Samara Klar

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Samara Klar is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Samara Klar has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Samara Klar's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (25 papers), Social Media and Politics (14 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 papers). Samara Klar is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (25 papers), Social Media and Politics (14 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (12 papers). Samara Klar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Denmark. Samara Klar's co-authors include Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan, James Druckman, Matthew Levendusky, Yotam Shmargad, Jay J. Van Bavel, Peter H. Ditto, Linda J. Skitka, Mary C. McGrath and David G. Rand and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Samara Klar

35 papers receiving 2.1k 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 sectarianism in America

2020 461 citations Samara Klar, James Druckman et al. profile →
Affective polarization, local contexts and public opinion in America

2020 267 citations James Druckman, Samara Klar et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
How Affective Polarization Undermines Support for Democratic Norms

2021 155 citations Jon Kingzette, James Druckman et al. Public Opinion Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samara Klar United States	18	1.4k	1.1k	818	285	157	37	2.2k
Yanna Krupnikov United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	738 0.9×	402 1.4×	116 0.7×	55	2.2k
John Barry Ryan United States	23	1.2k 0.8×	731 0.7×	607 0.7×	298 1.0×	142 0.9×	63	1.8k
Kyle L. Saunders United States	14	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	898 1.1×	358 1.3×	103 0.7×	30	2.6k
Costas Panagopoulos United States	27	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	835 1.0×	236 0.8×	228 1.5×	124	2.6k
Rune Slothuus Denmark	17	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	849 1.0×	237 0.8×	115 0.7×	30	2.4k
Ted Brader United States	17	2.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	884 1.1×	290 1.0×	307 2.0×	35	3.1k
Lynn Vavreck United States	26	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	715 0.9×	295 1.0×	92 0.6×	52	2.3k
Vincent L. Hutchings United States	18	2.7k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	868 1.1×	543 1.9×	323 2.1×	30	3.6k
Gaurav Sood United States	6	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	890 1.1×	173 0.6×	99 0.6×	10	1.8k
John Sides United States	26	2.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.9×	893 1.1×	374 1.3×	122 0.8×	64	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Samara Klar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samara Klar

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Klar, Samara, et al.. (2025). How Cross-Cutting Ties Reduce Affective Polarization: Evidence from Latino Americans. Political Behavior. 47(4). 1925–1947.

Gravelle, Timothy B., et al.. (2022). The Competing Influence of Policy Content and Political Cues: Cross-Border Evidence from the United States and Canada. American Political Science Review. 116(4). 1375–1388. 14 indexed citations

Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, & John Barry Ryan. (2022). Who Are Leaners? How True Independents Differ from the Weakest Partisans and Why It Matters. The Forum. 20(1). 147–159. 3 indexed citations

Kingzette, Jon, James Druckman, Samara Klar, et al.. (2021). How Affective Polarization Undermines Support for Democratic Norms. Public Opinion Quarterly. 85(2). 663–677. 155 indexed citations breakdown →

Klar, Samara, et al.. (2021). The #MeToo movement and attitudes toward President Trump in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation. Politics Groups and Identities. 10(5). 837–846. 9 indexed citations

Druckman, James, Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov, Matthew Levendusky, & John Barry Ryan. (2020). How Affective Polarization Shapes Americans’ Political Beliefs: A Study of Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 8(3). 223–234. 114 indexed citations

Druckman, James, Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov, Matthew Levendusky, & John Barry Ryan. (2020). Affective polarization, local contexts and public opinion in America. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(1). 28–38. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryan, Kathleen Searles, & Yotam Shmargad. (2020). Using social media to promote academic research: Identifying the benefits of twitter for sharing academic work. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0229446–e0229446. 88 indexed citations

Shmargad, Yotam & Samara Klar. (2019). How Partisan Online Environments Shape Communication with Political Outgroups. International journal of communication. 13. 27. 16 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara, Thomas J. Leeper, & Joshua Robison. (2019). Studying Identities with Experiments: Weighing the Risk of Posttreatment Bias Against Priming Effects. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 7(1). 56–60. 42 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara. (2019). Turn and Face the Strange Ch-Ch-Changes: How an Evolving America Activates Identity Politics. The Journal of Politics. 82(1). e1–e6. 2 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara, Yanna Krupnikov, & John Barry Ryan. (2018). Affective Polarization or Partisan Disdain?. Public Opinion Quarterly. 82(2). 379–390. 138 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara. (2018). When Common Identities Decrease Trust: An Experimental Study of Partisan Women. American Journal of Political Science. 62(3). 610–622. 52 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara & Yotam Shmargad. (2017). The Effect of Network Structure on Preference Formation. The Journal of Politics. 79(2). 717–721. 15 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara, Christopher Weber, & Yanna Krupnikov. (2016). Social Desirability Bias in the 2016 Presidential Election. The Forum. 14(4). 433–443. 10 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara & Spencer Piston. (2015). The influence of competing organisational appeals on individual donations. Journal of Public Policy. 35(2). 171–191. 8 indexed citations

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Druckman, James, Mauro Gilli, Samara Klar, & Joshua Robison. (2014). Athlete support for Title IX. The Sport Journal. 17.

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Klar, Samara. (2014). A Multidimensional Study of Ideological Preferences and Priorities among the American Public. Public Opinion Quarterly. 78(S1). 344–359. 40 indexed citations

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Druckman, James, Mauro Gilli, Samara Klar, & Joshua Robison. (2014). The Role of Social Context in Shaping Student-Athlete Opinions. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115159–e115159. 4 indexed citations

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Klar, Samara, Joshua Robison, & James Druckman. (2013). Political dynamics of framing. 173–192. 7 indexed citations

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