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Papers

(The TQCC of European Constitutional Law Review 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
ECL volume 18 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	16
ECL volume 19 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	15
The European Central Bank and the European Macroeconomic Constitution	12
Politicising Constitutional Court Appointments in Europe	10
Editorial	8
BPost and Nordzucker: Searching for the Essence of Ne Bis in Idem in European Union Law	7
ECL volume 20 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	7
Recalibrating the ‘Strict Obligations’ Requirement of the Bosphorus Doctrine of Equivalent Protection: The Strasbourg Court vis-à-vis the EU Principle of Mutual Trust	7
Climate litigation, separation of powers and federalism à la belge: a commentary of the Belgian climate case	7
The Case for Judicial Councils as Fourth-Branch Institutions	6
From Classic to Digital Constitutionalism: Reconceptualising the Nexus of Power, Technology and Rights	6
Resisting Surrender on Grounds of Health: Moving beyond the Systemic Deficiencies Requirement in the Area of the European Arrest Warrant?	6
Furthering the Right to Self-Determination by EU Courts: The Western Sahara Decisions of 4 October 2024 and the Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit of the European Court of Justice	6
Protection of Constitutional Identity as a Legitimate Aim for Differential Treatment	6
Cilfit Still Fits	5
The Legality of Covid-19 Travel Restrictions in an ‘Area without Internal Frontiers’	5
The EU Constitution, War and Treaty Interpretation	5
Militant Democracy and the Minority to Majority Effect: on the Importance of Electoral System Design	5
The Rule of Law Crisis Was Always Gendered: The Anti-Gender Playbook in Europe	5
Stretching Constitutional Boundaries: The European Health Data Space Regulation and Its Impact on the Public Health Integration Process	5
Militant Democracy, Populism, Illiberalism: New Challengers and New Challenges	4
ECL volume 18 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	4
Beyond the Reach of the People? Admissibility Requirements and Procedures for Citizens’ Initiatives in Comparative Perspective	4
Actors and Roles in EU Law: Asking ‘Who Does What?’ in the European Union Legal System	4
From the Stage to the High Seas: Concluding Thoughts on the Present and Future of EU Legal Studies	4

The Democratic Justification of Academic Freedom in EU Law: Article 13 of the EU Charter, the Rule of Law Toolbox, and the Scope for EU Action	4
The Price of Reputation: Freedom of the Press and Proportionality in Real Madrid v Le Monde: ECJ 4 October 2024, Case C-633/22, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and AE v EE and Sociét	4
The Grand Gala of PNR Litigations: Case C-817/19, Ligue des droits humains v Conseil des ministers	3
A Doctrinal Approach to Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments: Judicial Review of Constitutional Amendments in Sweden	3
Conceptualising the Link between Constitutional Degradation and Gender Populism	3
Further Extension of Protection against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation under Directive 2000/78/EC	3
Of Winners and Losers: A Commentary of the Bundesverfassungsgericht ORD Judgment of 6 December 2022	3
European Constitutional Identity as the Unamendable Core of the EU Treaties	3
Time Clash: the Court of Justice Limits the Temporal Scope of Lex Mitior	3
ECL volume 21 issue 2 Cover and Front matter	3
Introduction to the Special Section	3
Broad Scope, Restrained Scrutiny: Interpreting Article 19(2) TEU	2
Controlling the New Rulemakers: A Much-needed Constitutional Framework for Outsourced Regulation	2
ECL volume 19 issue 1 Cover and Back matter	2
From Militant Democracy to Normal Politics? How European Democracies Respond to Populist Parties	2