Frank Schimmelfennig

15.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
151 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Schimmelfennig is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Schimmelfennig has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Frank Schimmelfennig's work include European Union Policy and Governance (102 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (26 papers) and European and International Law Studies (23 papers). Frank Schimmelfennig is often cited by papers focused on European Union Policy and Governance (102 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (26 papers) and European and International Law Studies (23 papers). Frank Schimmelfennig collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Slovenia. Frank Schimmelfennig's co-authors include Ulrich Sedelmeier, Sandra Lavenex, Thomas Winzen, Heiko Knobel, Stefan Engert, Berthold Rittberger, Hanno Scholtz, Katharina Holzinger, Dirk Leuffen and Francis Cheneval and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Organization and Comparative Political Studies.

In The Last Decade

Frank Schimmelfennig

144 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2004 2009 2015 2015 200 400 600
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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 Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union
    2001 706 citations Frank Schimmelfennig profile →
  2. Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe
    2004 626 citations Frank Schimmelfennig, Ulrich Sedelmeier Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  3. EU rules beyond EU borders: theorizing external governance in European politics
    2009 336 citations Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  4. Liberal intergovernmentalism and the euro area crisis
    2015 204 citations Frank Schimmelfennig Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  5. The European Union as a system of differentiated integration: interdependence, politicization and differentiation
    2015 167 citations Frank Schimmelfennig, Dirk Leuffen et al. Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  6. DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: MANY CONCEPTS, SPARSE THEORY, FEW DATA
    2012 155 citations Frank Schimmelfennig et al. Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  7. European Integration in the Euro Crisis: The Limits of Postfunctionalism
    2014 153 citations Frank Schimmelfennig profile →
  8. Brexit: differentiated disintegration in the European Union
    2018 132 citations Frank Schimmelfennig Journal of European Public Policy profile →
  9. Ever Looser Union?
    2020 89 citations Frank Schimmelfennig et al. Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  10. Rebordering Europe: external boundaries and integration in the European Union
    2021 70 citations Frank Schimmelfennig Journal of European Public Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Schimmelfennig Switzerland 44 6.5k 1.9k 1.2k 841 510 151 7.5k
Andrew Moravcsik United States 36 6.4k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 829 1.6× 98 8.0k
Zachary Elkins United States 23 2.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 661 0.8× 722 1.4× 65 4.3k
Peter J. Katzenstein United States 40 4.8k 0.7× 3.2k 1.6× 680 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 129 0.3× 114 6.7k
Jeffrey T. Checkel Norway 21 3.5k 0.5× 2.1k 1.1× 770 0.6× 887 1.1× 179 0.4× 34 4.7k
Mark A. Pollack United States 27 3.1k 0.5× 712 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 480 0.6× 529 1.0× 90 3.9k
Jennifer Gandhi United States 16 3.0k 0.5× 3.7k 1.9× 369 0.3× 809 1.0× 231 0.5× 24 5.0k
Scott Mainwaring United States 36 5.0k 0.8× 3.4k 1.8× 512 0.4× 418 0.5× 503 1.0× 117 6.4k
Karen J. Alter United States 26 2.4k 0.4× 700 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 448 0.5× 834 1.6× 103 3.1k
R. Daniel Kelemen United States 27 2.7k 0.4× 808 0.4× 761 0.6× 196 0.2× 588 1.2× 85 3.7k
Simon Hix United Kingdom 42 7.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 2.6k 2.1× 189 0.2× 720 1.4× 119 8.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Schimmelfennig

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Schimmelfennig, Frank, et al.. (2025). Geopolitical rebordering? External boundary formation in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. 1–25. 4 indexed citations
2.
Leuffen, Dirk, Антоанета Димитрова, Ulrich Sedelmeier, et al.. (2024). Rhetorical action in a liberal international order in crisis: theorising EU and NATO enlargements post-2022. Journal of European Public Policy. 32(12). 3113–3158. 2 indexed citations
3.
Schimmelfennig, Frank. (2024). Crisis and polity formation in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. 31(10). 3396–3420. 13 indexed citations
4.
Nasr, Mohamed, et al.. (2024). Pandemic bordering: domestic politicisation, European coordination, and national border closures in the COVID-19 crisis. Journal of European Public Policy. 31(10). 3151–3175. 2 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank, et al.. (2023). Die differenzierte Integration und die Zukunft der Europäischen Union: Konsolidierung, Krisen und Erweiterung. IG. 46(2). 94–114. 1 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank, et al.. (2022). Rebordering Europe in the Ukraine War: community building without capacity building. West European Politics. 46(5). 843–871. 24 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank, et al.. (2022). Transboundary crises and political development: why war is not necessary for European state-building. Journal of European Public Policy. 29(12). 1871–1884. 25 indexed citations
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Goodman, Sara Wallace & Frank Schimmelfennig. (2019). Migration: a step too far for the contemporary global order?. Journal of European Public Policy. 27(7). 1103–1113. 25 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank, et al.. (2018). Europeanization revisited : central and eastern Europe in the European Union. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 12 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank. (2016). Good governance and differentiated integration: Graded membership in the European Union. European Journal of Political Research. 55(4). 789–810. 24 indexed citations
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Leuffen, Dirk, Berthold Rittberger, & Frank Schimmelfennig. (2012). Differentiated Integration: Explaining Variation in the European Union. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
12.
Schimmelfennig, Frank. (2012). Constructivist Perspectives. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank. (2012). Eu External Governance and Europeanization Beyond the Eu. Oxford University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Lavenex, Sandra & Frank Schimmelfennig. (2010). EU external governance : projecting EU rules beyond membership. Routledge eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank & Hanno Scholtz. (2010). Legacies and Leverage: EU Political Conditionality and Democracy Promotion in Historical Perspective. Europe Asia Studies. 62(3). 443–460. 31 indexed citations
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Gschwend, Thomas & Frank Schimmelfennig. (2007). Research design in political science : how to practice what they preach. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 27 indexed citations
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Checkel, Jeffrey T., Jeffrey T. Checkel, Jeffrey T. Checkel, et al.. (2007). International Institutions and Socialization in Europe. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 124 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier. (2005). The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 450 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank. (2005). "European Neighborhood Policy: Political Conditionality and its Impact on Democracy in Non-Candidate Neighboring Countries". Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh). 30(3). 241–4. 10 indexed citations
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Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier. (2004). Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of European Public Policy. 11(4). 661–679. 626 indexed citations breakdown →

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