Cindy Skach

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 513 citations indexed

About

Cindy Skach is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Cindy Skach has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Law. Recurrent topics in Cindy Skach's work include Political Theology and Sovereignty (3 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 papers). Cindy Skach is often cited by papers focused on Political Theology and Sovereignty (3 papers), Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 papers) and Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 papers). Cindy Skach collaborates with scholars based in United States. Cindy Skach's co-authors include Alfred Stepan, Daniel Ziblatt, Stanley Hoffmann and Timothy J. Colton and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, World Politics and Journal of democracy.

In The Last Decade

Cindy Skach

12 papers receiving 404 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.

Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic Consolidation: Parliamentarianism versus Presidentialism

1993 345 citations Alfred Stepan, Cindy Skach World Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cindy Skach United States	8	422	295	92	60	49	12	513
Kathryn Stoner‐Weiss United States	9	345 0.8×	255 0.9×	26 0.3×	60 1.0×	50 1.0×	20	422
Alexander Stroh Germany	11	167 0.4×	199 0.7×	67 0.7×	37 0.6×	23 0.5×	25	309
Gerald M. Easter United States	10	267 0.6×	203 0.7×	28 0.3×	67 1.1×	20 0.4×	19	338
Josephine T. Andrews United States	8	243 0.6×	128 0.4×	34 0.4×	50 0.8×	57 1.2×	14	323
Patrick J. Fett United States	7	229 0.5×	283 1.0×	19 0.2×	60 1.0×	23 0.5×	9	385
Zdenka Mansfeldová Czechia	6	534 1.3×	305 1.0×	20 0.2×	46 0.8×	86 1.8×	25	620
Jacques deLisle United States	9	122 0.3×	104 0.4×	39 0.4×	53 0.9×	21 0.4×	43	243
Gerard Alexander United States	8	296 0.7×	158 0.5×	20 0.2×	42 0.7×	32 0.7×	19	370
Ben Tonra Ireland	9	418 1.0×	157 0.5×	19 0.2×	34 0.6×	29 0.6×	42	492
Elizabeth Haas United Kingdom	2	547 1.3×	144 0.5×	56 0.6×	43 0.7×	139 2.8×	2	655

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cindy Skach

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Colton, Timothy J. & Cindy Skach. (2009). The Predicament of Semi-presidentialism. Research Portal (King's College London). 1 indexed citations

2.

Skach, Cindy. (2009). Borrowing Constitutional Designs. Princeton University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

3.

Colton, Timothy J. & Cindy Skach. (2009). Democracies in Danger. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Stanley, Cindy Skach, & Daniel Ziblatt. (2006). Borrowing Constitutional Designs: Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic. Foreign Affairs. 85(3). 162–162. 43 indexed citations

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Skach, Cindy. (2006). Şahin v. Turkey. App. No. 44774/98; “Teacher Headscarf.” Case No. 2BvR 1436/02. American Journal of International Law. 100(1). 186–196. 10 indexed citations

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Skach, Cindy. (2005). Borrowing Constitutional Designs: Constitutional Law in Weimar Germany and the French Fifth Republic. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 44 indexed citations

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Skach, Cindy. (2005). Constitutional Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Constitutional Political Economy. 16(4). 347–368. 9 indexed citations

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Skach, Cindy. (2005). We, the Peoples? Constitutionalizing the European Union*. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. 43(1). 149–170. 1 indexed citations

9.

Colton, Timothy J. & Cindy Skach. (2005). A Fresh Look at Semipresidentialism: The Russian Predicament. Journal of democracy. 16(3). 113–126. 19 indexed citations

10.

Skach, Cindy & Alfred Stepan. (1998). Presidencialismo y parlamentarismo en perspectiva comparada. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 185–210. 3 indexed citations

11.

Stepan, Alfred & Cindy Skach. (1994). Presidentialism and parliamentarism in comparative perspective. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 119–136. 29 indexed citations

12.

Stepan, Alfred & Cindy Skach. (1993). Constitutional Frameworks and Democratic Consolidation: Parliamentarianism versus Presidentialism. World Politics. 46(1). 1–22. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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