British Journal of Political Science

Papers
(The median citation count of British Journal of Political Science 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
More Turnover, Less Turnout? Domestic Migration and Political Participation Across Communities136
The Gendered Cost of Politics80
Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization61
Selecting the ‘Best’? Competing Dimensions of Politician Quality in the Developing World51
Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy43
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies40
Understanding Ambivalent Sexism and its Relationship with Electoral Choice in Britain36
Quality Not Quantity: How a VAA Affected Voting Behavior in Three Large-Scale Field Experiments36
International Border Restrictions During COVID-19 as Global Health Security Theatre34
Nostalgia in European Party Politics: A Text-Based Measurement Approach33
JPS volume 53 issue 2 Cover and Back matter31
The Politics of Intersecting Crises: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Policy Preferences29
Children as Public Goods: At What Cost?28
JPS volume 52 issue 2 Cover and Front matter27
Network Competition and Civilian Targeting during Civil Conflict25
How Does International Intervention Work to Secure Peace Settlements After Civil Conflicts?25
Public Demand for Extraterritorial Environmental and Social Public Goods Provision25
Shaping Electoral Outcomes: Intra- and Anti-systemic Violence in Indian Assembly Elections22
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination21
Connections as Liabilities: The Cost of the Politics–Business Revolving Door in China20
Presidential Elections and European Party Systems (1848–2020)20
The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies18
Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies18
Public Preferences Over Changes to the Composition of Government Tax Revenue17
The Politics of Imperial Nostalgia17
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions - ERRATUM17
Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes16
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes16
Using General Messages to Persuade on a Politicized Scientific Issue16
Deliberative Distortions? Homogenization, Polarization, and Domination in Small Group Discussions15
Capturing the Fourth Estate: Government Influence on US Newspaper Coverage of Foreign Leaders15
Modern Family? The Gendered Effects of Marriage and Childbearing on Voter Turnout15
Measuring Descriptive Representation at Scale: Methods for Predicting the Race and Ethnicity of Public Officials15
The Right Accounting of Wrongs: Examining Temporal Changes to Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting15
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly15
The Role of Child Perception and Motivation in Political Socialization – ERRATUM14
Do Voters Pay Attention to Transnational Politics? Party Positions, Transnational Families, and Voter Perceptions14
European Institutional Integration and the Educational Divide in Support for the European Union14
The Causal Effect of Affluence on Voter Turnout: New Evidence from Lottery Winnings14
Taxation and Social Intermediaries: Experimental Evidence from Lagos, Nigeria13
Defending the Status Quo or Seeking Change? Electoral Outcomes, Affective Polarization, and Support for Referendums13
Anchoring Vignettes as a Diagnostic Tool for Cross-National (in)Comparability of Survey Measures: The Case of Voters’ Left-Right Self-Placement13
‘They Accept Bribes; We Accept Bribery’: Conditional Effects of Corrupt Encounters on the Evaluation of Public Institutions13
Stable Views in a Time of Tumult: Assessing Trends in US Public Opinion, 2007–2013
Granting Immigrants the Right to Vote in National Elections: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Administrative Data13
Selective Attention: The United Nations Security Council and Armed Conflict13
Strategies of a Rising Power: Chinese Economic Influence in Regional International Organizations13
How Does Shaming Human Rights Violators Abroad Shape Attitudes at Home?13
The Islamist Advantage: The Religious Infrastructure of Electoral Victory12
When Do Citizens Consider Political Parties Legitimate?12
Islamic State's Terrorist Attacks Disengage Their Supporters: Robust Evidence from Twitter11
Support for Deliberative mini-Publics among the Losers of Representative Democracy11
Examining Voting Spillover Effects of Text Message Reminders11
