OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Legislative Studies Quarterly is 3. 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
Legislator turnover and lobbyist exits	38
The Last Shall Be Last: Ethnic, Racial, and Nativist Bias in Distributive Politics	34
Congressional town halls	20
Anti‐Democratic Influence: The Effect of Citizens United on State Democratic Performance	16
Model Bills, State Imitation, and the Political Safeguards of Federalism	16
About the Authors	15
Can legislative majorities shape budgets? A comparative analysis of presidential systems in Latin America	14
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act	14
Recorded Votes as Attention Booster: How Opposition Parties use Roll Calls and Nonrecorded Votes for Position Taking in the German Bundestag, 2017–21	12
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Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens	10
Success Denied: Social Class and Perceptions of Political Success	9
Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy‐making networks	9
About the Authors	9
Historically marginalized groups and ideological representation in legislatures	8
Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress	8
Wealth and Policymaking in the U.S. House of Representatives	8
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The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions	8
Descriptive representation on K street: Race and gender among federal lobbyists	7
District Size and Proximity to the Pork Barrel in Congressional Elections	7
The Political Economy of High‐Skilled Immigration: Analyzing (Co)Sponsorship on High‐Skilled Immigration Bills in the U.S. Congress	7
Ideological Positions and Committee Chair Appointments	7
Redefining “expansion” in congressional communication: Homestyles for a digital constituency	7
Responsive rhetoric: Evidence from congressional redistricting	7

The Institution's Knowledge: Congressional Staff Experience and Committee Productivity	6
About the Authors	6
Who Shows Up? Legislative Attendance by Electoral Seat Type in Bangladesh and Pakistan	6
The Legislative Agenda in 13 African Countries: A Comprehensive Database	5
CanberraInbox: Political Communication, the Personal Vote and Representation Styles—Studying Legislators' e‐Newsletters in Australia	5
How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators	5
Resignation as Promotion? Executive Turnover and Early Departures in the Argentine Congress, 1983–2017	5
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Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritization	4
About the Authors	4
Lesser of Two Evils: Allocating Resources to Opposition Districts in Pakistan	4
Institutional Attachments and Patterns of Ambition in State Legislatures	4
About the Authors	4
“Stronger”: Learning From Nevada's Women‐Led Legislative Majority	4
Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform	4
What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures	4
Issue Information	3
Priority Projects: Constituent Spending Demand and the Benefits of Congressional Credit Claiming	3
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Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140	3
Dancing Around the Issue? Public Opinion and Strategic Vagueness in Parliamentary Speech	3
Incentivizing anticorruption reform: Evidence from a natural experiment in Mexican subnational legislatures	3
Asymmetries in Potential for Partisan Gerrymandering	3