Thomas Sommerer

2.8k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Sommerer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Development and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Sommerer has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in Development and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Sommerer's work include International Development and Aid (18 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (8 papers) and Policy Transfer and Learning (7 papers). Thomas Sommerer is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (18 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (8 papers) and Policy Transfer and Learning (7 papers). Thomas Sommerer collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United Kingdom. Thomas Sommerer's co-authors include Jonas Tallberg, Theresa Squatrito, Christer Jönsson, Katharina Holzinger, Christoph Knill, Stephan Heichel, Jessica Pape, Magnus Lundgren, Sijeong Lim and Hans Agné and has published in prestigious journals such as International Organization, The Journal of Politics and International Studies Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Sommerer

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Sommerer Sweden 16 737 472 395 365 215 35 1.3k
Jens Steffek Germany 16 668 0.9× 348 0.7× 452 1.1× 367 1.0× 63 0.3× 47 1.3k
Ole Elgström Sweden 20 1.1k 1.5× 280 0.6× 457 1.2× 226 0.6× 132 0.6× 85 1.5k
Klaus Dingwerth Germany 16 365 0.5× 306 0.6× 341 0.9× 637 1.7× 114 0.5× 35 1.4k
Darren Hawkins United States 15 852 1.2× 724 1.5× 804 2.0× 303 0.8× 170 0.8× 31 1.6k
Thomas J. Biersteker United States 16 812 1.1× 278 0.6× 680 1.7× 335 0.9× 200 0.9× 53 1.6k
Bernhard Zangl Germany 19 675 0.9× 298 0.6× 316 0.8× 283 0.8× 100 0.5× 55 1.0k
Katharina Holzinger Germany 22 1.0k 1.4× 122 0.3× 323 0.8× 346 0.9× 379 1.8× 74 1.7k
Bruce Gilley United States 19 965 1.3× 153 0.3× 956 2.4× 119 0.3× 216 1.0× 59 1.6k
Michael W. Bauer Germany 25 1.4k 1.8× 230 0.5× 393 1.0× 394 1.1× 168 0.8× 102 1.8k
Shaun Breslin United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.4× 550 1.2× 582 1.5× 160 0.4× 179 0.8× 77 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Sommerer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Debre, Maria J & Thomas Sommerer. (2025). Are non-democracies taking over? Autocratization and international organization membership. Cooperation and Conflict. 61(1). 32–58.
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Sommerer, Thomas & Jonas Tallberg. (2025). Effects of Popular Legitimacy on International Organizations: An Elite Survey Experiment. The Journal of Politics. 88(2). 732–745. 1 indexed citations
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Squatrito, Theresa & Thomas Sommerer. (2024). Informal governance and transnational access in world politics. Regulation & Governance. 19(4). 994–1014. 1 indexed citations
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Duit, Andreas, Sijeong Lim, & Thomas Sommerer. (2023). The state and the environment: Environmental policy and performance in 37 countries 1970–2010. Politics & Policy. 51(6). 1046–1068. 1 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Magnus, Jonas Tallberg, Thomas Sommerer, & Theresa Squatrito. (2023). When are International Organizations Responsive to Policy Problems?. International Studies Quarterly. 67(3). 5 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Magnus, Theresa Squatrito, Thomas Sommerer, & Jonas Tallberg. (2023). Introducing the Intergovernmental Policy Output Dataset (IPOD). The Review of International Organizations. 19(1). 117–146. 3 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Magnus, Thomas Sommerer, Theresa Squatrito, & Jonas Tallberg. (2023). Introducing the Intergovernmental Policy Output Dataset (IPOD). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Tallberg, Jonas, Magnus Lundgren, Thomas Sommerer, & Theresa Squatrito. (2020). Why International Organizations Commit to Liberal Norms. International Studies Quarterly. 64(3). 626–640. 35 indexed citations
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Sommerer, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Compliance without coercion: Effects of reporting on international labor rights. Journal of Peace Research. 58(3). 494–509. 12 indexed citations
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Squatrito, Theresa, Magnus Lundgren, & Thomas Sommerer. (2019). Shaming by international organizations: Mapping condemnatory speech acts across 27 international organizations, 1980–2015. Cooperation and Conflict. 54(3). 356–377. 19 indexed citations
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Sommerer, Thomas & Hans Agné. (2018). Consequences of Legitimacy in Global Governance. Oxford University Press eBooks. 19 indexed citations
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Sommerer, Thomas & Jonas Tallberg. (2016). Decision-Making in International Organizations: Actors, Preferences, and Institutions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Sommerer, Thomas & Jonas Tallberg. (2016). Transnational Access to International Organizations 1950–2010: A New Data Set. International Studies Perspectives. ekv022–ekv022. 20 indexed citations
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Tallberg, Jonas, Thomas Sommerer, & Theresa Squatrito. (2015). Democratic memberships in international organizations: Sources of institutional design. The Review of International Organizations. 11(1). 59–87. 45 indexed citations
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Tallberg, Jonas, Theresa Squatrito, & Thomas Sommerer. (2015). Explaining Patterns in IO Openness: Governance Problems, Policy Approaches, and Institutional Design. Nomos eBooks. 375–400.
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Tallberg, Jonas, Thomas Sommerer, Theresa Squatrito, & Christer Jönsson. (2014). Explaining the Transnational Design of International Organizations. International Organization. 68(4). 741–774. 104 indexed citations
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Tallberg, Jonas, Thomas Sommerer, Theresa Squatrito, & Christer Jönsson. (2013). Explaining the Transnational Design of International Organizations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Holzinger, Katharina, Christoph Knill, Stephan Heichel, & Thomas Sommerer. (2010). Theorie und Empirie internationaler Politikkonvergenz. Verlag Barbara Budrich eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Holzinger, Katharina, Christoph Knill, & Thomas Sommerer. (2008). Environmental Policy Convergence: The Impact of International Harmonization, Transnational Communication, and Regulatory Competition. International Organization. 62(4). 553–587. 171 indexed citations
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Heichel, Stephan, Jessica Pape, & Thomas Sommerer. (2005). Is there convergence in convergence research? an overview of empirical studies on policy convergence. Journal of European Public Policy. 12(5). 817–840. 150 indexed citations

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