Encouraged to Cheat? Federal Incentives and Career Concerns at the Sub-national Level as Determinants of Under-Reporting of COVID-19 Mortality in Russia11
Anti-homeless Hostile Design as Wrongful Discrimination11
How Are Social Groups Linked to the Vote? Social Group Perceptions and Party Choice11
Intergenerational Social Mobility, Political Socialization and Support for the Left under Post-industrial Realignment11
The Friday Effect: How Communal Religious Practice Heightens Exclusionary Attitudes10
Party Positioning Under Populist State Leaders10
How Local Context Affects Populist Radical Right Support: A Cross-National Investigation Into Mediated and Moderated Relationships10
Not Getting the Message on Climate? Attention as a Key Barrier to Mass-Marketing Experimentally-Validated Messages10
Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment9
Harmful Side Effects: How Government Restrictions against Transnational Civil Society Affect Global Health9
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment9
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and ICE Reporting Interest: Evidence from a Large-Scale Study of Web Search Data9
The Populist Backlash Against Globalization: A Meta-Analysis of the Causal Evidence9
Early Money and Strategic Candidate Exit9
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 Congruence8
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana8
Pre-Modern Institutions and Later Support for Autocrats in Democratic Elections8
Location, Location, Location: How Electoral Opportunities Shape Women's Emergence as Candidates8
Estimating the Impact of Drone Strikes on Civilians Using Call Detail Records8
Double-Edged Bullets: The Conditional Effect of Terrorism on Vote for the Incumbent8
The Spillover of the US Capitol Insurrection: Reducing Expressed Support for Domestic Far-Right Parties8
Identifying Patterns in the Structural Drivers of Intrastate Conflict8
Partisan External Borrowing in Middle-Income Countries8
JPS volume 52 issue 4 Cover and Back matter7
Does Party-System Fragmentation Affect the Quality of Democracy?7
Catching the ‘Deliberative Wave’? How (Disaffected) Citizens Assess Deliberative Citizen Forums7
Toeing the Party Line: The Asymmetric Influence of Feminism on Partisans' Participation7
Digital Interdependence and Power Politics7
Compensation and Tax Fairness: Evidence From Four Countries7
JPS volume 52 issue 3 Cover and Back matter7
Less Human Than Human: Threat, Language, and Relative Dehumanization7
Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition7
Young People Punish Undemocratic Behaviour Less Than Older People7
House Members on the News: Local Television News Coverage of Incumbents7
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
Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process6
Trustworthy Media and Gender Gaps in Political Participation after Civil War: Experimental Evidence from Rural Liberia6
Should Political Discrimination be Unlawful?6
Window of Opportunity: War and the Origins of Parliament6
The Role of District Magnitude in When Women Represent Women6
Executive Policymaking Coalitions, Veto Activation, and Collective Action Problems6
Can Official Messaging on Trust in Elections Break Through Partisan Polarization?6
Coalition Mood in European Parliamentary Democracies6
Learning From the Enemies of Freedom: Freedom of Expression and Collective Power6
External Threats, Capacity, and Repression: How the Threat of War Affects Political Development and Physical Integrity Rights6
Working Mothers and Political Daughters: Intergenerational Dynamics of Women's Political Officeholding5
Conflict Abroad and Political Trust at Home: Evidence from a Natural Experiment5
Spraying Conflict: Aerial Drug Eradication and Armed Violence in Colombia5
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World5
Why Politicians Won't Apologize: Communication Effects in the Aftermath of Sex Scandals5
Inductive Risk and the Legitimacy of Non-Majoritarian Institutions5
What You See and What You Get: Direct and Indirect Political Dividends of Public Policies5
Believing What Politicians Communicate: Ideological Presentation of Self and Voters’ Perceptions of Politician Ideology5
Do Political Elites Have Accurate Perceptions of Social Conditions?5
Does Austerity Cause Polarization?5
Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos5
Legislator Dissent Does Not Affect Electoral Outcomes4
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval4
