British Journal of Political Science

Papers
(The median citation count of British Journal of Political Science is 2. 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
JPS volume 52 issue 1 Cover and Back matter96
More Turnover, Less Turnout? Domestic Migration and Political Participation Across Communities63
Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization57
International Border Restrictions During COVID-19 as Global Health Security Theatre48
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies39
The Gendered Cost of Politics32
Understanding Ambivalent Sexism and its Relationship with Electoral Choice in Britain30
Selecting the ‘Best’? Competing Dimensions of Politician Quality in the Developing World30
Nostalgia in European Party Politics: A Text-Based Measurement Approach26
JPS volume 53 issue 2 Cover and Back matter26
JPS volume 52 issue 2 Cover and Front matter25
Children as Public Goods: At What Cost?23
Network Competition and Civilian Targeting during Civil Conflict22
Connections as Liabilities: The Cost of the Politics–Business Revolving Door in China22
From Chatter to Action: How Social Networks Inform and Motivate in Rural Uganda22
How Does International Intervention Work to Secure Peace Settlements After Civil Conflicts?21
Presidential Elections and European Party Systems (1848–2020)21
Public Demand for Extraterritorial Environmental and Social Public Goods Provision19
Shaping Electoral Outcomes: Intra- and Anti-systemic Violence in Indian Assembly Elections18
The Politics of Intersecting Crises: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Policy Preferences17
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions - ERRATUM16
The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies16
Public Preferences Over Changes to the Composition of Government Tax Revenue16
Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue16
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes16
Phantom Pains: The Effect of Police Killings of Black Americans on Black British Attitudes16
Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes15
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions15
European Institutional Integration and the Educational Divide in Support for the European Union15
Capturing the Fourth Estate: Government Influence on US Newspaper Coverage of Foreign Leaders14
The Right Accounting of Wrongs: Examining Temporal Changes to Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting14
The Effect of Electoral Inversions on Democratic Legitimacy: Evidence from the United States12
Modern Family? The Gendered Effects of Marriage and Childbearing on Voter Turnout12
Do Voters Pay Attention to Transnational Politics? Party Positions, Transnational Families, and Voter Perceptions12
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly12
The Causal Effect of Affluence on Voter Turnout: New Evidence from Lottery Winnings12
Selective Attention: The United Nations Security Council and Armed Conflict11
Defending the Status Quo or Seeking Change? Electoral Outcomes, Affective Polarization, and Support for Referendums11
Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders11
The Role of Child Perception and Motivation in Political Socialization – ERRATUM11
Strategies of a Rising Power: Chinese Economic Influence in Regional International Organizations11
How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?11
Granting Immigrants the Right to Vote in National Elections: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Administrative Data11
‘They Accept Bribes; We Accept Bribery’: Conditional Effects of Corrupt Encounters on the Evaluation of Public Institutions11
Stable Views in a Time of Tumult: Assessing Trends in US Public Opinion, 2007–2011
The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory11
When Do Citizens Consider Political Parties Legitimate?10
Intergenerational Social Mobility, Political Socialization and Support for the Left under Post-industrial Realignment10
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and ICE Reporting Interest: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study of Web Search Data10
Rethinking Women's Interests: An Inductive and Intersectional Approach to Defining Women's Policy Priorities10
Anchoring Vignettes as a Diagnostic Tool for Cross-National (in)Comparability of Survey Measures: The Case of Voters’ Left-Right Self-Placement10
How Local Context Affects Populist Radical Right Support: A Cross-National Investigation Into Mediated and Moderated Relationships10
Encouraged to Cheat? Federal Incentives and Career Concerns at the Sub-national Level as Determinants of Under-Reporting of COVID-19 Mortality in Russia10
