Ludger Helms

2.4k total citations
84 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

Ludger Helms is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ludger Helms has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Ludger Helms's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (18 papers), Political Systems and Governance (15 papers) and Public Administration and Political Analysis (11 papers). Ludger Helms is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (18 papers), Political Systems and Governance (15 papers) and Public Administration and Political Analysis (11 papers). Ludger Helms collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Ludger Helms's co-authors include Matthijs Bogaards, Arend Lijphart, Femke van Esch, Beverly Crawford, Michelangelo Vercesi, Uwe Jun, Marcelo Jenny, Bülent Aras, Ferdinand Müller‐Rommel and Rudy B. Andeweg and has published in prestigious journals such as Transplantation, Public Administration and West European Politics.

In The Last Decade

Ludger Helms

73 papers receiving 679 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ludger Helms Austria 15 549 221 143 84 74 84 788
Andrew McFarland United States 10 222 0.4× 234 1.1× 162 1.1× 68 0.8× 55 0.7× 25 492
John K. Glenn United States 9 359 0.7× 315 1.4× 100 0.7× 40 0.5× 40 0.5× 14 571
André Mach Switzerland 16 332 0.6× 289 1.3× 173 1.2× 119 1.4× 36 0.5× 51 629
Yvonne Zylan United States 8 267 0.5× 266 1.2× 93 0.7× 77 0.9× 24 0.3× 13 474
Alan Ware United Kingdom 17 549 1.0× 275 1.2× 158 1.1× 39 0.5× 89 1.2× 54 754
Meg Russell United Kingdom 18 708 1.3× 179 0.8× 101 0.7× 95 1.1× 36 0.5× 56 817
Donald E. Abelson Canada 13 243 0.4× 264 1.2× 213 1.5× 45 0.5× 56 0.8× 31 523
Rudy B. Andeweg Netherlands 18 879 1.6× 276 1.2× 244 1.7× 95 1.1× 141 1.9× 57 1.1k
Georgia Duerst-Lahti United States 9 240 0.4× 181 0.8× 74 0.5× 77 0.9× 42 0.6× 15 509
Dario Castiglione United Kingdom 16 565 1.0× 327 1.5× 72 0.5× 28 0.3× 52 0.7× 50 783

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ludger Helms

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ludger Helms

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Helms, Ludger. (2024). Mythos „Kanzlerdemokratie“. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 19(1). 123–145. 1 indexed citations
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Grotz, Florian & Ludger Helms. (2024). Making sense of comeback prime ministers. European Political Science Review. 17(4). 711–728.
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Helms, Ludger, et al.. (2023). Women Opposition Leaders: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Agendas. Politics and Governance. 11(1). 80–84. 5 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger, et al.. (2023). Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries. Politics and Governance. 11(1). 85–96. 3 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger & Michelangelo Vercesi. (2022). The Comparative Politics of Cabinet Reshuffles. Government and Opposition. 59(4). 1148–1160. 3 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2022). Pathways to the Chancellorship. German Politics & Society. 40(2). 71–89. 2 indexed citations
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Aras, Bülent & Ludger Helms. (2021). The limits of institutionalizing predominance: understanding the emergence of Turkey’s new opposition. European Political Science. 20(4). 592–602. 3 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2018). Heir Apparent Prime Ministers in Westminster Democracies: Promise and Performance. Government and Opposition. 55(2). 260–282. 13 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2016). introduction: leadership questions in transnational european governance. European Political Science. 16(1). 1–13. 12 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2010). Modelldemokratie im Gegenwind? Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 41(1). 207–221. 1 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2007). Wie verändert die Internationalisierung von Politik, Gesellschaft und Ökonomie die liberale Demokratie in Europa? Eine Problemskizze*. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. 17(4). 1119–1139. 1 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2007). Die Institutionalisierung der liberalen Demokratie : Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich. Campus eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2006). Germany's crisis and struggle for political self-reinvention : The 2005 federal election in context. German Studies Review. 29(2). 315–330. 1 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger & Uwe Jun. (2004). Politische Theorie und Regierungslehre : eine Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Institutionenforschung. Campus eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2004). Five Ways of Institutionalizing Political Opposition: Lessons from the Advanced Democracies. Government and Opposition. 39(1). 22–54. 36 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2003). Executive Leadership and the Role of "Veto Players" in the United States and Germany. The Program for the Study of Germany and Europe Working Papers Series 03.2, 2003. Transplantation. 58(11). 1145–52. 1 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2003). Regieren unter den Bedingungen des institutionellen Pluralismus: ein deutsch-amerikanischer Vergleich. Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 44(1). 66–85. 2 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (2002). Politische Opposition : Theorie und Praxis in westlichen Regierungssystemen. Leske + Budrich eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Helms, Ludger. (1998). Keeping Weimar at Bay: The German Federal Presidency since 1949. German Politics & Society. 16(2). 50–68. 1 indexed citations

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