Douglas J. Ahler

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 608 citations indexed

About

Douglas J. Ahler is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas J. Ahler has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 608 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Douglas J. Ahler's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 papers) and Social Media and Politics (5 papers). Douglas J. Ahler is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (9 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 papers) and Social Media and Politics (5 papers). Douglas J. Ahler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Douglas J. Ahler's co-authors include Gaurav Sood, Jack Citrin, Gabriel Lenz and David Broockman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Politics, Political Behavior and Legislative Studies Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Douglas J. Ahler

10 papers receiving 579 citations

Hit Papers

The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions about Party Comp... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions about Party Composition and Their Consequences
    2018 292 citations Douglas J. Ahler, Gaurav Sood The Journal of Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas J. Ahler United States 6 379 349 222 65 47 11 608
Christopher Hare United States 10 200 0.5× 276 0.8× 107 0.5× 42 0.6× 24 0.5× 27 504
Kathleen Searles United States 16 401 1.1× 185 0.5× 336 1.5× 96 1.5× 52 1.1× 38 734
Alessandro Nai Netherlands 19 615 1.6× 676 1.9× 411 1.9× 104 1.6× 112 2.4× 74 1.2k
Knut De Swert Netherlands 11 499 1.3× 292 0.8× 521 2.3× 99 1.5× 37 0.8× 39 930
Bruno Castanho Silva Germany 14 503 1.3× 555 1.6× 220 1.0× 32 0.5× 26 0.6× 23 804
Cheryl Boudreau United States 10 184 0.5× 230 0.7× 73 0.3× 47 0.7× 36 0.8× 40 411
Gregg R. Murray United States 13 255 0.7× 158 0.5× 97 0.4× 31 0.5× 41 0.9× 39 437
Meital Balmas Israel 8 384 1.0× 190 0.5× 354 1.6× 51 0.8× 49 1.0× 18 689
David Schwieder United States 5 542 1.4× 306 0.9× 330 1.5× 26 0.4× 23 0.5× 7 769
Israel Waismel-Manor Israel 11 307 0.8× 137 0.4× 242 1.1× 41 0.6× 24 0.5× 32 508

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas J. Ahler

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All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Ahler, Douglas J. & Gaurav Sood. (2022). Typecast: A Routine Mental Shortcut Causes Party Stereotyping. Political Behavior. 45(4). 1581–1607. 5 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J., et al.. (2021). The micro-task market for lemons: data quality on Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Political Science Research and Methods. 13(1). 1–20. 70 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J. & Gaurav Sood. (2020). Typecast: A Routine Mental Shortcut Causes Party Stereotyping. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J.. (2018). The Group Theory of Parties: Identity Politics, Party Stereotypes, and Polarization in the 21st Century. The Forum. 16(1). 3–22. 10 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J. & Gaurav Sood. (2018). The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions about Party Composition and Their Consequences. The Journal of Politics. 80(3). 964–981. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahler, Douglas J. & David Broockman. (2017). The Delegate Paradox: Why Polarized Politicians Can Represent Citizens Best. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J., et al.. (2016). Face Value? Experimental Evidence that Candidate Appearance Influences Electoral Choice. Political Behavior. 39(1). 77–102. 47 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J., Jack Citrin, & Gabriel Lenz. (2016). Do Open Primaries Improve Representation? An Experimental Test of California's 2012 Top‐Two Primary. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 41(2). 237–268. 37 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J.. (2016). Political Perception in the Polarized Era. eScholarship (California Digital Library).
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Ahler, Douglas J., Jack Citrin, & Gabriel Lenz. (2015). Why Voters May Have Failed to Reward Proximate Candidates in the 2012 Top Two Primary. California Journal of Politics and Policy. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Ahler, Douglas J.. (2014). Self-Fulfilling Misperceptions of Public Polarization. The Journal of Politics. 76(3). 607–620. 141 indexed citations

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