Sonja Zmerli

2.4k total citations
17 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sonja Zmerli is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Zmerli has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Sonja Zmerli's work include Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Social Capital and Networks (8 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers). Sonja Zmerli is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Social Capital and Networks (8 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 papers). Sonja Zmerli collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Germany. Sonja Zmerli's co-authors include Kenneth Newton, Ken Newton, Marc Hooghe, Juan Carlos Castillo, Jan W. van Deth, Dietlind Stolle, José Ramón Montero Gibert, Juan Carlos Castillo, Kathrin Ackermann and Markus Freitag and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Opinion Quarterly, American Behavioral Scientist and Social Science Research.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Zmerli

15 papers receiving 1000 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Zmerli France 10 820 488 226 114 92 17 1.1k
Ryan Enos United States 17 980 1.2× 676 1.4× 206 0.9× 81 0.7× 147 1.6× 31 1.3k
Maria Grasso United Kingdom 21 772 0.9× 668 1.4× 343 1.5× 45 0.4× 41 0.4× 60 1.3k
Melissa R. Michelson United States 21 738 0.9× 766 1.6× 472 2.1× 149 1.3× 44 0.5× 83 1.3k
Stefan Dahlberg Sweden 20 607 0.7× 799 1.6× 260 1.2× 51 0.4× 100 1.1× 56 1.2k
Benjamin J. Newman United States 21 1.4k 1.7× 825 1.7× 147 0.7× 129 1.1× 79 0.9× 50 1.8k
Pazit Ben‐Nun Bloom Israel 20 701 0.9× 255 0.5× 120 0.5× 155 1.4× 42 0.5× 45 1.1k
David L. Leal United States 19 928 1.1× 732 1.5× 254 1.1× 48 0.4× 81 0.9× 68 1.5k
Staffan Kumlin Norway 16 625 0.8× 634 1.3× 91 0.4× 45 0.4× 131 1.4× 40 1.1k
Mikael Gilljam Sweden 16 471 0.6× 543 1.1× 222 1.0× 54 0.5× 128 1.4× 40 1.1k
Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz United States 17 452 0.6× 456 0.9× 172 0.8× 56 0.5× 109 1.2× 48 793

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Zmerli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Zmerli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Zmerli

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Claassen, Christopher, Kathrin Ackermann, Christopher Carman, et al.. (2025). Measuring rural and urban consciousness in Europe. Electoral Studies. 95. 102912–102912. 2 indexed citations
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Gibert, José Ramón Montero, Sonja Zmerli, & Ken Newton. (2024). Confianza social, confianza política y satisfacción con la democracia. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 11–54.
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Zmerli, Sonja. (2021). Notions of democracy in France: uncovering causes and consequences. French Politics. 19(2-3). 192–217. 1 indexed citations
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Newton, Kenneth, Dietlind Stolle, & Sonja Zmerli. (2017). Social and Political Trust. Oxford University Press eBooks. 89 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja & Juan Carlos Castillo. (2015). Income inequality, distributive fairness and political trust in Latin America. Social Science Research. 52. 179–192. 84 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja & Marc Hooghe. (2013). Political trust : why context matters. 207 indexed citations
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Castillo, Juan Carlos & Sonja Zmerli. (2012). Inequality and Political Trust. How Objective and Subjective Inequality Affects Latin American Democracies. 3 indexed citations
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Newton, Ken & Sonja Zmerli. (2011). Three forms of trust and their association. European Political Science Review. 3(2). 169–200. 236 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja. (2009). Social Capital and Norms of Citizenship: An Ambiguous Relationship?. American Behavioral Scientist. 53(5). 657–676. 32 indexed citations
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Deth, Jan W. van & Sonja Zmerli. (2009). Introduction: Civicness, Equality, and Democracy—A “Dark Side” of Social Capital?. American Behavioral Scientist. 53(5). 631–639. 81 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja & Ken Newton. (2008). Social Trust and Attitudes Toward Democracy. 2 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja & Kenneth Newton. (2008). Social Trust and Attitudes Toward Democracy. Public Opinion Quarterly. 72(4). 706–724. 278 indexed citations
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Gibert, José Ramón Montero, Sonja Zmerli, & Ken Newton. (2008). Confianza social, confianza política y satisfacción con la democracia. (Social Trust, Political Confidence, and Satisfaction with Democracy). Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. 11–11. 25 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja. (2008). Inklusives und exklusives Sozialkapital in Deutschland. Nomos eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja. (2003). Applying The Concepts of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital to Empirical Research. European Political Science. 2(3). 68–75. 29 indexed citations
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Zmerli, Sonja. (2002). Mark E. Warren: Democracy and Association. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 54(2). 383–385.

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