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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Liberalism as Fortress and Prison72
China's AI-Powered Surveillance State70
The Return of Dictatorship50
The Puzzle of Panamanian Exceptionalism49
The Danger is Real47
Documents on Democracy39
How Zelensky Has Changed Ukraine35
Latin America's Abortion Rights Breakthrough34
Democracy's Surprising Resilience33
The Truth About Africa's Coups32
Documents on Democracy30
The Mandarin in the Machine30
How to Stop India's Authoritatarian Slide30
A Strange Defense of Climate Democracy27
A Reply To My Critics26
Rising to the Sharp Power Challenge25
Documents on Democracy24
Authoritarians on Offense23
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: Taiwan's Democracy Under Fire23
Why the World Is Down on Democracy23
Leonardo Morlino (1947–2025)22
What Indonesian Democracy Can Teach the World21
In Europe, Democracy Erodes from the Right20
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed20
The Global Resistance to LGBTIQ Rights20
Shell Game20
South Africa's Resilient Democracy19
How Organized Crime Threatens Latin America18
Confronting Our Common Enemy18
Why the Future Is (Still) Democratic18
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy18
America's Crisis of Civic Virtue17
David vs. Goliath: Defeating Russian Autocracy16
Why India's Political Elites Are to Blame14
The Long Decline of South Africa's ANC14
The Constitutionalization of Democracy13
Is India Still a Democracy?13
Symposium: Is India Still a Democracy?13
A Refuge from Liberalism?12
Is Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?12
The Threat to Latin American Term Limits12
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: The Rise of Multicultural Nationalism11
Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories11
China’s Age of Counterreform11
Neoliberalism and the Third Wave11
Why India’s Democracy Is Dying11
The Rise of Theocratic Democracy11
What Putin Fears Most11
Secularism, Islamism, and the Future of Turkey11
How Ukraine Divides Postcommunist Europe10
When Should the Majority Rule?10
The Liberalism of Refuge10
Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Money9
Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers9
Hindu Nationalism and the New Jim Crow9
The Perils of Propaganda8
Documents on Democracy7
The Myth of the Coup Contagion7
What Political Scientists Owe Democracy7
How Covid Changed Latin America7
Local Politics and Democratic State-Building7
The Power of Liberal Nationalism7
What Went Wrong In Hungary7
How Latin America's Judges are Defending Democracy6
Why Israeli Democracy Is in Crisis6
How to Prevent Political Violence6
Modi's Undeclared Emergency6
Documents on Democracy6
Why the Future Cannot Be Predicted6
The End of Village Democracy in China6
How Viktor Orbán Wins6
Rebuilding the State in Post-Assad Syria6
Why Russia’s Democracy Never Began6
How Autocrats Undermine Media Freedom6
Armies and Autocrats: Why Putin's Military Failed6
The Authoritarian Argument6
Religious Exclusion and the Origins of Democracy6
Documents on Democracy6
How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood5
China's Threat to Global Democracy5
China's Tech-Enhanced Authoritarianism5
Why Democracy Survives Populism5
A Reply to Our Critics5
Kuwait’s Democratic Promise5
The Perils of Climate Alarmism5
The Collapse of Afghanistan4
AI's Real Dangers For Democracy4
Democracy's Arc: From Resurgent to Imperiled4
Why Mexico Is Not on the Brink4
Is Democracy Lost?4
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Liberal Democracy in an Age of Immigration4
The Philippines’ Dynastic Democracy4
The Danger of Runaway AI4
Kyrgyzstan's Poison Parliament4
Is Costa Rica's Democracy Failing?3
Who Decides What Is Democratic?3
How Autocrats Weaponize Women's Rights3
Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation3
How Zambia's Opposition Won3
Documents on Democracy3
The Future of Multiracial Democracy: Majoritarianism Without Majorities3
How Erdoğan’s Populism Won Again3
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression3
What Democracy Does … And Does Not Do3
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Struggle for Democracy3
Documents on Democracy3
Combating Beijing’s Sharp Power: How Australia's Civil Society Led the Way3
The Source of Georgia's Democratic Resilience3
Documents on Democracy3
How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis3
The Myth of Democratic Resilience2
The Meddling Kingdom2
Why Senegal's Democracy Survived2
China and the Battle for the Global South2
Why Autocracies Fear LGBTQ+ Rights2
African Popular Protest and Political Change2
Sri Lanka's Agony2
The Iraq Invasion at Twenty: Iraq’s Mafia State2
Why Democracies Survive2
The War in Ukraine: Do Russians Support Putin?2
How India's Ruling Party Erodes Democracy2
AI and Catastrophic Risk2
The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy2
A Quiet Consensus2
Turkey’s Hard Road to Democratic Renewal2
The Shadow of the Swedish Right2
How Strategic Violence Distorts African Elections2
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