OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Problems of Post-Communism 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Ukrainization and the Effect of Russian Language on the Web: The Google Trends Case Study	46
Rethinking “Transition” in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Through the Lens of Disability	42
Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories in Southeast Europe: (Non-)Believers, Social Network Bubbles, and the Discourse of Blame	29
Russia’s Minority Institutions, Ethnic Boundaries, and Social-Humanitarian Work: A Case of Collective Responsibility?	24
Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: Insights from Experts	23
From Patriotic Education to Militarist Indoctrination—Disciplinary Power and Silent Resistance in Russia after the Onset of the War against Ukraine	22
The Reaction of Foreign Manufacturing Corporations Operating in Russia to the New Sanctions that Followed the Outbreak of the Russia–Ukraine Military Conflict	19
Adding Insult to Injury? Status Denial, Resentment, and the Foundations of Russian Foreign Policy	18
Institutional Performance and Party Cues: Their Influence on Individual Geopolitical Preferences. The Case of Moldova (2012-2019)	16
An Uneven Revival: Gendered Ethno-Regional Intersections of Religiousness in Kyrgyzstan	15
Selective Censorship on Rightists and Leftists? An Observation and Analysis of Censored Social Media Posts in China	15
Russia’s Loans as a Means of Geoeconomic Competition in Africa and Latin America	15
Politically Useful Tragedies: The Soviet Atrocities in the Historical Park(s) “Russia — My History”	13
Global Ranking of Expertise about Russia	13
Colonial Redux: Explaining the Dominance of Russo-Centric Narratives About the North Caucasus	13
A Collapsed Bridge: Most-Híd’s Social Embeddedness and Campaign Messages during the 2020 Parliamentary Election in Slovakia	12
Eurasia’s de Facto States after Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: Client Reactions to Patron Decline	12
The Night Wolves: Evidence of Russian Sharp Power and Propaganda from the Victory Roads’ Itinerary	11
COVID-19 in Central Asia: (De-)Securitization of a Health Crisis?	11
Trust and Political Attitudes of Public Service Media Audiences in a Polarized Society: The Case of Czech Television	10
Takeover by Stealth: The Curious Case of Russia’s Belarus Policy	9
The Narrow Definition of Genocide & Its Role in Investigating and Prosecuting Charges of Genocide in Romania	9
Offsetting Audience Costs: Intra-Regime Bargaining during Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine	9
“The Last Push from the South?” Explaining the Spread of Russia’s Cossack Movement	8
Regime, Climate, and Region in Transition: Russian Participation in the Arctic Council	8

Securitization of Immigration in the Czech Republic and Its Impact on the Czech Migration Policy: Experts’ Perceptions	8
Russia as a Norm Entrepreneur: Crimea and Humanitarian Intervention	8
Change without Change: Remaking Mental Health Advocacy in Bulgaria	7
Environmental Challenges and Political Regime Transition: The Role of Historical Legacies and the European Union in Eurasia	6
Sustainable Development Agendas of Regional International Organizations: The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the Eurasian Development Bank	5
The Politics of Pseudoscience: Power and Knowledge in Contemporary Russia	5
Divergent Frontiers: Contrasting Russia’s Strategic Culture Toward the Baltics and Ukraine and the Implications for NATO	5
Morphological Analysis of Narratives of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict in Western Academia and Think-Tank Community	5
Silent Dissent: Exploring Russian Civic Activism as a Form of Opposition to the War in Ukraine	5
Legitimacy and Authoritarian Decline: The Internal Dynamics of Hybrid Regimes	5
Reproductive Injustice and Genetic Counseling in the Socialist Politics of Disability	4
Chained by One Chain: Mechanisms of Electoral Mobilization at the Local Level in the Ethnic Republics of Russia	4
Why It Matters What Autocrats Say: Assessing Competing Theories of Propaganda	4
Party Cues and Pre-Campaign Attitudes: Voting Choice in Referendums in Eastern Europe	4
Strong Leaders in the Former Soviet Union: Successful or Simply Authoritarian?	4
Getting Central and Eastern Europe Right? How Greater Academic Pluralism Would Improve Collective Knowledge-Building in Democratization Studies	4
Managing Ethnic Diversity in Post-Soviet Context: The Cases of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan	4
Environmental Regionalism and International Organizations: Implications for Post-Communism	4
Exploring Religiosity among Kyrgyz Migrants in the United States	4