Sandra Ley

1.1k total citations
24 papers, 530 citations indexed

About

Sandra Ley is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Ley has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 530 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Sandra Ley's work include Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers). Sandra Ley is often cited by papers focused on Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (14 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (8 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers). Sandra Ley collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and United Kingdom. Sandra Ley's co-authors include Guillermo Trejo, Covadonga Meseguer, Francisco Cantú, Cassy Dorff, John H. Aldrich, Carlos Scartascini, Natália Aruguete, Ernesto Calvo and Francisco Javier Aparicio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Migration Review and Comparative Political Studies.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Ley

23 papers receiving 490 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Ley Mexico	12	456	158	56	47	30	24	530
Eduardo Moncada United States	13	357 0.8×	147 0.9×	45 0.8×	31 0.7×	12 0.4×	18	449
Angélica Durán‐Martínez United States	8	409 0.9×	76 0.5×	57 1.0×	18 0.4×	6 0.2×	17	453
Aila M. Matanock United States	12	503 1.1×	263 1.7×	10 0.2×	20 0.4×	28 0.9×	38	562
Markus-Michael Müller Germany	12	392 0.9×	168 1.1×	28 0.5×	8 0.2×	21 0.7×	44	478
Benjamin Lessing United States	10	653 1.4×	126 0.8×	109 1.9×	21 0.4×	6 0.2×	22	702
Mauricio Rivera Mexico	8	230 0.5×	91 0.6×	13 0.2×	20 0.4×	13 0.4×	13	266
Andreas Schloenhardt Australia	10	283 0.6×	94 0.6×	26 0.5×	14 0.3×	18 0.6×	72	354
Gilles Favarel‐Garrigues France	10	246 0.5×	93 0.6×	26 0.5×	9 0.2×	7 0.2×	37	303
Kees Koonings Netherlands	9	194 0.4×	98 0.6×	8 0.1×	11 0.2×	12 0.4×	26	314
Margaret E. Beare Canada	11	258 0.6×	69 0.4×	37 0.7×	21 0.4×	8 0.3×	29	313

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandra Ley

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ley, Sandra & Francisco Javier Aparicio. (2025). México 2024: Los riesgos del poder sin control y del crimen organizado politizado. Revista de ciencia política. 45(2). 287–312.

Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2023). Voting for Law and Order: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Mexico. Comparative Political Studies. 57(4). 551–583. 7 indexed citations

Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Yucatán as an Exception to Rising Criminal Violence in México. Journal of Politics in Latin America. 14(1). 103–119. 4 indexed citations

Dorff, Cassy, et al.. (2022). Does Violence Against Journalists Deter Detailed Reporting? Evidence From Mexico. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 67(6). 1218–1247. 11 indexed citations

Ley, Sandra. (2022). High-risk participation: Demanding peace and justice amid criminal violence. Journal of Peace Research. 59(6). 794–809. 10 indexed citations

Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Security or Social Spending? Perceptions of Insecurity, Victimization, and Policy Priorities in Mexico and Brazil. Political Studies. 72(1). 134–157. 4 indexed citations

Aruguete, Natália, et al.. (2021). Partisan cues and perceived risks: The effect of partisan social media frames during the COVID-19 crisis in Mexico. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 31(sup1). 82–95. 9 indexed citations

Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2021). Remittances and Protests against Crime in Mexico. International Migration Review. 56(1). 206–236. 5 indexed citations

Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2020). Enojo, identidad partidista y la activación populista del electorado en México. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 27(2). 6. 1 indexed citations

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Trejo, Guillermo & Sandra Ley. (2020). Votes, Drugs, and Violence. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 80 indexed citations

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Trejo, Guillermo & Sandra Ley. (2019). High-Profile Criminal Violence: Why Drug Cartels Murder Government Officials and Party Candidates in Mexico. British Journal of Political Science. 51(1). 203–229. 44 indexed citations

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Ley, Sandra, et al.. (2019). Indigenous Resistance to Criminal Governance: Why Regional Ethnic Autonomy Institutions Protect Communities from Narco Rule in Mexico. Latin American Research Review. 54(1). 181–200. 48 indexed citations

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Cantú, Francisco & Sandra Ley. (2017). Poll Worker Recruitment: Evidence from the Mexican Case. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy. 16(4). 495–510. 13 indexed citations

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Trejo, Guillermo & Sandra Ley. (2017). Why Did Drug Cartels Go to War in Mexico? Subnational Party Alternation, the Breakdown of Criminal Protection, and the Onset of Large-Scale Violence. Comparative Political Studies. 51(7). 900–937. 98 indexed citations

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Ley, Sandra. (2017). Electoral Accountability in the Midst of Criminal Violence: Evidence from Mexico. Latin American Politics and Society. 59(1). 3–27. 25 indexed citations

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Aldrich, John H., et al.. (2017). Incognizance and Perceptual Deviation: Individual and Institutional Sources of Variation in Citizens’ Perceptions of Party Placements on the Left–Right Scale. Political Behavior. 40(2). 415–433. 15 indexed citations

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Meseguer, Covadonga, et al.. (2017). Sending money home in times of crime: the case of Mexico. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 43(13). 2169–2192. 16 indexed citations

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Trejo, Guillermo & Sandra Ley. (2016). Federalismo, drogas y violencia. Por qué el conflicto partidista intergubernamental estimuló la violencia del narcotráfico en México. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 23(1). 11–56. 25 indexed citations

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Aldrich, John H., et al.. (2013). Uncertainty or Ambiguity? Sources of Variation in Ideological Placements of Political Parties. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Aparicio, Francisco Javier & Sandra Ley. (2008). Electoral Institutions and Democratic Consolidation in the Mexican States. 1–34. 2 indexed citations

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