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

Article	Citations
Representation of the UK Parliament’s Power in the National Media: Too Weak, or Too Strong?	16
Leveraging automated technologies for law-making in Italy: Generative AI and constitutional challenges	16
How to Deal with Executive Secrecy? Opposition Perspectives and Practices in the German Bundestag	16
Understanding politicians’ discourse on inflation and cost of living in Canada	14
Shifting sands: Sources of voter volatility in the 2024 UK General Election in Scotland	11
ThePresentof Parliamentary and Legislative Studies	8
It’s Only Words? Analysing the Roots of the Irish Party System Using Historical Parliamentary Debates	8
Duration of coalition formation in the German states: Inertia and familiarity in a multilevel setting	7
Democracy by algorithm? Public attitudes towards AI in parliamentary decision-making in the UK and Japan	7
You are unmuted: The impact of virtual arrangements on women and old age legislators’ participation during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Correction to: Lobbying in the UK: Towards Robust Regulation	6
Fear-based self-legitimation in the institutional climate change discourse: Case study of the European Parliament’s online communication	6
‘We Can’t Afford to be a Branch Office’: The Territorial Dynamics of the British Labour Party, 2015–2019	6
Non-Legislative Actions and Party ‘Brand’: Evidence from the Mexican Congress	6
Editorial: On the Aims and Scope of Parliamentary Affairs	6
Parliamentary questions to the House of Commons Commission: Accountability and parliamentary administration	6
Paralysed Governments: How Political Constraints Elicit Cabinet Termination	5
Grassroots lobbying in Germany: Are moderately and greatly supported public petitions effective?	4
Candidates nomination strategy in a mixed electoral system: Evidence from the 2022 Italian general election	4
Does Party Colour Matter? The Effect of Government Partisanship on Pledges’ Left–Right Location	4
Parliamentarians’ perspectives on parenthood and politics in Canada’s House of Commons	4
An inexperienced parliament	4
Gender, Political Dynasties, and Committee Assignments: Evidence From Indonesia	4
Using social media to communicate competence, ordinariness, and authenticity in political leadership	4
The Brexit realignment amid electoral volatility: The role of party blocs in the 2024 General Election	3

The Labour Party under Keir Starmer: Plotting the route to a shallow landslide	3
Negative Interplay between Cabinet and Opposition Agendas: Evidence from Croatia	3
District Variation in Party System Competition and Women’s Candidacy in Proportional Representation Systems	3
E-petitioning Parliament: Understanding the connections between citizens and the UK Parliament	3
The first TikTok election? Social media, generative AI, and data-driven campaigning in the 2024 UK General Election	3
Correction to: Populism as a centrist strategy for disqualification: The use of ‘populism(s)/populist(s)’ in Belgian, French and Spanish Parliaments	3
Moralism without populism? The salience of corruption in the electoral manifestos and legislature speeches of Czech and Slovak parties	3
Party finance: Labour exploits its advantage	3
When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa	2
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches	2
An unstable Union? The Conservative Party, the British Political Tradition, and devolution in Scotland and Wales 2010–23	2
Rational and ambitious legislators? Role theory, between open questions and new applicability	2
Burden Reduction: An Evaluation of Statutory Instruments in the UK Government’s Regulatory Off-setting and Business Impact Target Initiatives 2010–2019	2
Gauging the roles of parliamentary staff	2
The 2024 UK General Election in Wales	2
Shaping reform: the role of experts in the constitutional revision process. The case of Italy	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 (and when) does party matter? Explaining MPs’ positions on assisted dying/assisted suicide	2
MPs, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?	2
Working at home: Individual level drivers of MEPs’ focus on constituency work	2
Implementing Public Accounts Committee Recommendations: Evidence from the UK Government’s ‘Progress Reports’ since 2012	2
Critical Actors in a Dominant-Party Parliament? Representing Marginalised Communities in Singapore	2
There may be trouble ahead: Women’s representation, voters, and issues in the 2024 election campaign	2
Disability inclusion in the House of Commons: A new institutionalism story	2