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.
A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?
2019625 citationsStaffan I. Lindberg et al.Democratizationprofile →
Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach
2011445 citationsMichael Coppedge, John Gerring et al.profile →
Regimes of the World (RoW): Opening New Avenues for the Comparative Study of Political Regimes
2018249 citationsStaffan I. Lindberg et al.profile →
How Much Democratic Backsliding?
2017170 citationsValeriya Mechkova, Staffan I. Lindberg et al.profile →
Explaining the homogeneous diffusion of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions across heterogeneous countries
2020145 citationsStaffan I. Lindberg et al.profile →
How democracies prevail: democratic resilience as a two-stage process
2021106 citationsVanessa A. Boese, Amanda B. Edgell et al.Democratizationprofile →
State of the world 2021: autocratization changing its nature?
202252 citationsVanessa A. Boese, Martin Lundstedt et al.Democratizationprofile →
Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot: Democracy Report 2024
202431 citationsMartin Lundstedt, Fabio Angiolillo et al.SSRN Electronic Journalprofile →
25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped? Democracy Report 2025
202515 citationsFabio Angiolillo, David Altman et al.SSRN Electronic Journalprofile →
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Fields of papers citing papers by Staffan I. Lindberg
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Staffan I. Lindberg
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Maerz, Seraphine F., Amanda B. Edgell, Matthew C. Wilson, Sebastian Hellmeier, & Staffan I. Lindberg. (2023). Episodes of regime transformation. Journal of Peace Research. 61(6). 967–984.34 indexed citations
Tzelgov, Eitan, et al.. (2015). The Varieties of Democracy Core Civil Society Index. Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University).3 indexed citations
Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, & Staffan I. Lindberg. (2012). Variedades de democracia (V-Dem): un enfoque histórico, multidimensional y desagregado. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.3 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Staffan I.. (2012). Have the Cake and Eat It: The Rational Voter in Africa. SSRN Electronic Journal.4 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Staffan I.. (2004). Democratization and Women's Empowerment: The Effects of Electoral Systems, Participation and Repetition in Africa.. Lund University Publications (Lund University).11 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Staffan I., et al.. (2003). Modelling Institutional Fate: The Case of a Farmers’ Movement in Uttar Pradesh. Lund University Publications (Lund University).3 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Staffan I.. (2002). The 'Democraticness' of Multiparty Elections: Participation, Competition and Legitimacy in Africa. Lund University Publications (Lund University).4 indexed citations
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Lindberg, Staffan I.. (1998). Demokratisering under internationellt tryck: afrikanska transitioner i ett nytt ljus. Lund University Publications (Lund University).1 indexed citations
Djurfeldt, Göran & Staffan I. Lindberg. (1975). Behind Poverty: The Social Formation in a Tamil Village. Lund University Publications (Lund University).13 indexed citations
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