The Friday Effect: How Communal Religious Practice Heightens Exclusionary Attitudes10
Islamic State's Terrorist Attacks Disengage Their Supporters: Robust Evidence from Twitter10
Support for Deliberative mini-Publics among the Losers of Representative Democracy10
Party Positioning Under Populist State Leaders10
Harmful Side Effects: How Government Restrictions against Transnational Civil Society Affect Global Health10
Partisan External Borrowing in Middle-Income Countries9
JPS volume 52 issue 2 Cover and Back matter9
The Rich Have a Slight Edge: Evidence from Comparative Data on Income-Based Inequality in Policy Congruence9
The Populist Backlash Against Globalization: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence9
Pre-Modern Institutions and Later Support for Autocrats in Democratic Elections9
Location, Location, Location: How Electoral Opportunities Shape Women's Emergence as Candidates9
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment9
The Spillover of the US Capitol Insurrection: Reducing Expressed Support for Domestic Far-Right Parties9
Compensation and Tax Fairness: Evidence From Four Countries8
Double-Edged Bullets: The Conditional Effect of Terrorism on Vote for the Incumbent8
JPS volume 52 issue 3 Cover and Back matter8
Can Official Messaging on Trust in Elections Break Through Partisan Polarization?8
Does Party-System Fragmentation Affect the Quality of Democracy?8
Less Human Than Human: Threat, Language, and Relative Dehumanization8
JPS volume 51 issue 4 Cover and Back matter8
Identifying Patterns in the Structural Drivers of Intrastate Conflict8
JPS volume 52 issue 4 Cover and Back matter8
House Members on the News: Local Television News Coverage of Incumbents8
Young People Punish Undemocratic Behaviour Less Than Older People7
Who are the 3 Per Cent? The Connections Among Climate Change Contrarians7
JPS volume 51 issue 4 Cover and Front matter7
Window of Opportunity: War and the Origins of Parliament7
Toeing the Party Line: The Asymmetric Influence of Feminism on Partisans' Participation7
Digital Interdependence and Power Politics7
Trustworthy Media and Gender Gaps in Political Participation after Civil War: Experimental Evidence from Rural Liberia7
Evidence Can Change Partisan Minds but Less So in Hostile Contexts7
The Populist Radical Right as Memory Entrepreneur? The Prominence, Sentiment, and Interpretations of History in the German Parliament7
Coalition Mood in European Parliamentary Democracies7
Catching the ‘Deliberative Wave’? How (Disaffected) Citizens Assess Deliberative Citizen Forums7
External Threats, Capacity, and Repression: How the Threat of War Affects Political Development and Physical Integrity Rights6
Learning From the Enemies of Freedom: Freedom of Expression and Collective Power6
When Do Private Actors Engage in Censorship? Evidence From a Correspondence Experiment with Russian Private Media Firms6
What You See and What You Get: Direct and Indirect Political Dividends of Public Policies6
Inductive Risk and the Legitimacy of Non-Majoritarian Institutions6
Spraying Conflict: Aerial Drug Eradication and Armed Violence in Colombia6
Does Austerity Cause Polarization?6
The Role of District Magnitude in When Women Represent Women6
Working Mothers and Political Daughters: Intergenerational Dynamics of Women's Political Officeholding5
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval5
Legislator Dissent Does Not Affect Electoral Outcomes5
Untying Hands: De-escalation, Reputation, and Dynamic Audience Costs5
Conflict Abroad and Political Trust at Home: Evidence from a Natural Experiment5
Do Political Elites Have Accurate Perceptions of Social Conditions?5
Television and Economic Voting in US Presidential Elections5
Taxing the 1 per cent: Public Opinion vs Public Policy5
Why Politicians Won't Apologize: Communication Effects in the Aftermath of Sex Scandals5
No Longer Conforming to Stereotypes? Gender, Political Style and Parliamentary Debate in the UK5
Cultural Backlash? How (Not) to Explain the Rise of Authoritarian Populism4
JPS volume 54 issue 3 Cover and Front matter4
How Government Efficiency Shapes Political Trust: Evidence from the Case of Brexit4
When Group Appeals Backfire: Explaining the Asymmetric Effects of Place-Based Appeals4
Colonial Mapmaking, Ethnic Identity, and Traditional Authority in Africa4
Beyond Retraumatization: Trauma-Informed Political Science Research4
To Purge or Not to Purge? An Individual-Level Quantitative Analysis of Elite Purges in Dictatorships4
Electoral Systems and Geographic Representation4
Economic Shocks and the Development of Immigration Attitudes4
