Journal of Democracy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Democracy 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison97
China's AI-Powered Surveillance State64
The Return of Dictatorship57
The Danger is Real53
Documents on Democracy47
The Truth About Africa's Coups46
Democracy's Surprising Resilience45
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough42
The Mandarin in the Machine40
Documents on Democracy40
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge39
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy33
A Reply To My Critics33
Why Populists Hollow Out Their States32
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide30
Documents on Democracy29
Why Gen-Z Is Rising29
Why the World Is Down on Democracy27
Leonardo Morlino (1947–2025)27
How the CCP Outsources Surveillance26
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right26
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights26
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World25
Shell Game24
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy24
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue22
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed19
Confronting Our Common Enemy19
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America19
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy18
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC17
How Global Illiberalism Damages Democracy17
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame17
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?16
Is India Still a Democracy?15
The Constitutionalization of Democracy15
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?14
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy14
The Threat to Latin American Term Limits14
China’s Age of Counterreform14
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying12
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey12
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism12
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave11
A Refuge from Liberalism?11
The Empty Quest for Muslim Democracy11
Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Money10
The Liberalism of Refuge10
The Power of Liberal Nationalism9
The Perils of Propaganda9
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow9
What Went Wrong In Hungary9
When Should the Majority Rule?9
Documents on Democracy9
Documents on Democracy9
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe9
What Political Scientists Owe Democracy8
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building8
The Myth of the Coup Contagion8
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed7
The End of Village Democracy in China7
How Covid Changed Latin America7
Can the Liberal Order Survive America's Retreat?7
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria7
How to Prevent Political Violence7
The Authoritarian Argument7
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis7
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy7
Tanzania Will Never Be the Same6
Documents on Democracy6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began6
Democracy in an Age of Networked Control6
How Authoritarians Exploit Gender5
China's Threat to Global Democracy5
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy5
Modi's Undeclared Emergency5
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise5
A Reply to Our Critics5
Why Democracy Survives Populism5
Documents on Democracy5
Crime, Crackdowns, and Democracy in Ecuador5
Georgia: Between Democracy and Autocracy4
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience4
Why Elected Leaders Subvert Democracy4
The Danger of Runaway AI4
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink4
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration4
Documents on Democracy4
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy4
The Perils of Climate Alarmism4
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again4
Who Decides What Is Democratic?4
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy4
AI's Real Dangers For Democracy4
Hungary's Landmark Election: Why Oppositions Lose Together and Win Alone4
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities4
The Myth of Democratic Resilience3
The Meddling Kingdom3
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do3
Is Costa Rica's Democracy Failing?3
Documents on Democracy3
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy3
How to Bring Authoritarians to Justice3
Guarding Against Minority Rule3
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation3
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis3
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights2
Delivering for Democracy: Why Results Matter2
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections2
China and the Battle for the Global South2
Why Democracies Survive2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State2
The Shadow of the Swedish Right2
Why India's Democracy Is Dying2
The Origins of Military Supremacy in Dictatorships2
Documents on Democracy2
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal2
Why Senegal's Democracy Survived2
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy2
Follow the Leader2
Making Liberalism Work2
African Popular Protest and Political Change2
Eritrea's Democratic Failure2
Why We Elect Former Dictators and Their Children2
AI and Catastrophic Risk2
A Quiet Consensus2
Honduras’s Missed Opportunity2
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