OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of German Politics is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Two States, One Voice? The Integration of the East German Länder into the European Community’s Regional Policy	49
Mayoral Leadership in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Structural Factors in Germany	35
Voter Turnout in Local Elections With One or No List: Evidence from Germany	19
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW): Curse or Blessing for AfD in the State Elections?	19
When Crises Unite. Changing Party Positions on Foreign Policy During Critical Events in Germany	16
Germany and Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?	15
‘All Politics is Local’? The AfD in Local Elections and Local Politics in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	14
German Claims for Leadership: From a Federalist to a Geopolitical Leadership Master Narrative	13
‘A New Dynamic’ for German Democracy? Democracy Reforms Between Populist Demands and Governmental Strategies	12
Under Attack: How Social Threats Push Negative Beliefs about Scientists in Germany	10
Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs	10
Communal and Exchange-Based Trust in Germany Thirty Years After Reunification: Convergence or Still an East–West Divide?	9
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below: Civil Society Actors and Their Motivations in the Czech-German Context	9
The Wall in the Mind – Revisited Stable Differences in the Political Cultures of Western and Eastern Germany	7
The Politics of Military Force. Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse	7
Strategic Timing? Coalition Governments and the Introduction of Controversial Legislation Throughout the Electoral Cycle	7
Lowering the Quality of Democracy by Lowering the Voting Age? Comparing the Impact of School, Classmates, and Parents on 15- to 18-Year-Olds’ Political Interest and Turnout	6
Alive and Kicking: Electoral Reform in Germany Introduction to the Special Issue	6
Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict	6
German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’	6
German Legislators’ Conceptions of Democracy and Process Preferences: Results from a New Survey	5
The Importance of Descriptive Representation & Cue-Taking in Free List Local Elections	5
Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany	5
The Winds of Winter: COVID-19 and Punctuations Without Policy Change in German Health Care Policy	5
‘Poland is Back’: German Narrative Adjustment in the German-Polish Special Relationship, 2007–2024	5

Public Opinion on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Cooperation between Democracies and Autocracies: The Case of German-Egyptian Relations	5
Living in a Post-material World? Assessing the Impact of Economic and non-Economic Shifts on the Success of the German Greens	5
Condorcet Method, Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives, and the Size of the Bundestag	4
Regulation of Housing Markets in Germany’s Federal States Why do Some Act and Others do not?	4
Articulating a Delicate Balancing Act: Identity and Ontological Insecurity in Germany’s Narrative Responses to Israel 1993–2023	4
Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland	4
Uncivilian Power Germany: Why States Violate their Foreign Policy Master Roles	4
Narratives in Flux: Turkish Elite Perspectives on Germany’s Role in EU–Turkey Relations	4
The Glass is Half Full: Environmental and Climate Policy of the Last Merkel Government Between Protest and Pandemic	4
Germany’s Triangular Relations with the United States and China in the Era of the Zeitenwende	4
Zeitenwende in the Indo-Pacific? Assessing Germany’s Regional Security Engagement	4