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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Partisan Self-Interest and Views on the Electoral College: How Electoral Inversions Activate Differences in Support for the System	41
Constitutional Amendment Proposals as Position-Taking Activity in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–2020)	30
Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Political Negativity and Incivility on Social Media? Yes, but Only Before Elections	16
De-Policing as Reform? Police Tactics after Black Lives Matter’s 2020 Protests	15
Errors and Calibration in Mail Ballot Signature Rejections	15
Beyond Pan-Ethnicity: Responsiveness of Elected Officials to Asian American Subgroups	15
Building Support Through the Personalization of Twitter Messages in a Permanent Campaign	14
Hahn-Sigelman Prizes 2020-2024	13
More Choices, More Problems? Ranked Choice Voting Errors in New York City	12
What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why)	12
Considerations of American Democracy, Feeling Like a Loser, and Support for Changing the Rules	12
Intraparty Republican Factionalism as Identity in the Modern American South	11
The Personal is Political: Assessing the Effects of Personal Narratives on Public Opinion	11
r/The_Donald Had a Forum: How Socialization in Far-Right Social Media Communities Shapes Identity and Spreads Extreme Rhetoric	11
The Great Lockdown and Economic Voting: Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on the 2020 US Presidential Election	10
Campaigning Through Cable: Examining the Relationship Between Cable News Appearances and House Candidate Fundraising	10
Card-Carrying Members on the Ballot: Group Affiliations and Their Electoral Implications	10
Popularity or Partisanship? Cue Taking on Social Media Among Teens and Adults	10
Climate Change and Terrorism News: Similar or Different?	9
NIMBY Syndrome and Abortion Access	8
Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide	8
Blind Trust, Blind Skepticism: Liberals’ & Conservatives’ Response to Academic Research	8
Gender Affinity, Ideology, and the Contributions of Individuals to Women State Supreme Court Candidates	8
All Eyes on Kansas: Voter Turnout and the 2022 Abortion Referendum	8
Professed Democracy Support and Openness to Politically Congenial Authoritarian Actions Within the American Public	7

The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787	7
In the Light: Procedural Legitimacy, the Shadow Docket, and Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	6
Do Party Rules Matter? An Examination of State Party Bylaws and Congressional Nominations	6
Change and Continuity in Citizens’ Evaluations of Supreme Court Nominees	6
Fair Game or Foul Play: Public Perceptions of Solicitor General Involvement in U.S. Supreme Court Cases	6
Too Close to Home? Proximity to BLM Protests and Support for Police Spending	6
Who Controls the Immigration Bureaucracy? The Relative Influence of the Three Branches Over Asylum Policy Implementation	6
Campaigning During a Crisis: The Pandemic’s Impact on Congressional Campaign Strategy and Spending in 2020	5
Individuals and Public Opinion Change: The Liberal Rebound, Continued Partisan Divergence and Affective Partisanship 2016–2020	5
Talk Local to Me: Assessing the Heterogenous Effects of Localistic Appeals	5
How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation	5
President Biden and Diversity in Executive Appointments	5
Polarizing Online Elite Rhetoric at the Federal, State, and Local Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
The Voting Wars: Public Opinion About Battles Over Voting Rules	5
Urban-Rural Differences in Respect for the Norms of American Civil-Military Relations	5
Perceived Local Population Dynamics and Immigration Policy Views	5
Tweeting for a Win: How the Competitiveness of a Congressional District Affects Party Nominee Language Use on Twitter	5
When Politics Override Place: How Political Affiliation Supersedes Rural Identity	4
Friendship is Rare: The Influence of Off-Bench Friendships on Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	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
Playing Ball: Collaboration in the U.S. Congress	4
The Size and Structure of the Gender Gap in Economic Evaluations	4
Rage on the Record: Angry Emotional Appeals in Congress	4
Candidate Ideology and Vote Choice in the 2020 US Presidential Election	4
Who Thinks It is Easy to Register and Vote?	4
Voting in the Mall: Ideology, Grievance, and Political Consumerism	4
Political Awareness and Sorting	4
White Racial Identity and Preferences for (Non) White Immigrants in the United States	4
Interest Groups and Legislative Ideology: Who Influences Whom?	4
Concede or Resist? Experimental Evidence on How Partisanship Shapes Local Officials’ Responses to Preemption	4
When Advocates Become Adjudicators: Tracing the Effects of Prosecutorial and Public Defense Experience on Judicial Decision Making	4