OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of American Politics Research 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
De-Policing as Reform? Police Tactics after Black Lives Matter’s 2020 Protests	38
Constitutional Amendment Proposals as Position-Taking Activity in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–2020)	28
Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Political Negativity and Incivility on Social Media? Yes, but Only Before Elections	17
Building Support Through the Personalization of Twitter Messages in a Permanent Campaign	15
Beyond Pan-Ethnicity: Responsiveness of Elected Officials to Asian American Subgroups	14
Errors and Calibration in Mail Ballot Signature Rejections	14
Partisan Self-Interest and Views on the Electoral College: How Electoral Inversions Activate Differences in Support for the System	14
Hahn-Sigelman Prizes 2020-2024	12
The Limits of Issue Ownership in a Polarized Era	11
What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why)	11
Considerations of American Democracy, Feeling Like a Loser, and Support for Changing the Rules	11
More Choices, More Problems? Ranked Choice Voting Errors in New York City	11
Intraparty Republican Factionalism as Identity in the Modern American South	10
The Personal is Political: Assessing the Effects of Personal Narratives on Public Opinion	10
r/The_Donald Had a Forum: How Socialization in Far-Right Social Media Communities Shapes Identity and Spreads Extreme Rhetoric	10
Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide	9
Gender Affinity, Ideology, and the Contributions of Individuals to Women State Supreme Court Candidates	9
Popularity or Partisanship? Cue Taking on Social Media Among Teens and Adults	9
Erratum to “Descriptive Representation and Prosecutorial Discretion: Race, Sex, and Carceral Disparities”	9
The Great Lockdown and Economic Voting: Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on the 2020 US Presidential Election	9
All Eyes on Kansas: Voter Turnout and the 2022 Abortion Referendum	8
Climate Change and Terrorism News: Similar or Different?	8
Card-Carrying Members on the Ballot: Group Affiliations and Their Electoral Implications	8
NIMBY Syndrome and Abortion Access	8
Professed Democracy Support and Openness to Politically Congenial Authoritarian Actions Within the American Public	8

The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787	7
Talk Local to Me: Assessing the Heterogenous Effects of Localistic Appeals	7
Blind Trust, Blind Skepticism: Liberals’ & Conservatives’ Response to Academic Research	7
Too Close to Home? Proximity to BLM Protests and Support for Police Spending	7
Change and Continuity in Citizens’ Evaluations of Supreme Court Nominees	7
Campaigning Through Cable: Examining the Relationship Between Cable News Appearances and House Candidate Fundraising	7
Who Feels the Bern? An Analysis of Support for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Primary	7
Are Shifts in Same-Sex Marriage Attitudes Associated With Declines in Religious Behavior and Affiliation?	6
Fair Game or Foul Play: Public Perceptions of Solicitor General Involvement in U.S. Supreme Court Cases	6
Who Controls the Immigration Bureaucracy? The Relative Influence of the Three Branches Over Asylum Policy Implementation	6
Do Party Rules Matter? An Examination of State Party Bylaws and Congressional Nominations	6
Do Political Beliefs Drive Environment Selection?	5
The Voting Wars: Public Opinion About Battles Over Voting Rules	5
President Biden and Diversity in Executive Appointments	5
Perceived Local Population Dynamics and Immigration Policy Views	5
When Politics Override Place: How Political Affiliation Supersedes Rural Identity	5
Tweeting for a Win: How the Competitiveness of a Congressional District Affects Party Nominee Language Use on Twitter	5
Urban-Rural Differences in Respect for the Norms of American Civil-Military Relations	5
The Size and Structure of the Gender Gap in Economic Evaluations	5
Campaigning During a Crisis: The Pandemic’s Impact on Congressional Campaign Strategy and Spending in 2020	5
In the Light: Procedural Legitimacy, the Shadow Docket, and Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	5
How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation	5
Polarizing Online Elite Rhetoric at the Federal, State, and Local Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Friendship is Rare: The Influence of Off-Bench Friendships on Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	4
Candidate Ideology and Vote Choice in the 2020 US Presidential Election	4
County Sheriffs and Immigration and Customs Enforcement: The Will of the People or a Lack of Accountability?	4
State Courts, Public Opinion, and the Changing Abortion Landscape after Dobbs	4
Gasoline Prices and Presidential Approval Ratings of the United States	4
The Relationship Between Racial Attitudes and Perceived Economic Threat Among Whites: A Three Study Analysis	4
Interest Groups and Legislative Ideology: Who Influences Whom?	4
Who Thinks It is Easy to Register and Vote?	4
Concede or Resist? Experimental Evidence on How Partisanship Shapes Local Officials’ Responses to Preemption	4
Voting in the Mall: Ideology, Grievance, and Political Consumerism	4
White Racial Identity and Preferences for (Non) White Immigrants in the United States	4
Political Awareness and Sorting	4
When Advocates Become Adjudicators: Tracing the Effects of Prosecutorial and Public Defense Experience on Judicial Decision Making	4
Credible Claims: The Effect of Committee Positioning on Congressional Credit Claiming	4
Playing Ball: Collaboration in the U.S. Congress	4