André Blais

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 581 citations indexed

About

André Blais is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Urban Studies and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, André Blais has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 581 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 3 papers in Urban Studies and 2 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in André Blais's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers), Political Science Research and Education (2 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (2 papers). André Blais is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers), Political Science Research and Education (2 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (2 papers). André Blais collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. André Blais's co-authors include R. Kenneth Carty, Michael Rabinder James, John Ferejohn, Fred Cutler, Mark E. Warren, Amy Schrager Lang, Dennis F. Thompson, Louis Massicotte, Éric Montpetit and Bernard Grofman and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research and Social Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

André Blais

16 papers receiving 488 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Designing Deliberative Democracy

2008 287 citations Mark E. Warren, Dennis F. Thompson et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
André Blais Canada	9	452	195	187	60	58	18	581
Henk van der Kolk Netherlands	13	390 0.9×	158 0.8×	220 1.2×	47 0.8×	65 1.1×	31	535
Galen A. Irwin Netherlands	17	569 1.3×	124 0.6×	202 1.1×	92 1.5×	87 1.5×	40	719
Brigitte Geißel Germany	14	372 0.8×	228 1.2×	218 1.2×	50 0.8×	21 0.4×	47	621
Christopher Carman United Kingdom	13	462 1.0×	152 0.8×	266 1.4×	67 1.1×	43 0.7×	39	613
Bernhard Weßels Germany	14	629 1.4×	143 0.7×	267 1.4×	134 2.2×	39 0.7×	71	783
Cristina Leston‐Bandeira United Kingdom	16	410 0.9×	228 1.2×	137 0.7×	42 0.7×	16 0.3×	46	554
Alan Renwick United Kingdom	12	485 1.1×	113 0.6×	193 1.0×	75 1.3×	41 0.7×	44	587
Jon H. Pammett Canada	13	411 0.9×	64 0.3×	263 1.4×	93 1.6×	51 0.9×	34	530
Toby S. James United Kingdom	16	526 1.2×	83 0.4×	210 1.1×	56 0.9×	56 1.0×	70	701
Norbert Kersting Germany	10	212 0.5×	104 0.5×	186 1.0×	22 0.4×	44 0.8×	47	443

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Fields of papers citing papers by André Blais

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of André Blais

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of André Blais. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of André Blais based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with André Blais. André Blais is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Blais, André. (2009). Making electoral democracy work. Electoral Studies. 29(1). 169–170. 41 indexed citations

2.

Bowler, Shaun, Bernard Grofman, & André Blais. (2009). Duverger's Law of Plurality Voting. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 10 indexed citations

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Warren, Mark E., Dennis F. Thompson, Amy Schrager Lang, et al.. (2008). Designing Deliberative Democracy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blais, André. (2008). To keep or to change first past the post? : the politics of electoral reform. Oxford University Press eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Montpetit, Éric, et al.. (2008). What Does it Take for a Canadian Political Scientist to be Cited?^*. Social Science Quarterly. 89(3). 802–816. 27 indexed citations

6.

McLean, Iain, André Blais, James C. Garand, & Micheal W. Giles. (2008). Authors' Response to Reviews. Political Studies Review. 7(1). 88–92. 2 indexed citations

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Andrew, Caroline, et al.. (2005). L'information sur le logement public à Hull. Recherches sociographiques. 16(3). 375–383.

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Blais, André, et al.. (2005). CITIZENS' CHOICE OF AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM: THE DECISION OF THE BC CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY. 1–25.

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Berg, Axel van den & André Blais. (2002). Présentation. Sociologie et sociétés. 34(1). 3–3. 1 indexed citations

10.

Blais, André, et al.. (2000). The calculus of voting: An empirical test. European Journal of Political Research. 37(2). 181–201. 3 indexed citations

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Phidd, Richard W., André Blais, Donald E. Blake, Stéphane Dion, & André Blais. (1999). Governments, Parties and Public Sector Employees: Canada, United States, Britain and France. Canadian Public Policy. 25(1). 151–151. 9 indexed citations

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Durand, Claire, et al.. (1999). Les sondages moins rigoureux sont-ils moins fiables?. Canadian Public Policy. 25(4). 557–557. 3 indexed citations

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Blais, André & Louis Massicotte. (1996). Mixed electoral systems: An overview. Representation. 33(4). 115–118. 21 indexed citations

14.

Blais, André & R. Kenneth Carty. (1991). The Psychological Impact of Electoral Laws: Measuring Duverger's Elusive Factor. British Journal of Political Science. 21(1). 79–93. 136 indexed citations

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Blais, André & Stéphane Dion. (1987). Trop d’État? Un baromètre de l’opinion. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 43–43. 2 indexed citations

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Blais, André, et al.. (1986). A Political Sociology of Public Aid to Industry. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 10 indexed citations

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Blais, André, Philippe Faucher, & Robert Young. (1986). La dynamique de l'aide financière directe du gouvernement fédéral à l'industrie manufacturière au Canada. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 19(1). 29–52. 2 indexed citations

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Blais, André & Kenneth McRoberts. (1983). Dynamique et contraintes des finances publiques au Québec. Érudit (Université de Montréal). 27–27. 4 indexed citations

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