Simón Bornschier

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Simón Bornschier is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Simón Bornschier has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Simón Bornschier's work include Populism, Right-Wing Movements (21 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (17 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 papers). Simón Bornschier is often cited by papers focused on Populism, Right-Wing Movements (21 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (17 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 papers). Simón Bornschier collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Dominican Republic. Simón Bornschier's co-authors include Romain Lachat, Hanspeter Kriesi, Timotheos Frey, Martin Dolezal, Edgar Grande, Silja Häusermann, Delia Zollinger, Céline Colombo, Marc Helbling and Peter Selb and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Comparative Political Studies and British Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Simón Bornschier

30 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

West European Politics in the Age of Globalization

2008 1.2k citations Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande et al. profile →
Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared

2006 956 citations Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande et al. European Journal of Political Research profile →
How “Us” and “Them” Relates to Voting Behavior—Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice

2021 115 citations Simón Bornschier, Silja Häusermann et al. Comparative Political Studies profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simón Bornschier	2.7k	1.2k	350	335	156	33	3.1k
Martin Dolezal	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	511 1.5×	475 1.4×	178 1.1×	37	3.3k
Romain Lachat	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	493 1.4×	424 1.3×	199 1.3×	40	3.2k
Tim Bale	2.0k 0.7×	928 0.7×	264 0.8×	252 0.8×	157 1.0×	125	2.3k
Timotheos Frey	1.9k 0.7×	820 0.7×	266 0.8×	272 0.8×	103 0.7×	5	2.2k
Jan Rovný	2.5k 0.9×	867 0.7×	378 1.1×	594 1.8×	273 1.8×	36	2.9k
Jonathan Polk	1.9k 0.7×	681 0.5×	349 1.0×	431 1.3×	239 1.5×	35	2.2k
Markus Wagner	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	852 2.4×	456 1.4×	384 2.5×	83	3.0k
Patrick Seyd	1.5k 0.5×	758 0.6×	605 1.7×	267 0.8×	270 1.7×	39	2.0k
Pierre Birnbaum	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	150 0.4×	206 0.6×	117 0.8×	86	2.1k
Swen Hutter	1.5k 0.6×	702 0.6×	287 0.8×	308 0.9×	50 0.3×	57	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simón Bornschier

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All Works

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Häusermann, Silja, Simón Bornschier, Delia Zollinger, & Marco R. Steenbergen. (2025). Realignment within the right field: competition between the mainstream right and the far right. West European Politics. 49(3). 812–840. 2 indexed citations

Bornschier, Simón & Manuel Vogt. (2023). The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance. World Development. 176. 106493–106493. 2 indexed citations

Bornschier, Simón, Silja Häusermann, Delia Zollinger, & Céline Colombo. (2021). How “Us” and “Them” Relates to Voting Behavior—Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice. Comparative Political Studies. 54(12). 2087–2122. 115 indexed citations breakdown →

Bornschier, Simón. (2020). Combining deductive and inductive elements to measure party system responsiveness in challenging contexts: an approach with evidence from Latin America. European Political Science. 19(4). 540–549. 3 indexed citations

Bornschier, Simón. (2018). Globalization, Cleavages, and the Radical Right. Oxford University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations

Bornschier, Simón. (2018). Polarization, cleavages, and actors in old and new democracies. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich).

Bornschier, Simón. (2016). Historical Polarization and Representation in South American Party Systems, 1900–1990. British Journal of Political Science. 49(1). 153–179. 20 indexed citations

Bornschier, Simón. (2015). The Impact of Party System Responsiveness on Successful Populist Mobilization Strategies in Western Europe and Latin America. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich).

Bornschier, Simón. (2015). The New Cultural Conflict, Polarization, and Representation in the Swiss Party System, 1975–2011. Swiss Political Science Review. 21(4). 680–701. 48 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2013). Policy Representation in Seven Latin American Countries after Re-Democratization. Open MIND. 1 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2012). Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right: The New Cultural Conflict in Western Europe. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 209 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2010). National Dimensions of Political Conflict and the Mobilization of Euroscepticism by the Extreme Left and Right. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2009). Cleavage Politics in Old and New Democracies. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1(1). 37 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2008). Demokratie, Sozialstruktur und Parteiensysteme in Lateinamerika: Brasilien in vergleichender Perspektive. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2007). The Role of Historical Cleavages and of the Transformation of Political Space in the Rise of Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 3 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2007). Social Structure, Collective Identities, and Patterns of Conflict in Party Systems: Conceptualizing the Formation and Perpetuation of Cleavages. Open MIND. 8 indexed citations

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Kriesi, Hanspeter, Edgar Grande, Romain Lachat, et al.. (2006). Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared. European Journal of Political Research. 45(6). 921–956. 956 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kriesi, Hanspeter, Romain Lachat, Peter Selb, Simón Bornschier, & Marc Helbling. (2005). Der Aufstieg der SVP. Acht Kantone im Vergleich. MADOC (University of Mannheim). 72 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2005). New Political Divides and the Transformation of Historical Cleavages: An Analytical Model with an Application to France. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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Bornschier, Simón. (2005). Do Right-Wing Populist Parties constitute a European Party Family? A Comparison of their Programmatic Profile and their Positioning in Political Space. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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