Lyle Scruggs

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Lyle Scruggs is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lyle Scruggs has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Lyle Scruggs's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (21 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (10 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (6 papers). Lyle Scruggs is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (21 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (10 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (6 papers). Lyle Scruggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Lyle Scruggs's co-authors include James P. Allan, Salil Benegal, Daniel Stockemer, Peter Lange, Shareen Hertel, C. Patrick Heidkamp, Thomas J. Hayes, Stéphane Pallage, Christian Zimmermann and Carol Atkinson‐Palombo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Lyle Scruggs

36 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Political Partisanship and Welfare State Reform in Advanced Industrial Societies

2004 466 citations James P. Allan, Lyle Scruggs profile →
Declining public concern about climate change: Can we blame the great recession?

2012 335 citations Lyle Scruggs, Salil Benegal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lyle Scruggs	1.3k	969	757	485	331	40	2.6k
Kenneth F. Scheve	2.0k 1.6×	2.3k 2.4×	1.4k 1.8×	356 0.7×	110 0.3×	67	4.5k
Frederick Solt	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.9×	1.3k 1.7×	249 0.5×	90 0.3×	29	3.4k
Scott Gates	1.3k 1.0×	2.4k 2.5×	521 0.7×	230 0.5×	124 0.4×	65	3.5k
Evan J. Ringquist	1.2k 0.9×	1000 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	166 0.3×	100 0.3×	41	2.9k
Albert Weale	825 0.6×	502 0.5×	469 0.6×	353 0.7×	158 0.5×	119	2.1k
Noel Gaston	465 0.4×	730 0.8×	1.7k 2.2×	254 0.5×	38 0.1×	68	2.8k
R. Kent Weaver	1.4k 1.1×	674 0.7×	360 0.5×	279 0.6×	36 0.1×	47	2.3k
Shi Li	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	321 0.7×	63 0.2×	117	3.1k
Peter H. Lindert	738 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	2.4k 3.1×	334 0.7×	89 0.3×	97	4.0k
Arthur S. Alderson	631 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	269 0.6×	40 0.1×	33	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lyle Scruggs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lyle Scruggs

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Andrews, Talbot M., et al.. (2025). The winds of change? Attitudes toward wind projects and their electoral implications in Texas. Energy Policy. 202. 114608–114608.

Benegal, Salil & Lyle Scruggs. (2024). Blame over blackouts: Correcting partisan misinformation regarding renewable energy in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 113. 103543–103543. 6 indexed citations

Atkinson‐Palombo, Carol, et al.. (2024). Electrifying the road: Navigating the transition to electric vehicles in Connecticut through hybrid insights and fleet evolution. Journal of Cleaner Production. 459. 142574–142574. 4 indexed citations

Scruggs, Lyle, et al.. (2023). The end of welfare states as we know them? A multidimensional perspective. Social Policy and Administration. 58(5). 785–799. 5 indexed citations

Scruggs, Lyle, et al.. (2022). Fifty years of welfare state generosity. Social Policy and Administration. 56(5). 791–807. 30 indexed citations

Bayülgen, Okşan, et al.. (2021). Tilting at windmills? Electoral repercussions of wind turbine projects in Minnesota. Energy Policy. 159. 112636–112636. 7 indexed citations

Scruggs, Lyle. (2018). Public opinion and economic human rights: Patterns of support in 22 countries. Journal of Human Rights. 17(5). 568–588. 4 indexed citations

Scruggs, Lyle & Thomas J. Hayes. (2017). The Influence of Inequality on Welfare Generosity. Politics & Society. 45(1). 35–66. 28 indexed citations

Scruggs, Lyle & James P. Allan. (2015). Trends in Welfare State Decommodification in Eighteen Advanced Industrial Democracies, 1972-2000 by.

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2013). Social Welfare Generosity and Public Opinion about Climate Change. 1 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle, Christian Zimmermann, & Stéphane Pallage. (2008). Measuring Unemployment Insurance Generosity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

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Scruggs, Lyle & James P. Allan. (2008). Social Stratification and Welfare Regimes for the Twenty-First Century: Revisiting The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. World Politics. 60(4). 642–664. 83 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2006). The Generosity of Social Insurance, 1971-2002. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 22(3). 349–364. 85 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2002). The Ghent System and Union Membership in Europe, 1970-1996. Political Research Quarterly. 55(2). 275–275. 9 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2002). The Ghent System and Union Membership in Europe, 1970-1996. Political Research Quarterly. 55(2). 275–297. 61 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2001). Is There Really a Link Between Neo-Corporatism and Environmental Performance? Updated Evidence and New Data for the 1980s and 1990s. British Journal of Political Science. 31(4). 59 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (2001). Sustaining Abundance. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 70 indexed citations

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Lange, Peter & Lyle Scruggs. (1999). "Where have all the members gone?" La sindacalizzazione nell'era della globalizzazione. Stato e mercato. 39–78. 2 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (1999). Institutions and Environmental Performance in Seventeen Western Democracies. British Journal of Political Science. 29(1). 1–31. 146 indexed citations

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Scruggs, Lyle. (1998). Political and Economic Inequality and the Environment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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