Benjamin De Cleen

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 873 citations indexed

About

Benjamin De Cleen is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin De Cleen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 873 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Benjamin De Cleen's work include Populism, Right-Wing Movements (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (5 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (4 papers). Benjamin De Cleen is often cited by papers focused on Populism, Right-Wing Movements (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (5 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (4 papers). Benjamin De Cleen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Benjamin De Cleen's co-authors include Yannis Stavrakakis, Nico Carpentier, Jason Glynos, Aurélien Mondon, Benjamin Moffitt, Jan Zienkowski, Leen Van Brussel, Robin Vandevoordt, Ewen Speed and Kevin Smets and has published in prestigious journals such as Organization, Political Studies and Journalism Practice.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin De Cleen

35 papers receiving 821 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Distinctions and Articulations: A Discourse Theoretical Framework for the Study of Populism and Nationalism
    2017 271 citations Benjamin De Cleen, Yannis Stavrakakis Javnost - The Public profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin De Cleen Belgium 12 641 406 190 64 47 38 873
Giorgos Katsambekis Greece 12 852 1.3× 497 1.2× 128 0.7× 62 1.0× 20 0.4× 18 995
Benjamin Moffitt Australia 14 1.3k 2.1× 875 2.2× 364 1.9× 173 2.7× 28 0.6× 33 1.7k
Aurélien Mondon United Kingdom 13 524 0.8× 409 1.0× 143 0.8× 71 1.1× 19 0.4× 43 777
Pierre‐André Taguieff France 13 407 0.6× 459 1.1× 60 0.3× 24 0.4× 60 1.3× 90 779
Manuela Caiani Italy 19 750 1.2× 514 1.3× 276 1.5× 135 2.1× 11 0.2× 61 1.1k
Roger Eatwell United Kingdom 14 663 1.0× 574 1.4× 80 0.4× 31 0.5× 24 0.5× 41 982
Guillem Rico Spain 16 729 1.1× 530 1.3× 206 1.1× 51 0.8× 9 0.2× 30 955
Αlexandros Kioupkiolis Greece 11 409 0.6× 285 0.7× 69 0.4× 32 0.5× 23 0.5× 37 598
Takis S. Pappas Greece 16 749 1.2× 446 1.1× 93 0.5× 38 0.6× 11 0.2× 30 895
Ben Stanley Poland 10 874 1.4× 527 1.3× 153 0.8× 68 1.1× 15 0.3× 19 1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin De Cleen

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All Works

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Hendrickx, Jonathan, et al.. (2024). Media (De)concentration and Editorial Cross-Media Self-Promotion: Evidence from Flanders. Journalism Practice. 20(1). 130–145. 1 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, et al.. (2024). Farmers as symbol of ‘the people’. Journal of Language and Politics. 24(6). 837–860. 1 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, et al.. (2022). Far-right intellectual discourse about populism: the case of the German Institut für Staatspolitik. Journal of Political Ideologies. 29(2). 330–351. 4 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, et al.. (2022). Negotiating the boundaries of the politically sayable: populist radical right talk scandals in the German media. Critical Discourse Studies. 20(6). 665–682. 4 indexed citations
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Zienkowski, Jan & Benjamin De Cleen. (2020). The polyphonic critique of trade unions: unpacking the logics of union critical discourse. Critical Discourse Studies. 18(5). 519–537. 4 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, et al.. (2020). An introduction to the special issue on ‘Discourse Theory: Ways forward for theory development and research practice’. Journal of Language and Politics. 20(1). 1–9. 6 indexed citations
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Carpentier, Nico, Benjamin De Cleen, & Leen Van Brussel. (2019). Communication and Discourse Theory : Collected Works of the Brussels Discourse Theory Group. 10 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, et al.. (2019). The Radical Right versus the Media: from Media Critique to Claims of (Mis)Representation. Politics and Governance. 7(3). 165–178. 9 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De, Jason Glynos, & Aurélien Mondon. (2018). Critical research on populism: Nine rules of engagement. Organization. 25(5). 649–661. 118 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De. (2017). The conservative political logic: a discourse-theoretical perspective. Journal of Political Ideologies. 23(1). 10–29. 6 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De & Yannis Stavrakakis. (2017). Distinctions and Articulations: A Discourse Theoretical Framework for the Study of Populism and Nationalism. Javnost - The Public. 24(4). 301–319. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cleen, Benjamin De. (2016). Representing ‘the people’. The articulation of nationalism and populism in the rhetoric of the Flemish VB. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 223–242. 4 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De. (2013). The rhetoric of the Flemish populist radical right party Vlaams Blok/Belang in a context of discursive struggle: a discourse‐theoretical analysis.. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 5 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De. (2012). Populism as a strategy to deal with criticism from non party-political actors: The Vlaams Belang and the delegitimization of critical artists.. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 1 indexed citations
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Cleen, Benjamin De. (2009). Popular music against extreme right populism. International Journal of Cultural Studies. 12(6). 577–595. 5 indexed citations
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Carpentier, Nico & Benjamin De Cleen. (2008). Participation and media production. Critical reflections on content creation (ICA 2007 conference theme book). 2 indexed citations
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Gangadharan, Seeta Peña, Benjamin De Cleen, & Nico Carpentier. (2007). Alternatives on media content, journalism, and regulation. The grassroots discussion panels at the 2007 ICA Conference. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

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