Thomas Kurer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Thomas Kurer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kurer has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kurer's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (13 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (10 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (8 papers). Thomas Kurer is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (13 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (10 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (8 papers). Thomas Kurer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Kurer's co-authors include Silja Häusermann, Aina Gallego, Hanna Schwander, Bruno Palier, Bruno Wüest, Denise Traber, Matthias Enggist, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Reto Bürgisser and Delia Zollinger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Political Science Review and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kurer

22 papers receiving 788 citations

Hit Papers

The Declining Middle: Occupational Change, Social Status,... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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.

  1. The Declining Middle: Occupational Change, Social Status, and the Populist Right
    2020 161 citations Thomas Kurer Comparative Political Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Kurer Switzerland 14 578 380 237 140 68 23 840
Julian L. Garritzmann Germany 18 643 1.1× 219 0.6× 160 0.7× 165 1.2× 74 1.1× 33 817
Menno Fenger Netherlands 9 300 0.5× 202 0.5× 158 0.7× 90 0.6× 76 1.1× 46 597
Ian Holliday Hong Kong 9 636 1.1× 441 1.2× 225 0.9× 79 0.6× 99 1.5× 13 917
Dominik Schraff Switzerland 14 417 0.7× 319 0.8× 68 0.3× 126 0.9× 26 0.4× 28 703
William W. Franko United States 12 315 0.5× 209 0.6× 42 0.2× 114 0.8× 42 0.6× 22 537
Michael Shalev Israel 15 536 0.9× 437 1.1× 224 0.9× 132 0.9× 323 4.8× 35 976
Irfan Nooruddin United States 17 634 1.1× 766 2.0× 48 0.2× 268 1.9× 14 0.2× 46 1.2k
Gerald Gamm United States 12 297 0.5× 238 0.6× 39 0.2× 125 0.9× 58 0.9× 24 517
Stefano Gagliarducci Italy 12 446 0.8× 271 0.7× 89 0.4× 519 3.7× 26 0.4× 22 872
Patricio Navia Chile 14 530 0.9× 423 1.1× 49 0.2× 113 0.8× 16 0.2× 129 827

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Kurer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Kurer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kurer

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abou‐Chadi, Tarik, et al.. (2024). Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support. Comparative Political Studies. 58(13). 2866–2901. 4 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas, et al.. (2023). How technological change affects regional voting patterns. Political Science Research and Methods. 12(1). 94–112. 10 indexed citations
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Häusermann, Silja, Thomas Kurer, & Delia Zollinger. (2023). Aspiration Versus Apprehension: Economic Opportunities and Electoral Preferences. British Journal of Political Science. 53(4). 1230–1251. 14 indexed citations
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Bischof, Daniel & Thomas Kurer. (2023). Place-Based Campaigning: The Political Impact of Real Grassroots Mobilization. The Journal of Politics. 85(3). 984–1002. 4 indexed citations
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Gallego, Aina & Thomas Kurer. (2022). Automation, Digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Implications for Political Behavior. Annual Review of Political Science. 25(1). 463–484. 68 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Disappointed Expectations: Downward Mobility and Electoral Change. American Political Science Review. 116(4). 1340–1356. 39 indexed citations
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Gallego, Aina, et al.. (2021). Neither Left Behind nor Superstar: Ordinary Winners of Digitalization at the Ballot Box. The Journal of Politics. 84(1). 418–436. 29 indexed citations
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Abou‐Chadi, Tarik & Thomas Kurer. (2021). Economic Risk within the Household and Voting for the Radical Right. World Politics. 73(3). 482–511. 34 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas. (2020). The Declining Middle: Occupational Change, Social Status, and the Populist Right. Comparative Political Studies. 53(10-11). 1798–1835. 161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gallego, Aina, et al.. (2020). Neither Left-Behind nor Superstar: Ordinary Winners of Digitalization at the Ballot. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Wüest, & Matthias Enggist. (2019). Economic grievances and political protest. European Journal of Political Research. 58(3). 866–892. 83 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas & Aina Gallego. (2019). Distributional consequences of technological change: Worker-level evidence. Research & Politics. 6(1). 47 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas. (2019). Routine Workers in an Increasingly Automated World of Work: Evidence from Switzerland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Häusermann, Silja, Thomas Kurer, & Denise Traber. (2018). The Politics of Trade-Offs: Studying the Dynamics of Welfare State Reform With Conjoint Experiments. Comparative Political Studies. 52(7). 1059–1095. 74 indexed citations
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Häusermann, Silja, et al.. (2018). Mehrheitsfähigkeit der Altersvorsorge 2020 : Die Bewertung der Reformelemente durch die Stimmbürgerinnen und Stimmbürger vor der Abstimmung. Swiss Political Science Review. 24(1). 69–78. 2 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Wüest, & Matthias Enggist. (2018). Economic grievances and political protest. European Journal of Political Research. 2 indexed citations
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Kurer, Thomas. (2016). Inert and Insignificant? On the Electoral Relevance of Labor Market Outsiders. 1 indexed citations
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Colombo, Céline, et al.. (2016). Analyse der eidgenössischen Abstimmung vom 5. Juni 2016. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich).
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Häusermann, Silja, Thomas Kurer, & Hanna Schwander. (2016). Sharing the Risk? Households, Labor Market Vulnerability, and Social Policy Preferences in Western Europe. The Journal of Politics. 78(4). 1045–1060. 51 indexed citations
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Häusermann, Silja, Thomas Kurer, & Hanna Schwander. (2014). High-skilled outsiders? Labor market vulnerability, education and welfare state preferences. Socio-Economic Review. 13(2). 235–258. 120 indexed citations

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