Kai Arzheimer

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kai Arzheimer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Arzheimer has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Kai Arzheimer's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (22 papers), Populism, Right-Wing Movements (19 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers). Kai Arzheimer is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (22 papers), Populism, Right-Wing Movements (19 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers). Kai Arzheimer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Kai Arzheimer's co-authors include Elisabeth Carter, Carl Berning, Jocelyn Evans, J. Evans, Harald Schoen, Philip Cowley, Rosie Campbell, Michael S. Lewis‐Beck, Markus Klein and Sigrid Roßteutscher and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Political Science, International Journal of Forecasting and British Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Kai Arzheimer

44 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2006 2019 100 200 300 400
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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. Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western Europe, 1980–2002
    2009 449 citations Kai Arzheimer profile →
  2. Political opportunity structures and right‐wing extremist party success
    2006 413 citations Kai Arzheimer, Elisabeth Carter European Journal of Political Research profile →
  3. How the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and their voters veered to the radical right, 2013–2017
    2019 189 citations Kai Arzheimer, Carl Berning Electoral Studies profile →

Peers

Kai Arzheimer
Sarah L. de Lange Netherlands
Eelco Harteveld Netherlands
Alı Çarkoğlu Türkiye
Joost van Spanje Netherlands
Duncan McDonnell Australia
Hans‐Georg Betz Switzerland
Steven W. Webster United States
Piero Ignazi Italy
Carolien van Ham Australia
Timotheos Frey Switzerland
Sarah L. de Lange Netherlands
Kai Arzheimer
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Arzheimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Arzheimer

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All Works

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Arzheimer, Kai, Carl Berning, Sarah L. de Lange, et al.. (2024). How Local Context Affects Populist Radical Right Support: A Cross-National Investigation Into Mediated and Moderated Relationships. British Journal of Political Science. 54(4). 1133–1158. 6 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai. (2023). The links between basic human values and political secularism: Evidence from Germany. European Journal of Political Research. 63(1). 370–382. 1 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai, et al.. (2023). ‘Place’ does matter for populist radical right sentiment, but how? Evidence from Germany. European Political Science Review. 16(2). 167–186. 28 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai. (2022). A Short Scale for Measuring Political Secularism. Politics and Religion. 15(4). 827–840. 4 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai. (2020). A partial micro-foundation for the ‘two-worlds’ theory of morality policymaking: Evidence from Germany. Research & Politics. 7(2). 2 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai, Jocelyn Evans, & Michael S. Lewis‐Beck. (2017). The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour: Volume 2. 20 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai, et al.. (2017). The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 70 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai. (2015). The AfD: Finally a Successful Right-Wing Populist Eurosceptic Party for Germany?. West European Politics. 38(3). 535–556. 251 indexed citations
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Roßteutscher, Sigrid, Thorsten Faas, & Kai Arzheimer. (2014). Voters and Voting in Multilevel Systems – An Introduction. German Politics. 24(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Faas, Thorsten, Kai Arzheimer, Sigrid Roßteutscher, & Bernhard Weßels. (2013). Koalitionen, Kandidaten, Kommunikation : Analysen zur Bundestagswahl 2009. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 5 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai & Elisabeth Carter. (2009). How (not) to operationalise subnational political opportunity structures: A critique of Kestilä and Söderlund's study of regional elections. European Journal of Political Research. 48(3). 335–358. 15 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai & Elisabeth Carter. (2006). Political opportunity structures and right‐wing extremist party success. European Journal of Political Research. 45(3). 419–443. 413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arzheimer, Kai. (2006). ‘Dead men walking?’ Party identification in Germany, 1977–2002. Electoral Studies. 25(4). 791–807. 36 indexed citations
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Klein, Markus & Kai Arzheimer. (2000). Einmal mehr: Ranking oder Rating?. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 52(3). 553–563. 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Markus & Kai Arzheimer. (1999). Ranking- und Rating-Verfahren zur Messung von Wertorientierungen, untersucht am Beispiel des Inglehart-Index: Empirische Befunde eines Methodenexperiments. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 51(3). 550–564. 5 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai, et al.. (1999). Die Grünen und der Benzinpreis: die Wählerschaft von BÜNDNIS 90/ Die Grünen im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 1998. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 20–43. 1 indexed citations
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Arzheimer, Kai & Markus Klein. (1998). Die Wirkung materieller Incentives auf den Rücklauf einer schriftlichen Panelbefragung. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 6–31. 4 indexed citations

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