Joost van Spanje

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Joost van Spanje is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Joost van Spanje has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Joost van Spanje's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (31 papers), Populism, Right-Wing Movements (25 papers) and Social Media and Politics (14 papers). Joost van Spanje is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (31 papers), Populism, Right-Wing Movements (25 papers) and Social Media and Politics (14 papers). Joost van Spanje collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy. Joost van Spanje's co-authors include Wouter van der Brug, Claes H. de Vreese, Rachid Azrout, Rens Vliegenthart, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Elias Dinas, Nan Dirk de Graaf, Laura Jacobs, Andreas Schuck and Matthijs Elenbaas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Forces and Journal of Communication.

In The Last Decade

Joost van Spanje

54 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Immigration, Europe and the ‘new’ cultural dimension

2009 316 citations Wouter van der Brug, Joost van Spanje European Journal of Political Research profile →
Contagious Parties

2010 292 citations Joost van Spanje Party Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joost van Spanje Netherlands	22	1.5k	837	433	189	102	56	1.9k
Paul Taggart United Kingdom	29	2.5k 1.7×	940 1.1×	238 0.5×	357 1.9×	91 0.9×	54	2.8k
Sarah L. de Lange Netherlands	19	1.5k 1.0×	825 1.0×	274 0.6×	85 0.4×	75 0.7×	57	1.8k
Hans‐Jörg Trenz Norway	20	794 0.5×	412 0.5×	339 0.8×	280 1.5×	49 0.5×	72	1.2k
Steven W. Webster United States	11	909 0.6×	813 1.0×	523 1.2×	88 0.5×	37 0.4×	19	1.4k
Daniel E. Bergan United States	13	380 0.3×	592 0.7×	377 0.9×	144 0.8×	48 0.5×	46	895
Thomas M. Meyer Austria	20	1.0k 0.7×	385 0.5×	400 0.9×	376 2.0×	28 0.3×	56	1.3k
Swen Hutter Germany	21	1.5k 1.0×	702 0.8×	287 0.7×	308 1.6×	40 0.4×	57	1.9k
Ryan Bakker United States	9	1.7k 1.1×	549 0.7×	285 0.7×	474 2.5×	54 0.5×	13	2.0k
Shane Singh United States	24	1.1k 0.7×	662 0.8×	387 0.9×	104 0.6×	36 0.4×	61	1.3k
Manuela Caiani Italy	19	750 0.5×	514 0.6×	276 0.6×	77 0.4×	135 1.3×	61	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Joost van Spanje

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joost van Spanje

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joost van Spanje

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joost van Spanje. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joost van Spanje based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joost van Spanje. Joost van Spanje is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Spanje, Joost van, et al.. (2025). The stigma on right-wing parties: perceptions and voting behaviour. Journal of European Public Policy. 33(2). 415–443. 1 indexed citations

Jacobs, Laura & Joost van Spanje. (2022). Who’s Afraid of Terror News? The Interplay between News Consumption Patterns, Personal Experiences and Fear of Terrorism. Mass Communication & Society. 26(3). 486–508. 1 indexed citations

Rekker, Roderik & Joost van Spanje. (2021). Hate Speech Prosecution of Politicians and its Effect on Support for the Legal System and Democracy. British Journal of Political Science. 52(2). 886–907. 5 indexed citations

Spanje, Joost van & Rachid Azrout. (2020). Killing them softly? Two complementary studies on visibility and framing of new parties in the news. Journalism. 23(1). 278–294. 2 indexed citations

Jacobs, Laura, et al.. (2020). Trial and error: hate speech prosecution and its (unintended) effects on democratic support. Acta Politica. 57(1). 143–166.

Jacobs, Laura & Joost van Spanje. (2020). Prosecuted, yet popular? Hate speech prosecution of anti-immigration politicians in the news and electoral support. Comparative European Politics. 18(6). 899–924. 13 indexed citations

Spanje, Joost van & Till Weber. (2017). Does ostracism affect party support? Comparative lessons and experimental evidence. Party Politics. 25(6). 745–758. 21 indexed citations

Dinas, Elias, Erin Hartman, & Joost van Spanje. (2016). Dead Man Walking: The Affective Roots of Issue Proximity Between Voters and Parties. Political Behavior. 38(3). 659–687. 16 indexed citations

Spanje, Joost van, et al.. (2015). Discussing the democratic deficit: effects of media and interpersonal communication on satisfaction with EU democracy. International journal of communication. 9. 3177–3198. 6 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van, et al.. (2015). Owning the issues of crime and immigration: The relation between immigration and crime news and anti-immigrant voting in 11 countries. Electoral Studies. 38. 59–69. 69 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van, et al.. (2015). European Public Sphere| Discussing the Democratic Deficit: Effects of Media and Interpersonal Communication on Satisfaction with Democracy in the European Union. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 22. 4 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van & Claes H. de Vreese. (2014). Europhile Media and Eurosceptic Voting: Effects of News Media Coverage on Eurosceptic Voting in the 2009 European Parliamentary Elections. Political Communication. 31(2). 325–354. 67 indexed citations

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Boomgaarden, Hajo G., Claes H. de Vreese, Andreas Schuck, et al.. (2013). Across time and space: Explaining variation in news coverage of the European Union. European Journal of Political Research. 52(5). 608–629. 50 indexed citations

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Vliegenthart, Rens, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, & Joost van Spanje. (2012). Anti-Immigrant Party Support and Media Visibility: A Cross-Party, Over-Time Perspective. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 22(3). 315–358. 45 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van, et al.. (2012). ‘Second-order’ institutions: national institutional quality as a yardstick for EU evaluation. Journal of European Public Policy. 19(7). 1071–1088. 13 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van. (2011). Keeping the rascals in: Anti‐political‐establishment parties and their cost of governing in established democracies. European Journal of Political Research. 50(5). 609–635. 44 indexed citations

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Spanje, Joost van. (2011). The Wrong and the Right: A Comparative Analysis of ‘Anti-Immigration’ and ‘Far Right’ Parties. Government and Opposition. 46(3). 293–320. 46 indexed citations

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Boomgaarden, Hajo G., Joost van Spanje, Rens Vliegenthart, & Claes H. de Vreese. (2011). Covering the crisis: Media coverage of the economic crisis and citizens’ economic expectations. Acta Politica. 46(4). 353–379. 75 indexed citations

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Brug, Wouter van der & Joost van Spanje. (2009). Immigration, Europe and the ‘new’ cultural dimension. European Journal of Political Research. 48(3). 309–334. 316 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spanje, Joost van. (2007). Pariah Parties and Political Exclusion. 42(4). 35–36. 3 indexed citations

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