Iain McLean

3.5k total citations
129 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Iain McLean is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain McLean has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 42 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Iain McLean's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (27 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (23 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (16 papers). Iain McLean is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (27 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (23 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (16 papers). Iain McLean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Iain McLean's co-authors include Alistair McMillan, Arthur Spirling, Anthony Heath, Bridget Taylor, John Curtice, Robert C. Luskin, James S. Fishkin, Christian List, Roxana Gutiérrez‐Romero and Irving Crespi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Iain McLean

122 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iain McLean United Kingdom 21 1.1k 445 420 159 115 129 1.6k
James L. Sundquist United States 16 654 0.6× 415 0.9× 263 0.6× 162 1.0× 81 0.7× 50 1.2k
José María Maravall Spain 11 1.1k 1.0× 645 1.4× 286 0.7× 184 1.2× 136 1.2× 25 1.5k
Walter Dean Burnham United States 15 1.3k 1.2× 549 1.2× 317 0.8× 290 1.8× 107 0.9× 41 1.6k
Sven Steinmo United States 23 1.5k 1.4× 572 1.3× 900 2.1× 257 1.6× 55 0.5× 50 2.6k
Dietrich Rueschemeyer United States 9 956 0.9× 1.1k 2.4× 206 0.5× 158 1.0× 81 0.7× 15 1.9k
David Butler Ireland 16 1.9k 1.8× 917 2.1× 383 0.9× 218 1.4× 95 0.8× 60 2.6k
Svend‐Erik Skaaning Denmark 25 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 3.7× 305 0.7× 228 1.4× 146 1.3× 108 2.5k
Michael Coppedge United States 23 1.8k 1.6× 1.8k 3.9× 382 0.9× 186 1.2× 123 1.1× 58 2.8k
Gerardo L. Munck United States 17 1.4k 1.3× 1.7k 3.8× 280 0.7× 173 1.1× 117 1.0× 83 2.5k
Ronald Wintrobe Canada 17 704 0.7× 851 1.9× 599 1.4× 133 0.8× 45 0.4× 47 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iain McLean

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McLean, Iain. (2014). Spending Too Much, Taxing Too Little? Parliaments in Fiscal Federalism. European Political Science. 14(1). 15–27. 1 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, et al.. (2011). Secularity and Secularism in the United Kingdom: On the Way to the First Amendment*. Brigham Young University law review. 2011(3). 637–656. 1 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (2011). ‘England Does Not Love Coalitions’: The Most Misused Political Quotation in the Book. Government and Opposition. 47(1). 3–20. 6 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, André Blais, James C. Garand, & Micheal W. Giles. (2008). Comparative journal rankings: a survey report. 60(20). 1609–1618. 9 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (2006). the eighteenth century revolution in social science and the dawn of political science in America. European Political Science. 5(2). 112–123.
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McLean, Iain & Colin Jennings. (2006). Applying the dismal science: when economists give advice to governments. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 2 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (2006). Adam Smith, radical and egalitarian : an interpretation for the twenty-first century. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, et al.. (2006). Why Should We Be Beggars with the Ballot in Our Hand? Veto Players and the Failure of Land Value Taxation in the United Kingdom, 1909–14. British Journal of Political Science. 36(4). 575–591. 4 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (2004). The History of Regulation in the United Kingdom: Three Case Studies in Search of a Theory. Chapters. 2 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, Arthur Spirling, & Meg Russell. (2003). None of the Above: The UK House of Commons votes on reforming the House of Lords. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (2002). William H. Riker and the Invention of Heresthetic(s). British Journal of Political Science. 32(3). 535–558. 48 indexed citations
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McGillivray, Fiona, Iain McLean, Robert Pahre, & Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey. (2001). International trade and political institutions : instituting trade in the long nineteenth century. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 9 indexed citations
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Heath, Anthony, et al.. (1999). Between first and second order: a comparison of voting behaviour in european and local elections in britain. European Journal of Political Research. 35(3). 389–414. 5 indexed citations
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Heath, Anthony, Iain McLean, Bridget Taylor, & John Curtice. (1999). Between first and second order: a comparison of voting behaviour in european and local elections in britain. European Journal of Political Research. 35(3). 389–414. 103 indexed citations
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Black, Duncan, et al.. (1998). The theory of committees and elections . And Committeedecisions with complementary valuation. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Garrett, Geoffrey & Iain McLean. (1996). On Power Indices and Reading Papers. British Journal of Political Science. 26(4). 600–600. 5 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain & David Butler. (1996). Fixing the boundaries : defining and redefining single-member electoral districts. 6 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, et al.. (1992). Ramon Llull and the theory of voting. 32(86). 21–37. 3 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain, et al.. (1986). Good Blood, Bad Blood, and the Market: The Gift Relationship Revisited. Journal of Public Policy. 6(4). 431–445. 9 indexed citations
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McLean, Iain. (1986). Some Recent Work in Public Choice. British Journal of Political Science. 16(3). 377–394. 4 indexed citations

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