Journal of Democracy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Democracy is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison65
The Puzzle of Panamanian Exceptionalism63
The Return of Dictatorship46
Documents on Democracy44
The Truth About Africa's Coups33
The Danger is Real32
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough29
How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine29
Democracy's Surprising Resilience28
The Mandarin in the Machine28
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide27
Documents on Democracy27
A Reply To My Critics26
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy23
Documents on Democracy22
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge22
Why the World Is Down on Democracy21
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan's Democracy Under Fire21
Authoritarians on Offense21
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World20
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right20
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights19
Shell Game18
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy18
South Africa's Resilient Democracy17
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America16
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy15
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue15
Why the Future Is (Still) Democratic15
Confronting Our Common Enemy15
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame14
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC14
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?13
Is India Still a Democracy?12
A Refuge from Liberalism?11
The Constitutionalization of Democracy11
China’s Age of Counterreform11
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy11
Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories11
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?11
What Putin Fears Most10
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave10
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey10
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism10
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe9
The Perils of Propaganda9
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying9
Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers9
Documents on Democracy9
The Liberalism of Refuge9
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow9
When Should the Majority Rule?9
How Viktor Orbán Wins7
What Went Wrong In Hungary7
The Myth of the Coup Contagion7
The Authoritarian Argument7
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building7
How Covid Changed Latin America7
The Power of Liberal Nationalism7
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis6
How to Prevent Political Violence6
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed6
Why the Future Cannot Be Predicted6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began6
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy6
Modi's Undeclared Emergency5
China's Threat to Global Democracy5
Why Democracy Survives Populism5
The End of Village Democracy in China5
Documents on Democracy5
How Autocrats Undermine Media Freedom5
Documents on Democracy5
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria5
China's Tech-Enhanced Authoritarianism5
How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood5
A Reply to Our Critics4
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise4
The Perils of Climate Alarmism4
The Collapse of Afghanistan4
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy4
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy3
Is Democracy Lost?3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration3
Who Decides What Is Democratic?3
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience3
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink3
The Danger of Runaway AI3
How Autocrats Weaponize Women's Rights3
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again3
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia's Civil Society Led the Way3
Democracy's Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled3
Kyrgyzstan's Poison Parliament3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities3
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression3
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State2
China and the Battle for the Global South2
Documents on Democracy2
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis2
A Quiet Consensus2
AI and Catastrophic Risk2
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy2
Sri Lanka's Agony2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy2
The Myth of Democratic Resilience2
The Meddling Kingdom2
Why Democracies Survive2
Documents on Democracy2
How Zambia's Opposition Won2
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation2
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal1
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy1
Power, Performance, and Legitimacy1
Hong Kong's Native Son1
The Return of Politics in Bangladesh1
Reimagining Democracy for AI1
Why the Military Abandoned Democracy1
Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy1
Follow the Leader1
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections1
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights1
Making Liberalism Work1
Delivering for Democracy: Why Results Matter1
Divining Syria's Future1
Bolivia’s Silent Destruction1
How Financial Secrecy Undermines Democracy1
How Resilient Is the CCP?1
When Democracy Is on the Ballot1
Why India’s Political Elites Are to Blame1
African Popular Protest and Political Change1
The War in Ukraine: Do Russians Support Putin?1
The Shadow of the Swedish Right1
How to Confront No Ordinary Danger1
Can Capitalism Save Democracy?1
How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn1
The Authoritarian Data Problem1
How Guatemala Defied the Odds1
Why India's Democracy Is Dying1
The Origins of Military Supremacy in Dictatorships1
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