OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Contemporary Politics is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Are Latin American populists more likely to introduce direct democracy?	43
Patron-client state relations and the geopolitics of authoritarian survival and breakdown: evidence from the MENA countries	27
Revisiting liberal intergovernmentalism in CFSP: preference formation and the EEAS	21
‘Exclusionary welfarism’: a new programmatic agenda for populist right-wing parties?	14
How well does ‘resilience’ apply to democracy? A systematic review	14
The ontological core of political radicalism. Exploring the role of antagonist, dogmatic, and populist beliefs in structuring radical ideologies	13
The web of Big Lies: state-sponsored disinformation in Iran	11
Big data-mediated repression: a novel form of preemptive repression in China’s Xinjiang region	10
Big ideas, little detail: how populist parties talk about referendums in Europe	10
When migrants become ‘the people’: unpacking homeland populism	10
Embracing the concept of democracy in China: citizens’ democratic perceptions and support	9
Failing to build a network as policy entrepreneurs: Greek politicians negotiating with the EU during the first quarter of SYRIZA in government	9
Combatting violence against women in Turkey: structural obstacles	9
Financial liberalization or state capitalism? The developmental state and the special purpose bond market in South Korea	8
Middle power and power asymmetry: how South Korea’s free trade agreement strategy with ASEAN changed under the New Southern Policy	8
Iran’s soft power in the Middle East via the promotion of the Persian language	7
To boast or to ideologize? A utility-based approach to understanding authoritarian legitimation strategies	7
Does party identification still matter for political efficacy? A cross-national assessment, 1996–2016	7
Conceptualising democratic resilience: a minimalist account	6
Have a little faith in deliberation? Examining the effect of participation in a citizens’ assembly on populist attitudes	6
Legitimising autocracy: re-framing the analysis of corporate relations to undemocratic regimes	6
When institutions ‘bite’: Malaysia’s flawed democratisation	6
The nonlinear impact of women’s descriptive representation: an empirical study on the ratification of women rights treaties	6
Brazil’s strategic diplomacy for maritime security and safety	5
Re-democratising Nepal: transitional justice and the erosion of judicial independence	5

Stuck on a hostile path? US policy towards Iran since the revolution	5
Does policy style shift when the political regime changes? Insights from Turkey	5
Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: the case of Mexican development policy	5
‘Civic’ vs. ‘non-civic’: a comparison of individual-level support for the UK’s pro-Brexit and Scotland’s pro-independence nationalism	5
A sea of difference? Australian and Italian approaches to irregular migration and seaborne asylum seekers	5
From the Varieties of Democracy to the defense of liberal democracy: V-Dem and the reconstitution of liberal hegemony under threat	5
Measuring libertarian ideology with party manifesto data	5
Why can’t the drama stop? US–China rivalry and security triangulation on the Korean peninsula	5
Understanding the dual glass ceiling of selecting and electing women candidates: evidence from Latin American mayoral elections	4
Varieties of democratic understanding and political participation: multi-level evidence from the world	4
It’s the state, indeed! How state capacity facilitates social equality in authoritarian regimes	4
Warsaw and Istanbul in de-democratising countries. Democratic enclaves or sham democracies?	4
How regional organisation survives: ASEAN, hedging and international society	4
Shades of presence in post-2011 Tunisia: evolving political positions in feminist and queer activism	4