John Gerring

27.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
142 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

John Gerring is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, John Gerring has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 59 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in John Gerring's work include Political Conflict and Governance (35 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (22 papers). John Gerring is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (35 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (29 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (22 papers). John Gerring collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Norway. John Gerring's co-authors include Jason Seawright, Strom C. Thacker, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Michael Coppedge, William T. Barndt, Philip L. Bond, Rodrigo Alfaro and Carl Henrik Knutsen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John Gerring

135 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

Case Selection Techniques... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2008 2007 2004 2006 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Gerring 6.3k 5.2k 1.8k 1.6k 790 142 13.2k
Bob Jessop 5.4k 0.9× 5.6k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 378 0.5× 277 13.3k
James Mahoney 4.0k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 979 0.5× 877 0.5× 507 0.6× 86 7.8k
William A. Gamson 10.9k 1.7× 5.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 375 0.5× 116 20.0k
Henry E. Brady 7.0k 1.1× 6.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 199 0.3× 90 12.2k
Doug McAdam 12.7k 2.0× 7.1k 1.4× 2.2k 1.2× 561 0.3× 502 0.6× 87 18.9k
Neil Fligstein 5.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.6× 4.4k 2.4× 2.6k 1.5× 272 0.3× 150 16.1k
John S. Dryzek 5.7k 0.9× 5.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 353 0.4× 168 14.0k
Jamie Peck 6.0k 1.0× 6.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 2.5k 1.5× 447 0.6× 180 17.3k
Paul Pierson 4.9k 0.8× 12.2k 2.3× 2.0k 1.1× 2.7k 1.7× 812 1.0× 72 17.6k
Jens Hainmueller 8.7k 1.4× 4.9k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 5.9k 3.6× 353 0.4× 118 20.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Gerring

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Gerring

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All Works

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Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Kyle L. Marquardt, Brigitte Seim, et al.. (2024). Conceptual and Measurement Issues in Assessing Democratic Backsliding. PS Political Science & Politics. 57(2). 162–177. 15 indexed citations
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Gerring, John, et al.. (2023). The Composition of Descriptive Representation. American Political Science Review. 118(2). 784–801. 3 indexed citations
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Gerring, John, et al.. (2023). Conceptual Contestation: An Empirical Approach. Polity. 56(1). 7–39.
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Gerring, John, et al.. (2022). The impact of university attendance on partisanship. Political Science Research and Methods. 12(1). 45–58. 2 indexed citations
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Acharya, Arnab, John Gerring, & Aaron Reeves. (2021). Being close to an election does not make health more politically relevant: more experimental evidence during a global pandemic. BMJ Global Health. 6(1). e004296–e004296. 1 indexed citations
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Knutsen, Carl Henrik, Jan Teorell, Tore Wig, et al.. (2019). Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy dataset: Political institutions in the long 19th century. Journal of Peace Research. 56(3). 440–451. 31 indexed citations
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Hummel, Calla, et al.. (2019). Do Political Finance Reforms Reduce Corruption?. British Journal of Political Science. 51(2). 869–889. 23 indexed citations
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Knutsen, Carl Henrik, John Gerring, Svend‐Erik Skaaning, et al.. (2018). Economic development and democracy: An electoral connection. European Journal of Political Research. 58(1). 292–314. 18 indexed citations
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Gerring, John, et al.. (2016). The Diverse Effects of Diversity on Democracy. British Journal of Political Science. 48(2). 283–314. 24 indexed citations
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Gerring, John, et al.. (2013). Demography and Democracy: A Global, District-level Analysis of Electoral Contestation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Gerring, John & Svend‐Erik Skaaning. (2013). A Concept-driven Approach to Measurement: The Lexical Scale. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, & Staffan I. Lindberg. (2012). Variedades de democracia (V-Dem): un enfoque histórico, multidimensional y desagregado. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Gerring, John. (2012). Mere Description. British Journal of Political Science. 42(4). 721–746. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerring, John, James Mahoney, & Natalie Lam. (2011). CLIO World Tables: A Global Historical Database. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Collier, David & John Gerring. (2009). Concepts and Method in Social Science: The Tradition of Giovanni Sartori (Introduction). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Collier, David & John Gerring. (2009). Concepts and Method in Social Science: The Tradition of Giovanni Sartori. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 93 indexed citations
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Seawright, Jason & John Gerring. (2008). Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research. Political Research Quarterly. 61(2). 294–308. 2202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerring, John. (2007). The Mechanismic Worldview: Thinking Inside the Box. British Journal of Political Science. 38(1). 161–179. 189 indexed citations
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Gerring, John. (2004). What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for?. American Political Science Review. 98(2). 341–354. 1506 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gerring, John & Strom C. Thacker. (2004). Political Institutions and Corruption: The Role of Unitarism and Parliamentarism. British Journal of Political Science. 34(2). 295–330. 343 indexed citations

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