Leila Demarest

583 total citations
22 papers, 222 citations indexed

About

Leila Demarest is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Leila Demarest has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 222 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in General Health Professions and 3 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Leila Demarest's work include Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers), Social Media and Politics (3 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (3 papers). Leila Demarest is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers), Social Media and Politics (3 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (3 papers). Leila Demarest collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Zimbabwe. Leila Demarest's co-authors include Arnim Langer, Frances Stewart, Ukoha Ukiwo, Amélie Godefroidt, Roos Haer, Wouter Veenendaal and Bart Meuleman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Communication and Social Indicators Research.

In The Last Decade

Leila Demarest

20 papers receiving 193 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leila Demarest Belgium 9 145 53 24 19 18 22 222
Mauricio Rivera Mexico 8 230 1.6× 91 1.7× 22 0.9× 20 1.1× 8 0.4× 13 266
Christina Case United States 2 219 1.5× 64 1.2× 34 1.4× 10 0.5× 13 0.7× 4 272
Mfaniseni Fana Sihlongonyane South Africa 8 103 0.7× 53 1.0× 15 0.6× 14 0.7× 6 0.3× 22 207
Khabele Matlosa Lesotho 8 135 0.9× 75 1.4× 50 2.1× 28 1.5× 8 0.4× 61 225
Gary Prévost United States 8 150 1.0× 100 1.9× 31 1.3× 14 0.7× 8 0.4× 52 246
Sabine Selchow United Kingdom 7 156 1.1× 172 3.2× 25 1.0× 13 0.7× 22 1.2× 18 290
Christopher Linebarger United States 6 282 1.9× 95 1.8× 40 1.7× 11 0.6× 18 1.0× 16 342
Mareike Schomerus United Kingdom 10 189 1.3× 106 2.0× 21 0.9× 16 0.8× 4 0.2× 31 256
Christopher Daase Germany 11 233 1.6× 164 3.1× 33 1.4× 12 0.6× 19 1.1× 42 355
Yee‐Kuang Heng Japan 10 207 1.4× 147 2.8× 42 1.8× 23 1.2× 6 0.3× 35 308

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leila Demarest

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Demarest, Leila, et al.. (2025). Opportunities or risks for civic education in electoral democracies? Evidence from Nigeria. International Journal of Educational Development. 117. 103316–103316.
2.
Demarest, Leila. (2023). They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria. Journal of Cultural Economy. 16(2). 297–300. 3 indexed citations
3.
Demarest, Leila & Arnim Langer. (2023). Managing Diversity in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic National Assembly: Integrated Parties versus Ethno-Regional Balancing. Publius The Journal of Federalism. 53(4). 593–617. 1 indexed citations
4.
Demarest, Leila & Roos Haer. (2021). A perfect match? The dampening effect of interethnic marriage on armed conflict in Africa. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 39(6). 686–705. 3 indexed citations
5.
Demarest, Leila. (2021). Elite clientelism in Nigeria: The role of parties in weakening legislator-voter ties. Party Politics. 28(5). 939–953. 7 indexed citations
6.
Veenendaal, Wouter & Leila Demarest. (2020). How population size affects power-sharing: a comparison of Nigeria and Suriname. Contemporary Politics. 27(3). 271–291. 1 indexed citations
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Haer, Roos & Leila Demarest. (2020). COVID-19 in Africa: Turning a Health Crisis into a Human Security Threat?. Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
8.
Demarest, Leila, Arnim Langer, & Ukoha Ukiwo. (2020). Nigeria’s Federal Character Commission (FCC): a critical appraisal. Oxford Development Studies. 48(4). 315–328. 13 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila, Amélie Godefroidt, & Arnim Langer. (2020). Understanding News Coverage of Religious-based Violence: Empirical and Theoretical Insights from Media Representations of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Journal of Communication. 70(4). 548–573. 10 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila, Arnim Langer, & Bart Meuleman. (2019). Between fallacy and feasibility? Dealing with the risk of ecological fallacies in the quantitative study of protest mobilization and conflict. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28(1). 21–42. 2 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila & Arnim Langer. (2019). Reporting on electoral violence in Nigerian news media: “Saying it as it is”?. African Studies Review. 62(4). 83–109. 3 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila & Arnim Langer. (2019). How Events Enter (or Not) Data Sets: The Pitfalls and Guidelines of Using Newspapers in the Study of Conflict. Sociological Methods & Research. 51(2). 632–666. 10 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila. (2018). Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa. Journal of Communication. 68(4). E50–E51. 4 indexed citations
14.
Demarest, Leila & Arnim Langer. (2018). Peace journalism on a shoestring? Conflict reporting in Nigeria’s national news media. Journalism. 22(3). 671–688. 8 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila & Arnim Langer. (2018). The study of violence and social unrest in Africa: A comparative analysis of three conflict event datasets. African Affairs. 117(467). 310–325. 18 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila. (2016). Democracy in Africa: successes, failures, and the struggle for political reform. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 35(1). 130–133. 7 indexed citations
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Langer, Arnim, et al.. (2016). Conceptualising and Measuring Social Cohesion in Africa: Towards a Perceptions-Based Index. Social Indicators Research. 131(1). 321–343. 46 indexed citations
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Demarest, Leila. (2014). Peaceland: Conflict resolution and the everyday politics of international intervention. African Affairs. 114(454). 158–160. 48 indexed citations
19.
Demarest, Leila. (2014). Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability. European Journal of Development Research. 26(5). 931–933. 1 indexed citations
20.
Demarest, Leila. (2014). Food Price Rises and Political Instability: Problematizing a Complex Relationship. European Journal of Development Research. 27(5). 650–671. 14 indexed citations

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