Tim Bale

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Tim Bale is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Bale has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Tim Bale's work include Political and Economic history of UK and US (41 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (35 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (27 papers). Tim Bale is often cited by papers focused on Political and Economic history of UK and US (41 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (35 papers) and Populism, Right-Wing Movements (27 papers). Tim Bale collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Tim Bale's co-authors include Paul Webb, André Krouwel, Mónica Poletti, Christoffer Green‐Pedersen, Nick Sitter, Kurt Luther, Richard Dunphy, Elin Haugsgjerd Allern, Torbjörn Bergman and Stijn van Kessel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Pediatrics and European Journal of Political Research.

In The Last Decade

Tim Bale

116 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

If you can't Beat them, Join them? Explaining Social Demo... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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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. If you can't Beat them, Join them? Explaining Social Democratic Responses to the Challenge from the Populist Radical Right in Western Europe
    2009 313 citations Tim Bale et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Bale United Kingdom 24 2.0k 928 264 252 157 125 2.3k
Simón Bornschier Switzerland 15 2.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 350 1.3× 335 1.3× 156 1.0× 33 3.1k
Timotheos Frey Switzerland 5 1.9k 1.0× 820 0.9× 266 1.0× 272 1.1× 103 0.7× 5 2.2k
Martin Dolezal Austria 14 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 511 1.9× 475 1.9× 178 1.1× 37 3.3k
Romain Lachat Switzerland 16 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 493 1.9× 424 1.7× 199 1.3× 40 3.2k
Jonathan Polk Sweden 18 1.9k 0.9× 681 0.7× 349 1.3× 431 1.7× 239 1.5× 35 2.2k
Patrick Seyd United Kingdom 22 1.5k 0.7× 758 0.8× 605 2.3× 267 1.1× 270 1.7× 39 2.0k
Swen Hutter Germany 21 1.5k 0.7× 702 0.8× 287 1.1× 308 1.2× 50 0.3× 57 1.9k
Laurenz Ennser‐Jedenastik Austria 20 998 0.5× 296 0.3× 213 0.8× 380 1.5× 141 0.9× 51 1.3k
Simon Otjes Netherlands 20 1.2k 0.6× 406 0.4× 241 0.9× 426 1.7× 94 0.6× 114 1.4k
Jacques Thomassen Netherlands 20 1.6k 0.8× 496 0.5× 372 1.4× 398 1.6× 227 1.4× 86 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Bale

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Bale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Bale

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tim Bale. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tim Bale 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 Tim Bale. Tim Bale 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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Webb, Paul & Tim Bale. (2021). Shopping for a better deal? Party switching among grassroots members in Britain. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 33(2). 247–257. 4 indexed citations
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Ford, Robert, Tim Bale, Will Jennings, & Paula Surridge. (2021). The British General Election of 2019. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 25 indexed citations
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Webb, Paul, Tim Bale, & Mónica Poletti. (2019). Social networkers and careerists: Explaining high-intensity activism among British party members. International Political Science Review. 41(2). 255–270. 12 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Paul Webb. (2017). ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Majority’: Theresa May and the Tories. Political Insight. 8(2). 20–23. 6 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Paul Webb. (2015). The Conservatives: their Sweetest Victory?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20(3). 3 indexed citations
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Odmalm, Pontus & Tim Bale. (2014). Immigration into the mainstream: Conflicting ideological streams, strategic reasoning and party competition. Acta Politica. 50(4). 365–378. 37 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Paul Webb. (2013). Members Only: Views of the Conservative Party's Rank-and-File. Political Insight. 4(3). 4–8. 1 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim, et al.. (2012). Modernisation in small steps? Comparing the organisational reforms of the British Conservative Party and the German CDU. The Journal of Pediatrics. 123(5). 673–8. 2 indexed citations
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Webb, Paul, Tim Bale, & Paul Taggart. (2011). Deliberative Versus Parliamentary Democracy in the UK: An Experimental Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (2011). The Conservative party: from Thatcher to Cameron (2nd edition). Figshare. 27(4). 290–4. 5 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (2011). The Black Widow Effect: Why Britain's Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Might Have an Unhappy Ending. Parliamentary Affairs. 65(2). 323–337. 10 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Daniele Caramani. (2010). Political data in 2009. European Journal of Political Research. 49(7-8). 855–867. 5 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Ingrid van Biezen. (2009). Political data in 2008. European Journal of Political Research. 48(7-8). 859–873. 5 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Ingrid van Biezen. (2008). Political data in 2007. European Journal of Political Research. 47(7-8). 877–891. 9 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (2008). Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter. Figshare. 9 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Ingrid van Biezen. (2007). Political data in 2006. European Journal of Political Research. 46(7-8). 853–866. 4 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim & Torbjörn Bergman. (2006). Captives No Longer, but Servants Still? Contract Parliamentarism and the New Minority Governance in Sweden and New Zealand. Government and Opposition. 41(3). 422–449. 72 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (2005). European Politics: A Comparative Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (2002). Restricting the broadcast and publication of pre‐election and exit polls: some selected examples. Representation. 39(1). 15–22. 5 indexed citations
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Bale, Tim. (1997). ‘A Deplorable Episode’? South African Arms and the Statecraft of British Social Democracy. Labour History Review. 62(1). 22–40. 3 indexed citations

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