Alessandro Nai

2.4k total citations
74 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Nai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Nai has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 47 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 21 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Nai's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (32 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (25 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (23 papers). Alessandro Nai is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (32 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (25 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (23 papers). Alessandro Nai collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Alessandro Nai's co-authors include Jürgen Maier, Ferrán Martínez i Coma, Jacques Gerstlé, Pascal Sciarini, Jeffrey A. Karp, Pippa Norris, Henrik Bech Seeberg, Mike Medeiros, Jean-Louis Marié and Michaela Maier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Social Science & Medicine and Personality and Individual Differences.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Nai

66 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandro Nai Netherlands 19 676 615 411 200 119 74 1.2k
Jürgen Maier Germany 18 532 0.8× 404 0.7× 367 0.9× 123 0.6× 83 0.7× 89 976
Eric Groenendyk United States 13 613 0.9× 853 1.4× 454 1.1× 26 0.1× 73 0.6× 20 1.2k
Kim L. Fridkin United States 17 536 0.8× 571 0.9× 477 1.2× 29 0.1× 126 1.1× 38 1.1k
Steven W. Webster United States 11 909 1.3× 813 1.3× 523 1.3× 26 0.1× 37 0.3× 19 1.4k
Nathan P. Kalmoe United States 13 441 0.7× 670 1.1× 240 0.6× 52 0.3× 72 0.6× 32 924
Dave D'Alessio United States 12 159 0.2× 554 0.9× 423 1.0× 248 1.2× 74 0.6× 14 926
Marisa Abrajano United States 17 590 0.9× 730 1.2× 272 0.7× 48 0.2× 22 0.2× 42 993
Matthijs Rooduijn Netherlands 24 2.8k 4.1× 1.8k 3.0× 670 1.6× 45 0.2× 254 2.1× 48 3.2k
Antoine Banks United States 13 501 0.7× 848 1.4× 387 0.9× 30 0.1× 51 0.4× 20 1.1k
Daniel Stevens United Kingdom 16 366 0.5× 513 0.8× 203 0.5× 26 0.1× 36 0.3× 56 781

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Nai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nai, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds. Nature. 648(8093). 287–288.
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Nai, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Incivility Does Not Exist: An Experimental Assessment on the Drivers of Incivility Perceptions and Their Effects on Candidate Evaluations. The Journal of Politics. 88(2). 867–881. 1 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). The Fleeting Allure of Dark Campaigns: Backlash from Negative and Uncivil Campaigning in the Presence of (Better) Alternatives. Political Communication. 41(5). 693–718. 5 indexed citations
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Curini, Luigi, et al.. (2024). Who looks up to the Leviathan? Ideology, political trust, and support for restrictive state interventions in times of crisis. European Political Science Review. 16(3). 317–332.
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Nai, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Uncivil yet persuasive? Testing the persuasiveness of political incivility and the moderating role of populist attitudes and personality traits. Political Psychology. 45(6). 1157–1176. 3 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro & Jürgen Maier. (2024). Polarized Populists: Dark Campaigns, Affective Polarization, and the Moderating Role of Populist Attitudes. American Behavioral Scientist. 69(14). 1711–1734. 3 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Mike, et al.. (2023). A Tormenting Dilemma: American Identity and Attitudes Towards Torture. American Politics Research. 51(4). 457–466. 2 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Mike, et al.. (2022). Personality traits of world leaders and differential policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine. 311. 115358–115358. 6 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro, et al.. (2022). Pop populism: ethno-traditionalism beyond national borders and the populist radical right. Acta Politica. 58(4). 737–760. 1 indexed citations
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Maier, Michaela, Carlos Jalali, Jürgen Maier, Alessandro Nai, & Sebastian Stier. (2021). When do parties put Europe in the centre? Evidence from the 2019 European Parliament election campaign. Politics. 41(4). 433–450. 17 indexed citations
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Gravelle, Timothy B., Mike Medeiros, & Alessandro Nai. (2021). In the Shadow of the Tower: Spatial proximity to mosques, visible diversity, and support for the radical right. Political Geography. 91. 102499–102499. 13 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro & Jürgen Maier. (2021). The Wrath of Candidates. Drivers of Fear and Enthusiasm Appeals in Election Campaigns across the Globe. Journal of Political Marketing. 23(1). 74–91. 11 indexed citations
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Maier, Jürgen & Alessandro Nai. (2020). Roaring Candidates in the Spotlight: Campaign Negativity, Emotions, and Media Coverage in 107 National Elections. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 25(4). 576–606. 30 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro. (2018). Going Negative, Worldwide: Towards a General Understanding of Determinants and Targets of Negative Campaigning. Government and Opposition. 55(3). 430–455. 81 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro. (2018). Disagreeable narcissists, extroverted psychopaths, and elections: a new dataset to measure the personality of candidates worldwide. European Political Science. 18(2). 309–334. 34 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro. (2017). The Fourth Estate. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro & Pascal Sciarini. (2015). Why “Going Negative?” Strategic and Situational Determinants of Personal Attacks in Swiss Direct Democratic Votes. Journal of Political Marketing. 17(4). 382–417. 24 indexed citations
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Sciarini, Pascal, Alessandro Nai, & Anke Tresch. (2014). Analyse de la votation fédérale du 9 février 2014. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 114. 4 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro. (2012). What really matters is which camp goes dirty: Differential effects of negative campaigning on turnout during Swiss federal ballots. European Journal of Political Research. 52(1). 44–70. 37 indexed citations
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Nai, Alessandro. (2009). Explaining Correct Voting in Swiss Direct Democracy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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