Simon Munzert

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 782 citations indexed

About

Simon Munzert is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Munzert has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 782 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Simon Munzert's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (5 papers). Simon Munzert is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (5 papers). Simon Munzert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Simon Munzert's co-authors include Peter Selb, Lukas F. Stoetzer, Anita Gohdes, Will Lowe, Pablo Barberá, JungHwan Yang, Andrew M. Guess, Dominic Nyhuis, Paul Cornelius Bauer and P. Meißner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Simon Munzert

33 papers receiving 736 citations

Hit Papers

Tracking and promoting the usage of a COVID-19 contact tr... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Tracking and promoting the usage of a COVID-19 contact tracing app
    2021 143 citations Simon Munzert, Peter Selb et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Munzert Germany 15 380 321 208 122 110 34 782
Adam Glynn United States 15 566 1.5× 309 1.0× 169 0.8× 70 0.6× 218 2.0× 33 1.3k
Anita Gohdes Germany 12 371 1.0× 148 0.5× 90 0.4× 120 1.0× 58 0.5× 25 543
Taylor Owen Canada 9 571 1.5× 141 0.4× 254 1.2× 34 0.3× 70 0.6× 23 857
Peter Selb Germany 17 400 1.1× 734 2.3× 156 0.8× 102 0.8× 38 0.3× 37 1.0k
Airo Hino Japan 10 208 0.5× 209 0.7× 74 0.4× 73 0.6× 35 0.3× 30 452
Kaiping Chen United States 15 373 1.0× 123 0.4× 246 1.2× 33 0.3× 104 0.9× 52 730
Yonatan Lupu United States 20 925 2.4× 566 1.8× 96 0.5× 43 0.4× 181 1.6× 45 1.5k
Lukas F. Stoetzer Germany 12 224 0.6× 184 0.6× 42 0.2× 98 0.8× 32 0.3× 35 450
Chen Min China 11 395 1.0× 64 0.2× 256 1.2× 61 0.5× 100 0.9× 33 848
Loni Hagen United States 12 331 0.9× 106 0.3× 245 1.2× 80 0.7× 185 1.7× 42 748

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Munzert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Munzert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Munzert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Munzert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Munzert 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 Simon Munzert. Simon Munzert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Stoetzer, Lukas F., et al.. (2025). The Zweitstimme Forecast for the German Federal Election 2025: Coalition Majorities and Vacant Districts. PS Political Science & Politics. 59(1). 48–54.
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2025). Citizen preferences for online hate speech regulation. PNAS Nexus. 4(2). pgaf032–pgaf032. 2 indexed citations
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Helbling, Marc, Rahsaan Maxwell, Simon Munzert, & Richard Traunmüller. (2022). The importance of citizenship for deserving COVID-19 treatment. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 302–302. 5 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2022). Prioritization preferences for COVID-19 vaccination are consistent across five countries. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 439–439. 6 indexed citations
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Stoetzer, Lukas F., Simon Munzert, Will Lowe, et al.. (2022). Affective partisan polarization and moral dilemmas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Political Science Research and Methods. 11(2). 429–436. 14 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2022). Who's cheating on your survey? A detection approach with digital trace data. Political Science Research and Methods. 12(2). 390–398. 2 indexed citations
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Gschwend, Thomas, et al.. (2021). The Zweitstimme Model: A Dynamic Forecast of the 2021 German Federal Election. PS Political Science & Politics. 55(1). 85–90. 4 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2021). Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Voting Advice Applications. Political Communication. 38(6). 691–706. 29 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, Peter Selb, Anita Gohdes, Lukas F. Stoetzer, & Will Lowe. (2021). Tracking and promoting the usage of a COVID-19 contact tracing app. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(2). 247–255. 143 indexed citations breakdown →
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2021). The Comparative Legislators Database. British Journal of Political Science. 52(3). 1398–1408. 25 indexed citations
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Guess, Andrew M., Pablo Barberá, Simon Munzert, & JungHwan Yang. (2021). The consequences of online partisan media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(14). 91 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, Pablo Barberá, Andrew M. Guess, & JungHwan Yang. (2020). Do Online Voter Guides Empower Citizens?. Public Opinion Quarterly. 84(3). 675–698. 21 indexed citations
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Selb, Peter & Simon Munzert. (2020). Can we directly survey adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations
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Neunhoeffer, Marcel, Thomas Gschwend, Simon Munzert, & Lukas F. Stoetzer. (2020). Ein Ansatz zur Vorhersage der Erststimmenanteile bei Bundestagswahlen. Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 61(1). 111–130. 1 indexed citations
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Selb, Peter & Simon Munzert. (2018). Examining a Most Likely Case for Strong Campaign Effects: Hitler’s Speeches and the Rise of the Nazi Party, 1927–1933. American Political Science Review. 112(4). 1050–1066. 33 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon. (2017). Forecasting elections at the constituency level: A correction–combination procedure. International Journal of Forecasting. 33(2). 467–481. 7 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Michael, Simon Munzert, & Peter Selb. (2015). Determining the Effect of Strategic Voting on Election Results. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). 179(2). 583–605. 9 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon, et al.. (2014). Automated Data Collection with R. 40 indexed citations
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Munzert, Simon & Paul Cornelius Bauer. (2013). Political Depolarization in German Public Opinion, 1980–2010. Political Science Research and Methods. 1(1). 67–89. 39 indexed citations
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Selb, Peter & Simon Munzert. (2012). Voter overrepresentation, vote misreporting, and turnout bias in postelection surveys. Electoral Studies. 32(1). 186–196. 106 indexed citations

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