Jan Pierskalla

2.3k total citations
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Pierskalla is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Pierskalla has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Jan Pierskalla's work include Political Conflict and Governance (15 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (9 papers). Jan Pierskalla is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (15 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (9 papers). Jan Pierskalla collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. Jan Pierskalla's co-authors include Florian M Hollenbach, Alexander De Juan, Audrey Sacks, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Matthias Basedau, Nick Manning, Zahid Hasnain, Johannes Vüllers, Guy Grossman and Georg Strüver and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, World Development and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Jan Pierskalla

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Pierskalla United States 18 795 536 230 111 89 38 1.2k
Audrey Sacks United States 14 644 0.8× 508 0.9× 284 1.2× 79 0.7× 63 0.7× 29 1.3k
Carles Boix United States 7 537 0.7× 724 1.4× 373 1.6× 90 0.8× 48 0.5× 9 1.2k
Peter Lorentzen United States 12 755 0.9× 745 1.4× 396 1.7× 97 0.9× 130 1.5× 20 1.5k
Reza Hasmath Canada 18 676 0.9× 491 0.9× 85 0.4× 108 1.0× 61 0.7× 104 1.0k
Grigore Pop-Elecheș United States 19 848 1.1× 1.1k 2.0× 180 0.8× 112 1.0× 107 1.2× 45 1.6k
F. Daniel Hidalgo United States 14 568 0.7× 454 0.8× 201 0.9× 38 0.3× 77 0.9× 20 1.0k
Linda Chelan Li Hong Kong 14 723 0.9× 793 1.5× 198 0.9× 121 1.1× 19 0.2× 46 1.2k
Kyle L. Marquardt United States 16 724 0.9× 599 1.1× 134 0.6× 90 0.8× 78 0.9× 45 1.1k
Nic Cheeseman United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.4× 618 1.2× 109 0.5× 115 1.0× 104 1.2× 84 1.6k
Rory Truex United States 14 655 0.8× 624 1.2× 105 0.5× 43 0.4× 92 1.0× 28 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Pierskalla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Pierskalla

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Juan, Alexander De, et al.. (2021). The Partial Effectiveness of Indoctrination in Autocracies. World Politics. 73(4). 593–628. 9 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan & Audrey Sacks. (2019). Personnel Politics: Elections, Clientelistic Competition and Teacher Hiring in Indonesia. British Journal of Political Science. 50(4). 1283–1305. 35 indexed citations
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Juan, Alexander De, et al.. (2019). Natural disasters, aid distribution, and social conflict – Micro-level evidence from the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. World Development. 126. 104715–104715. 37 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan & Audrey Sacks. (2018). Unpaved Road Ahead: The Consequences of Election Cycles for Capital Expenditures. The Journal of Politics. 80(2). 510–524. 19 indexed citations
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Juan, Alexander De & Jan Pierskalla. (2017). The Comparative Politics of Colonialism and Its Legacies: An Introduction. Politics & Society. 45(2). 159–172. 14 indexed citations
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Juan, Alexander De, et al.. (2017). Constructing the State: Macro Strategies, Micro Incentives, and the Creation of Police Forces in Colonial Namibia. Politics & Society. 45(2). 269–299. 13 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan, et al.. (2017). The Territorial Expansion of the Colonial State: Evidence from German East Africa 1890–1909. British Journal of Political Science. 49(2). 711–737. 14 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan, et al.. (2017). Order, Distance, and Local Development over the Long-Run. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 12(4). 375–404. 12 indexed citations
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Pepinsky, Thomas B., Jan Pierskalla, & Audrey Sacks. (2017). Bureaucracy and Service Delivery. Annual Review of Political Science. 20(1). 249–268. 118 indexed citations
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Pepinsky, Thomas B., et al.. (2017). Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia. Electoral Studies. 48. 111–120. 32 indexed citations
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Grossman, Guy, et al.. (2017). Government Fragmentation and Public Goods Provision. The Journal of Politics. 79(3). 823–840. 57 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan & Audrey Sacks. (2016). Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence: Lessons from Indonesia. World Development. 90. 213–228. 33 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan & Audrey Sacks. (2016). Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence: Lessons from Indonesia. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan & Audrey Sacks. (2016). Unpacking the Effect of Decentralization on Conflict: Lessons from Indonesia.
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Pierskalla, Jan. (2015). Splitting the Difference? The Politics of District Creation in Indonesia. Comparative Politics. 48(2). 249–268. 49 indexed citations
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Juan, Alexander De, Jan Pierskalla, & Johannes Vüllers. (2015). The Pacifying Effects of Local Religious Institutions. Political Research Quarterly. 68(2). 211–224. 33 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan. (2015). The Politics of Urban Bias: Rural Threats and the Dual Dilemma of Political Survival. Studies in Comparative International Development. 51(3). 286–307. 30 indexed citations
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Pierskalla, Jan, et al.. (2013). War and the Reelection Motive. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 58(4). 658–684. 11 indexed citations
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Hollenbach, Florian M & Jan Pierskalla. (2012). Technology and Collective Action: The Effect of Cell Phone Coverage on Political Violence in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Hasnain, Zahid, Nick Manning, & Jan Pierskalla. (2012). Performance-related Pay in the Public Sector: A Review of Theory and Evidence. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 9 indexed citations

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