Beyond Retraumatization: Trauma-Informed Political Science Research4
Colonial Mapmaking, Ethnic Identity, and Traditional Authority in Africa4
Taxing the 1 per cent: Public Opinion vs Public Policy4
A Rainbow Ceiling? Sexual Orientation and Party Leader Evaluations4
Electoral Systems and Geographic Representation4
How Government Efficiency Shapes Political Trust: Evidence from the Case of Brexit4
What Is the Point of Harm Reduction? A Relational Egalitarian Perspective4
No Longer Conforming to Stereotypes? Gender, Political Style and Parliamentary Debate in the UK4
Conceptual Replication of Four Key Findings about Factual Corrections and Misinformation during the 2020 US Election: Evidence from Panel-Survey Experiments4
When Group Appeals Backfire: Explaining the Asymmetric Effects of Place-Based Appeals4
JPS volume 54 issue 3 Cover and Front matter4
Can Raising the Stakes of Election Outcomes Increase Participation? Results from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in Local Elections3
JPS volume 53 issue 4 Cover and Back matter3
Insecurity and Support for Female Leadership in Conflict States: Evidence from Afghanistan3
Risk and Preferences for Government Healthcare Spending: Evidence from the UK COVID-19 Crisis3
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
Do Political Leaders Understand Public Opinion Better than Backbenchers?3
Economic Shocks and the Development of Immigration Attitudes3
Defensible Democratic Meritocracy: A Competition-Based Account3
Why Don't Partisans Sanction Electoral Malpractice?3
Decisive or Distracted: The Effects of US Constraint on Security Networks3
Evaluating the Minority Candidate Penalty with a Regression Discontinuity Approach3
Domination at Work: Resisting the Radical Diagnosis3
Working For Democracy: Poll Officers and the Turnout Gender Gap3
Living in Different Worlds: Electoral Authoritarianism and Partisan Gaps in Perceptions of Electoral Integrity3
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons3
JPS volume 54 issue 3 Cover and Back matter3
Disentangling the Relationship Between Prospective Expectations and Policy Preferences in Violent Conflicts3
Quick. But Impactful? United Nations Quick Impact Projects and Violence against Civilians in Civil War3
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments3
Studying Multi-Level Systems with Cross-Level Data: Introducing Three Integrated Datasets3
The Perils of Estimating Disengagement Effects of Deadly Terrorist Attacks Utilizing Social Media Data3
The Group-Basis of Political Behaviour among Minoritized Communities: The Case of LGBTQ+ Linked Fate and Sexual and Gender Minorities2
The Segregation Effect: How Residential Isolation Shapes Ethnic Minority Representation in England2
Public Support for Pro-environment and Environment-Critical Movements2
Social Pressure in the International Human Rights Regime: Why States Withdraw Treaty Reservations2
Tariffs as Environmental Protection: Evidence from the Global South after the China Garbage Shock2
Making the Public Work: Geography, Externalities, and Preferences for Mass Transit2
Winning Votes and Changing Minds: Do Populist Arguments Affect Candidate Evaluations and Issue Preferences?2
Dynamics of Polarization: Affective Partisanship and Policy Divergence2
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India2
Lexicographic Preferences in Candidate Choice. How Party Affiliation Dominates Gender and Race2
Founding Narratives and Men's Political Ambition: Experimental Evidence from US Civics Lessons2
Dual Evolutionary Foundations of Political Ideology Predict Divergent Responses to COVID-192
Absence: Electoral Cycles and Teacher Absenteeism in India2
Political Activists are Not Driven by Instrumental Motives: Evidence from Two Natural Field Experiments2
Learning the Brexit Lesson? Shifting Support for Direct Democracy in Germany in the Aftermath of the Brexit Referendum2
How Do Electoral Outcomes Affect Campaign Contributions? The Role of Personal Loyalty and Investment Motives2
Irredentism and Institutions2
Affirmative Action, Paternalism, and Respect2
Who Deserves European Solidarity? How Recipient Characteristics Shaped Public Support for International Medical and Financial Aid during COVID-192
“Our Issue Positions are Strong, and Our Opponents’ Valence is Weak”: An Analysis of Parties' Campaign Strategies in Ten Western European Democracies2
Value Conflicts Revisited: Muslims, Gender Equality, and Gestures of Respect2
