Anne Meng

907 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 343 citations indexed

About

Anne Meng is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne Meng has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 343 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Anne Meng's work include Political Conflict and Governance (12 papers), International Development and Aid (6 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Anne Meng is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (12 papers), International Development and Aid (6 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Anne Meng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Anne Meng's co-authors include Andrew T. Little, Jack Paine, Leonardo R. Arriola, Jed DeVaro, Robert Powell, Mila Versteeg, James D. Fearon, David A. Lake and Brian Palmer‐Rubin and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, International Organization and Journal of Conflict Resolution.

In The Last Decade

Anne Meng

15 papers receiving 322 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Measuring Democratic Backsliding

2024 36 citations Andrew T. Little, Anne Meng PS Political Science & Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anne Meng United States	10	261	208	49	29	28	16	343
Christof Hartmann Germany	9	191 0.7×	147 0.7×	69 1.4×	20 0.7×	40 1.4×	25	294
Alexander Stroh Germany	11	199 0.8×	167 0.8×	69 1.4×	37 1.3×	34 1.2×	25	309
Kimberly Marten United States	10	235 0.9×	311 1.5×	41 0.8×	61 2.1×	11 0.4×	39	409
Peter VonDoepp United States	10	171 0.7×	96 0.5×	38 0.8×	34 1.2×	12 0.4×	20	262
Michael A. McFaul United States	9	230 0.9×	255 1.2×	53 1.1×	28 1.0×	11 0.4×	50	378
Juan Gabriel Tokatlián Argentina	8	168 0.6×	197 0.9×	58 1.2×	33 1.1×	59 2.1×	68	273
Patrick J. Fett United States	7	283 1.1×	229 1.1×	64 1.3×	60 2.1×	26 0.9×	9	385
Luca Tomini Belgium	9	259 1.0×	292 1.4×	25 0.5×	13 0.4×	9 0.3×	27	398
Johannes von Römer Sweden	5	149 0.6×	123 0.6×	27 0.6×	37 1.3×	18 0.6×	8	235
Brigitte Weiffen Germany	10	136 0.5×	163 0.8×	68 1.4×	17 0.6×	13 0.5×	31	244

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anne Meng

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Little, Andrew T. & Anne Meng. (2024). What We Do and Do Not Know about Democratic Backsliding. PS Political Science & Politics. 57(2). 224–229. 7 indexed citations

2.

Little, Andrew T. & Anne Meng. (2024). Measuring Democratic Backsliding. PS Political Science & Politics. 57(2). 149–161. 36 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Little, Andrew T. & Anne Meng. (2023). Subjective and Objective Measurement of Democratic Backsliding. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations

4.

Meng, Anne & Jack Paine. (2022). Power Sharing and Authoritarian Stability: How Rebel Regimes Solve the Guardianship Dilemma. American Political Science Review. 116(4). 1208–1225. 36 indexed citations

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Meng, Anne, Jack Paine, & Robert Powell. (2022). Authoritarian Power Sharing: Concepts, Mechanisms, and Strategies. Annual Review of Political Science. 26(1). 153–173. 26 indexed citations

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Fearon, James D., David A. Lake, Anne Meng, & Jack Paine. (2022). In Memoriam: Robert L. Powell. 2(2). 18–20. 1 indexed citations

7.

Fearon, James D., David A. Lake, Anne Meng, & Jack Paine. (2022). In Memoriam: Robert L. Powell. International Organization. 77(4). 881–882. 1 indexed citations

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Arriola, Leonardo R., Jed DeVaro, & Anne Meng. (2021). Democratic Subversion: Elite Cooptation and Opposition Fragmentation. American Political Science Review. 115(4). 1358–1372. 35 indexed citations

9.

Meng, Anne. (2020). Constraining Dictatorship: From Personalized Rule to Institutionalized Regimes. 9 indexed citations

10.

Meng, Anne. (2020). Constraining Dictatorship. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 78 indexed citations

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Meng, Anne. (2020). Winning the Game of Thrones: Leadership Succession in Modern Autocracies. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 65(5). 950–981. 15 indexed citations

12.

Versteeg, Mila, et al.. (2019). The Law and Politics of Presidential Term Limit Evasion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations

13.

Meng, Anne. (2019). Ruling Parties in Authoritarian Regimes: Rethinking Institutional Strength. British Journal of Political Science. 51(2). 526–540. 36 indexed citations

14.

Meng, Anne. (2019). Accessing the state: Executive constraints and credible commitment in dictatorship. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 31(4). 568–599. 24 indexed citations

15.

Meng, Anne. (2016). The Organizational Weapon: Ruling Parties in Authoritarian Regimes. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

16.

Meng, Anne & Brian Palmer‐Rubin. (2015). Gerrymandering Opposition: Minority-Concentrated Districts and Electoral Competition in Mexico. Studies in Comparative International Development. 52(1). 64–86.

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