Wins6
The End of Village Democracy in China6
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria6
The Authoritarian Argument6
How to Prevent Political Violence6
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began5
How Autocrats Undermine Media Freedom5
Modi's Undeclared Emergency5
Documents on Democracy5
Documents on Democracy5
China's Tech-Enhanced Authoritarianism5
How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood4
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise4
The Collapse of Afghanistan4
China's Threat to Global Democracy4
Why Democracy Survives Populism4
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink4
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy4
A Reply to Our Critics4
The Perils of Climate Alarmism4
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration3
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression3
Documents on Democracy3
The Danger of Runaway AI3
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy3
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia's Civil Society Led the Way3
How Autocrats Weaponize Women's Rights3
Documents on Democracy3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities3
Is Democracy Lost?3
Democracy's Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled3
Who Decides What Is Democratic?3
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again3
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy3
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience3
Kyrgyzstan's Poison Parliament3
AI's Real Dangers For Democracy3
Is Costa Rica's Democracy Failing?2
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do2
The Meddling Kingdom2
A Quiet Consensus2
Sri Lanka's Agony2
Documents on Democracy2
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis2
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy2
Why Senegal's Democracy Survived2
How Zambia's Opposition Won2
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation2
The Myth of Democratic Resilience2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State2
AI and Catastrophic Risk2
The Authoritarian Data Problem1
The Return of Politics in Bangladesh1
Power, Performance, and Legitimacy1
Why India's Democracy Is Dying1
Follow the Leader1
How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn1
The War in Ukraine: Do Russians Support Putin?1
Why Democracies Survive1
How Guatemala Defied the Odds1
Divining Syria's Future1
Making Liberalism Work1
Can Capitalism Save Democracy?1
Why the Military Abandoned Democracy1
Bolivia’s Silent Destruction1
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections1
Delivering for Democracy: Why Results Matter1
The Shadow of the Swedish Right1
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy1
How to Confront No Ordinary Danger1
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights1
Reimagining Democracy for AI1
Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy1
How Financial Secrecy Undermines Democracy1
How Resilient Is the CCP?1
Why India’s Political Elites Are to Blame1
The Origins of Military Supremacy in Dictatorships1
China and the Battle for the Global South1
African Popular Protest and Political Change1
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal1
When Democracy Is on the Ballot1
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