Rooting Equality: Testing the Effectiveness of Activist Frames Combating Homophobia in Zimbabwe2
How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election2
Political Scandals and Vertical Contagion in Multilevel Systems2
The Geography of Democratic Discontent2
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life2
Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests?2
The Consequences of Elite Action Against Elections2
Deliberation and Human Nature – CORRIGENDUM2
Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework2
The Hidden Cost of Tax Regressivity at the Top2
How Gap Measures Determine Results: The Case of Proportional Systems and the Gender Mobilization Gap2
Acting Out and Speaking Up: The Parliamentary Behavior of Ex-Rebel Women2
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times2
Freeing People; Restricting Capital2
Does Protest Influence Political Speech? Evidence from UK Climate Protest, 2017–20191
Political Understanding1
Subsistence Emissions and Climate Justice1
The Enforcement of Political Norms1
A Double Standard? Gender Bias in Voters' Perceptions of Political Arguments1
Family Matters: How Concerns about the Financial Wellbeing of Young Relatives Shape the Political Preferences of Older Adults1
JPS volume 53 issue 1 Cover and Front matter1
The Electoral Implications of Legislative Candidate Selection Democratization1
Geography Matters: The Conditional Effect of Electoral Systems on Social Spending – CORRIGENDUM1
The Demand Side of Democratic Backsliding: How Divergent Understandings of Democracy Shape Political Choice1
Unequal and Unsupportive: Exposure to Poor People Weakens Support for Redistribution among the Rich1
Nudges, Regulations and Liberty1
The Dynamics of Public Opinion in Direct Democracy Campaigns1
Does the Presence or Absence of Elections Remove Gender Differences in Ambition for Public Service?1
Do Minorities Feel Welcome in Politics? A Cross-Cultural Study of the United States and Sweden – ERRATUM1
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?1
Of ‘Welfare Queens’ and ‘Poor Carinas’: Social Constructions, Deservingness Messaging and the Mental Health of Welfare Clients1
The Decline of Factions: The Impact of a Broad Purge on Political Decision Making in China1
Nationalism, Status, and Conspiracy Theories: Evidence from Pakistan1
Legislators' Emotional Engagement with Women's Issues: Gendered Patterns of Vocal Pitch in the German Bundestag1
Informed or Overwhelmed? Disentangling the Effects of Cognitive Ability and Information on Public Opinion1
Anti-Muslim Bias in Foreign Policy Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Thirteen European Countries1
Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud?1
Choosing Women: Party elites’ preferences in the candidate selection process1
Modulation of Democracy: Partisan Communication During and After Election Campaigns1
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization1
Mandate Complexity and United Nations Peacekeeping Contributions1
Fixing the Past: The Effects of Human Rights Trials on Political Attitudes in Argentina1
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics?1
The Correlates of Ethnicity: Why the Ethnic Majority Expects That Ethnic Minorities Contribute Less to the Collective1
Policlim : A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of Forty-Five Countries from 1990 to 20221
The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey1
Personal Economic Shocks and Public Opposition to Unauthorized Immigration1
Workplace Networks and Political Selection1
A New Dilemma of Social Democracy? The British Labour Party, the White Working Class and Ethnic Minority Representation1
Which Information Do Politicians Pay Attention To? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Interviews1
Activism and the Electoral Participation of Women1
Substantive Representation of Women: Empirical Evidence1
JPS volume 52 issue 4 Cover and Front matter1
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and American Reputation1
Legalization and Compliance: How Judicial Activity Undercuts the Global Trade Regime1
Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right1
Partisanship and Trust in Personal Doctors: Causes and Consequences1
Educating for Democracy? Going to College Increases Political Participation1
Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics, and Backlash against International Co-operation1
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