OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Parliamentary Affairs 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
How to Deal with Executive Secrecy? Opposition Perspectives and Practices in the German Bundestag	14
Representation of the UK Parliament’s Power in the National Media: Too Weak, or Too Strong?	12
Leveraging automated technologies for law-making in Italy: Generative AI and constitutional challenges	11
You are unmuted: The impact of virtual arrangements on women and old age legislators’ participation during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Non-Legislative Actions and Party ‘Brand’: Evidence from the Mexican Congress	9
ThePresentof Parliamentary and Legislative Studies	7
Duration of coalition formation in the German states: Inertia and familiarity in a multilevel setting	7
It’s Only Words? Analysing the Roots of the Irish Party System Using Historical Parliamentary Debates	7
Fear-based self-legitimation in the institutional climate change discourse: Case study of the European Parliament’s online communication	6
Editorial: On the Aims and Scope of Parliamentary Affairs	6
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: Accountability and parliamentary administration	6
Correction to: Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation	6
‘We Can’t Afford to be a Branch Office’: The Territorial Dynamics of the British Labour Party, 2015–2019	6
Paralysed Governments: How Political Constraints Elicit Cabinet Termination	5
Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership	5
Gender, Political Dynasties, and Committee Assignments: Evidence From Indonesia	5
Candidates nomination strategy in a mixed electoral system: Evidence from the 2022 Italian general election	5
Does Party Colour Matter? The Effect of Government Partisanship on Pledges’ Left–Right Location	5
Standing Up for the Nations? Devolution and the Changing Territorial Role of Backbench MPs with Constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1992–2019	5
Parliamentarians’ perspectives on parenthood and politics in Canada’s House of Commons	5
The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election	5
E-petitioning Parliament: Understanding the connections between citizens and the UK Parliament	4
Negative Interplay between Cabinet and Opposition Agendas: Evidence from Croatia	4
Correction to: Populism as a centrist strategy for disqualification: The use of ‘populism(s)/populist(s)’ in Belgian, French and Spanish Parliaments	4
Grassroots lobbying in Germany: Are moderately and greatly supported public petitions effective?	4

Moralism without populism? The salience of corruption in the electoral manifestos and legislature speeches of Czech and Slovak parties	4
District Variation in Party System Competition and Women’s Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems	4
MPs, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?	3
Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation	3
How (and when) does party matter? Explaining MPs’ positions on assisted dying/assisted suicide	3
When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa	3
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches	3
Implementing Public Accounts Committee Recommendations: Evidence from the UK Government’s ‘Progress Reports’ since 2012	3
Working at home: Individual level drivers of MEPs’ focus on constituency work	3
Gauging the roles of parliamentary staff	3
Disability inclusion in the House of Commons: A new institutionalism story	3
Social media homophily among women and men political candidates	2
Digital Mandates and Their Management: Strategies for Usage of Social Media by Brazilian Federal Legislators	2
Transitional Support for Former Members of Parliament: Benchmarks for ‘Professional Parliaments’	2
A conceptual framework for understanding parliamentary skills and competences: bridging public policy and legislative studies	2
How Does the Strength of the Far Right Affect Ethnic Minority Political Behaviour?	2
Enduring inequalities in British politics: Muslim women in the Labour Party	2
Law Making Activities during Lame Duck Sessions in Indonesia (1997–2020)	2
Shaping reform: the role of experts in the constitutional revision process. The case of Italy	2
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability	2
Corrigendum	2
The Concept and Measurement of Legislative Backsliding	2
Do Members of Parliament Express More Opposition in the Plenary than in the Committee? Comparing Frontstage and Backstage Behaviour in Five National Parliaments	2
Critical Actors in a Dominant-Party Parliament? Representing Marginalised Communities in Singapore	2
An unstable Union? The Conservative Party, the British Political Tradition, and devolution in Scotland and Wales 2010–23	2
Burden Reduction: An Evaluation of Statutory Instruments in the UK Government’s Regulatory Off-setting and Business Impact Target Initiatives 2010–2019	2