Scott Mainwaring

20.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
117 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Scott Mainwaring is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott Mainwaring has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 52 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in Scott Mainwaring's work include Politics and Society in Latin America (65 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (23 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers). Scott Mainwaring is often cited by papers focused on Politics and Society in Latin America (65 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (23 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers). Scott Mainwaring collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Canada. Scott Mainwaring's co-authors include Timothy R. Scully, Aníbal Pérez‐Liñán, Kenneth Maxwell, Mark P. Jones, Matthew Søberg Shugart, Mariano Torcal, Timothy J. Power, Fernando Limongi, Adam Przeworski and Michael E. Álvarez and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Foreign Affairs and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Scott Mainwaring

106 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1995 1997 1993 1999 1996 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott Mainwaring United States 36 5.0k 3.4k 766 512 503 117 6.4k
Juan J. Linz United States 33 6.5k 1.3× 5.9k 1.7× 573 0.7× 478 0.9× 636 1.3× 124 9.2k
Alfred Stepan United States 33 4.4k 0.9× 4.3k 1.3× 555 0.7× 238 0.5× 416 0.8× 82 6.4k
Lucan A. Way Canada 28 6.0k 1.2× 6.7k 2.0× 367 0.5× 510 1.0× 334 0.7× 67 8.6k
Matthew Søberg Shugart United States 30 6.1k 1.2× 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 2.2× 900 1.8× 69 6.9k
Andreas Schedler Mexico 25 3.0k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 306 0.4× 258 0.5× 366 0.7× 99 4.6k
Emilie M. Hafner‐Burton United States 29 2.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.9× 440 0.6× 635 1.2× 372 0.7× 99 4.7k
Kurt Weyland United States 35 3.5k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 521 0.7× 349 0.7× 93 0.2× 84 4.9k
Jennifer Gandhi United States 16 3.0k 0.6× 3.7k 1.1× 597 0.8× 369 0.7× 231 0.5× 24 5.0k
Timothy J. Power United Kingdom 28 2.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 441 0.6× 209 0.4× 245 0.5× 78 3.4k
Barbara Geddes United States 21 2.7k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 638 0.8× 306 0.6× 124 0.2× 36 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott Mainwaring

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott Mainwaring

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mainwaring, Scott. (2025). The Third Wave's Lessons for Democracy. Journal of democracy. 36(2). 144–158.
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Mainwaring, Scott & Aníbal Pérez‐Liñán. (2024). Party Discipline in the Brazilian Constitutional Congress. D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh).
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Mainwaring, Scott. (2016). Party System Institutionalization, Party Collapse and Party Building. Government and Opposition. 51(4). 691–716. 17 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott & Aníbal Pérez‐Liñán. (2015). LA DEMOCRACIA A LA DERIVA EN AMÉRICA LATINA. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 20(2). 267–294. 2 indexed citations
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Chalmers, Douglas & Scott Mainwaring. (2012). Problems Confronting Contemporary Democracies: Essays in Honor of Alfred Stepan. University of Notre Dame Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott, et al.. (2003). Christian democracy in Latin America : electoral competition and regime conflicts. Stanford University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations
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Torcal, Mariano & Scott Mainwaring. (2002). The Political Recrafting of Social Bases of Party Competition: Chile, 1973–95. British Journal of Political Science. 33(1). 55–84. 144 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott, Daniel M. Brinks, & Aníbal Pérez‐Liñán. (2001). Classifying Political Regimes in Latin. Studies in Comparative International Development. 36(1). 37–65. 142 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott. (1999). La durabilidad de la democracia en América Latina, 1940-1998. Politica Y Gobierno. 6(2). 315–363. 1 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott. (1999). Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization. Stanford University Press eBooks. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mainwaring, Scott. (1999). Multipartidismo, federalismo robusto y presidencialismo en Brasil. Araucaria. 1(2). 4. 2 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott & Matthew Søberg Shugart. (1997). Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal. Comparative Politics. 29(4). 141–169. 91 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott, Matthew Søberg Shugart, Brian F. Crisp, et al.. (1997). Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mainwaring, Scott & Matthew Søberg Shugart. (1996). Presidencialismo y sistema de partidos en América Latina. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 9–40. 11 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott & Timothy R. Scully. (1995). La institucionalización de los sistemas de partidos en América Latina. 17. 63–101. 16 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott. (1995). Presidencialismo, multipartidismo y democracia: la difícil combinación. Revista de Estudios Políticos. 115–144. 5 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott. (1989). A igreja Católica e a política no Brasil (1916-1985). 15 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott, et al.. (1986). Transicao pela transacao : democratizacao no brasil e na espanha. Dados. 29(2). 207–236. 11 indexed citations
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Mainwaring, Scott, et al.. (1986). Transiciones vía transacción: La democratización en Brasil y en España. Revista de Estudios Políticos. 2 indexed citations

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