Living in Different Worlds: Electoral Authoritarianism and Partisan Gaps in Perceptions of Electoral Integrity4
Conceptual Replication of Four Key Findings about Factual Corrections and Misinformation during the 2020 US Election: Evidence from Panel-Survey Experiments4
When Is A Pledge A Pledge?4
What Is the Point of Harm Reduction? A Relational Egalitarian Perspective4
JPS volume 54 issue 3 Cover and Back matter3
Can Raising the Stakes of Election Outcomes Increase Participation? Results from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in Local Elections3
Why Don't Partisans Sanction Electoral Malpractice?3
Call Me By Your Name: The Impacts of American Human Rights Violations in Authoritarian States3
The Weight on Her Shoulders: Marginalization of Women Legislators in Parliaments and Substantive Representation of Women3
Learning the Brexit Lesson? Shifting Support for Direct Democracy in Germany in the Aftermath of the Brexit Referendum3
Freeing People; Restricting Capital3
Sanctuary Cities in Europe? A Policy Survey of Urban Policies in Support of Irregular Migrants3
Disentangling the Relationship Between Prospective Expectations and Policy Preferences in Violent Conflicts3
JPS volume 53 issue 4 Cover and Back matter3
Global Capital Cycles and Market Discipline: Perceptions of Developing-Country Borrowers3
The Perils of Estimating Disengagement Effects of Deadly Terrorist Attacks Utilizing Social Media Data3
Studying Multi-Level Systems with Cross-Level Data: Introducing Three Integrated Datasets3
Evaluating the Minority Candidate Penalty with a Regression Discontinuity Approach3
Lexicographic Preferences in Candidate Choice. How Party Affiliation Dominates Gender and Race3
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life3
Insecurity and Support for Female Leadership in Conflict States: Evidence from Afghanistan3
Domination at Work: Resisting the Radical Diagnosis3
Working For Democracy: Poll Officers and the Turnout Gender Gap3
Do Political Leaders Understand Public Opinion Better than Backbenchers?3
Risk and Preferences for Government Healthcare Spending: Evidence from the UK COVID-19 Crisis3
Founding Narratives and Men's Political Ambition: Experimental Evidence from US Civics Lessons3
Absence: Electoral Cycles and Teacher Absenteeism in India3
The Group-Basis of Political Behaviour among Minoritized Communities: The Case of LGBTQ+ Linked Fate and Sexual and Gender Minorities3
Dual Evolutionary Foundations of Political Ideology Predict Divergent Responses to COVID-193
Does Protest Influence Political Speech? Evidence from UK Climate Protest, 2017–20192
Nationalism, Status, and Conspiracy Theories: Evidence from Pakistan2
Social Pressure in the International Human Rights Regime: Why States Withdraw Treaty Reservations2
Where Is Presidential Power? Measuring Presidential Discretion Using Experts2
The Segregation Effect: How Residential Isolation Shapes Ethnic Minority Representation in England2
Irredentism and Institutions2
Legislators' Emotional Engagement with Women's Issues: Gendered Patterns of Vocal Pitch in the German Bundestag2
Deliberation and Human Nature – CORRIGENDUM2
A Double Standard? Gender Bias in Voters' Perceptions of Political Arguments2
Which Information Do Politicians Pay Attention To? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Interviews2
“Our Issue Positions are Strong, and Our Opponents’ Valence is Weak”: An Analysis of Parties' Campaign Strategies in Ten Western European Democracies2
Dynamics of Polarization: Affective Partisanship and Policy Divergence2
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests?2
The Geography of Democratic Discontent2
Affirmative Action, Paternalism, and Respect2
Winning Votes and Changing Minds: Do Populist Arguments Affect Candidate Evaluations and Issue Preferences?2
Subsistence Emissions and Climate Justice2
How Do Electoral Outcomes Affect Campaign Contributions? The Role of Personal Loyalty and Investment Motives2
Commodity Shocks and Incumbency Effects2
Political Activists are Not Driven by Instrumental Motives: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments2
Value Conflicts Revisited: Muslims, Gender Equality, and Gestures of Respect2
How Gap Measures Determine Results: The Case of Proportional Systems and the Gender Mobilization Gap2
Who Deserves European Solidarity? How Recipient Characteristics Shaped Public Support for International Medical and Financial Aid during COVID-192
Workplace Networks and Political Selection2
Family Matters: How Concerns about the Financial Wellbeing of Young Relatives Shape the Political Preferences of Older Adults2
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