Markus Prior

8.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
33 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Markus Prior is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Prior has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Communication and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Markus Prior's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (17 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (9 papers). Markus Prior is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (17 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (9 papers). Markus Prior collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Markus Prior's co-authors include Paul M. Sniderman, Louk Hagendoorn, Arthur Lupia, Kabir Khanna, Gaurav Sood, Lori D. Bougher, Yanna Krupnikov, Adam Seth Levine, Kyu S. Hahn and Shanto Iyengar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Markus Prior

32 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Post-Broadcast Democracy

2007 1.1k citations Markus Prior profile →
Predisposing Factors and Situational Triggers: Exclusionary Reactions to Immigrant Minorities

2004 777 citations Paul M. Sniderman, Louk Hagendoorn et al. profile →
Media and Political Polarization

2013 614 citations Markus Prior profile →
News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout

2005 597 citations Markus Prior American Journal of Political Science profile →
You’ve Either Got It or You Don’t? The Stability of Political Interest over the Life Cycle

2010 358 citations Markus Prior The Journal of Politics profile →
You Cannot be Serious: The Impact of Accuracy Incentives on Partisan Bias in Reports of Economic Perceptions

2015 214 citations Markus Prior, Gaurav Sood et al. Quarterly Journal of Political Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Prior United States	19	3.5k	2.9k	2.1k	373	293	33	5.1k
W. Russell Neuman United States	22	2.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	345 0.9×	243 0.8×	58	5.2k
Sean Westwood United States	17	2.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	363 1.0×	350 1.2×	40	4.5k
Charles S. Taber United States	21	4.2k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	312 0.8×	357 1.2×	39	5.9k
Hajo G. Boomgaarden Austria	42	3.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	291 0.8×	163 0.6×	164	6.4k
Jesper Strömbäck Sweden	41	4.1k 1.1×	5.6k 1.9×	1.8k 0.8×	369 1.0×	216 0.7×	200	7.5k
Yphtach Lelkes United States	29	4.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	495 1.3×	514 1.8×	74	6.1k
Nicholas A. Valentino United States	33	4.7k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	826 2.2×	141 0.5×	67	6.4k
Peter Van Aelst Belgium	36	2.8k 0.8×	3.5k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	315 0.8×	179 0.6×	141	5.1k
Tamir Sheafer Israel	26	1.9k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	240 0.6×	128 0.4×	74	3.6k
David P. Redlawsk United States	22	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	466 1.2×	189 0.6×	62	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Markus Prior

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Fields of papers citing papers by Markus Prior

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Prior

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Markus Prior. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Markus Prior 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 Markus Prior. Markus Prior 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

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Andrews, Talbot M., et al.. (2025). Meaning Beyond Numbers: Introducing the Plot Staircase to Measure Graphical Preferences. Political Analysis. 34(2). 278–295. 1 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus, et al.. (2023). People are less myopic about future than past collective outcomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2310050120–e2310050120. 7 indexed citations

3.

Prior, Markus. (2019). Hooked: How Politics Captures People's Interest. 69 indexed citations

4.

Prior, Markus, Gaurav Sood, & Kabir Khanna. (2015). You Cannot be Serious: The Impact of Accuracy Incentives on Partisan Bias in Reports of Economic Perceptions. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 10(4). 489–518. 214 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prior, Markus. (2014). Conditions for Political Accountability in a High-Choice Media Environment. Oxford University Press eBooks. 897–910. 2 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2013). Visual Political Knowledge: A Different Road to Competence?. The Journal of Politics. 76(1). 41–57. 78 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2010). You’ve Either Got It or You Don’t? The Stability of Political Interest over the Life Cycle. The Journal of Politics. 72(3). 747–766. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prior, Markus. (2009). Improving Media Effects Research through Better Measurement of News Exposure. The Journal of Politics. 71(3). 893–908. 194 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2008). The Stability of Political Interest over the Life Cycle. 3 indexed citations

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Krupnikov, Yanna, Adam Seth Levine, Arthur Lupia, & Markus Prior. (2006). Public Ignorance and Estate Tax Repeal: The Effect of Partisan Differences and Survey Incentives. National Tax Journal. 59(3). 425–437. 25 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2006). The Incumbent in the Living Room: The Rise of Television and the Incumbency Advantage in U.S. House Elections. The Journal of Politics. 68(3). 657–673. 119 indexed citations

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Lupia, Arthur & Markus Prior. (2005). What Citizens Know Depends on How You Ask Them: Political Knowledge and Political Learning Skills. MPRA Paper. 4 indexed citations

13.

Prior, Markus. (2005). News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout. American Journal of Political Science. 49(3). 577–577. 38 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2005). News vs. Entertainment: How Increasing Media Choice Widens Gaps in Political Knowledge and Turnout. American Journal of Political Science. 49(3). 577–592. 597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prior, Markus & Arthur Lupia. (2005). What Citizens Know Depends on How You Ask Them: Experiments on Political Knowledge Under Respondent-Friendly Conditions. 1–41.

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Sniderman, Paul M., Louk Hagendoorn, & Markus Prior. (2003). De moeizame acceptatie van moslims in Nederland. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 78(3). 18 indexed citations

17.

Prior, Markus. (2003). Any Good News in Soft News? The Impact of Soft News Preference on Political Knowledge. Political Communication. 20(2). 149–171. 223 indexed citations

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Prior, Markus. (2002). Liberated Viewers, Polarized Voters--The Implications of Increased Media Choice for Democratic Politics. The Good Society. 11(3). 10–16. 11 indexed citations

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Iyengar, Shanto, Kyu S. Hahn, & Markus Prior. (2001). Has Technology Made Attention to Political Campaigns More Selective? An Experimental Study of the 2000 Presidential Campaign. 8 indexed citations

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Sniderman, Paul M., et al.. (2000). The Theory of Democratic Elitism Revisited: A Response to Vengroffand Morton. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 33(3). 569–586. 2 indexed citations

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