OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of German Politics is 5. 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
Black–Blue or Bahamas? Explaining CDU, CSU, FDP and AfD Voter Attitudes Towards a Common Governmental Coalition Before the 2017 German Federal Election	55
Two States, One Voice? The Integration of the East German Länder into the European Community’s Regional Policy	48
Mayoral Leadership in Times of Crisis: The Impact of Structural Factors in Germany	39
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW): Curse or Blessing for AfD in the State Elections?	32
German Claims for Leadership: From a Federalist to a Geopolitical Leadership Master Narrative	28
Voter Turnout in Local Elections With One or No List: Evidence from Germany	22
Germany and Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?	19
‘A New Dynamic’ for German Democracy? Democracy Reforms Between Populist Demands and Governmental Strategies	18
Communal and Exchange-Based Trust in Germany Thirty Years After Reunification: Convergence or Still an East–West Divide?	16
‘The Politicisation Game’: Strategic Interactions in the Contention Over TTIP in Germany	16
Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs Das umstrittene Erbe von 1989. Zur Gegenwart eines Gesellschaftsumbruchs	15
(How) Perceived Descriptive Underrepresentation Decreases Political Support: The Case of East Germans	13
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below: Civil Society Actors and Their Motivations in the Czech-German Context	12
The Wall in the Mind – Revisited Stable Differences in the Political Cultures of Western and Eastern Germany	11
The Politics of Military Force. Antimilitarism, Ideational Change, and Post-Cold War German Security Discourse	11
Strategic Timing? Coalition Governments and the Introduction of Controversial Legislation Throughout the Electoral Cycle	11
Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict	10
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	10
German Foreign Policy Under the Merkel IV Government: The Role of Party Political Contestation Within the ‘Grand Coalition’	9
Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy: A New German Power? *Germany’s Role in European Russia Policy: A New German Power?* Liana Fix,	8
Living in a Post-material World? Assessing the Impact of Economic and non-Economic Shifts on the Success of the German Greens	8
Large-Scale and Green? The German Covid-19 Stimulus Package in International Comparison	8
‘Poland is Back’: German Narrative Adjustment in the German-Polish Special Relationship, 2007–2024	8
Alive and Kicking: Electoral Reform in Germany Introduction to the Special Issue	8
The Importance of Descriptive Representation & Cue-Taking in Free List Local Elections	8

Effects of Territorial Party Politics on Horizontal Coordination among the German Länder – An Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic Management in Germany	8
The Winds of Winter: COVID-19 and Punctuations Without Policy Change in German Health Care Policy	7
Condorcet Method, Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives, and the Size of the Bundestag	6
German Legislators’ Conceptions of Democracy and Process Preferences: Results from a New Survey	6
Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland	6
Regulation of Housing Markets in Germany’s Federal States Why do Some Act and Others do not?	5
The Glass is Half Full: Environmental and Climate Policy of the Last Merkel Government Between Protest and Pandemic	5
Germany’s Triangular Relations with the United States and China in the Era of the Zeitenwende	5
Uncivilian Power Germany: Why States Violate their Foreign Policy Master Roles	5