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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,680
8,482
0.330
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
6,127
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
history philosophy political science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,545
4,926
0.173
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
comparative politics
party politics
ideologies
European politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,792
2,397
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Social Movements
Varieties of Capitalism
Postcommunist Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,026
2,291
0.380
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Political behavior
political economics
Political psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,979
0.735
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Consociationalism
Power Sharing
Institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,796
0.458
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Energy policy
Party politics
Euroscpeticism
Nationalism
Terrorism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,030
1,739
0.432
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Political Science
East Central European Politics
Political Sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
1,315
0.394
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ethnic Conflict
Nationalism
Populism
Conflict Management
Foreign Policy Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,302
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
complex systems
network science
computational social science
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,452
1,006
0.693
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
International Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,350
913
0.389
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
complex systems
network science
computational social science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
708
0.752
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Politics
Anthropology
Urbanism
Political Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
523
0.732
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
International Relations Theory
International Political Sociology
Critical Security Studies
Psychosocial Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
469
0.546
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
philosophy of the life sciences
philosophy of the social sciences
epistemology
social philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
430
0.564
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Comparative politics
Middle East politics
Democratization
Turkish foreign policy
Refugee studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
400
0.388
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
social sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
399
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
racialization in post-communist contexts
theories of cosmopolitan democracy
global civil society
transnational social movemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
221
0.521
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
International development
Fiscal policies
Non-democratic regimes
Government transparency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
204
0.541
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
legislative politics
voting behavior
coalition governance
EU
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
187
0.706
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
comparative political economy
labor politics
social movements
welfare states
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
168
0.724
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
International Relations Theory
International Security
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
53
0.654
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
comparative politics
legislative studies
gender and politics
political representation
political parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
35
0.972
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,145
73
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Janos Kertesz
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,680
8,482
0.330
complex networks
econophysics
computational social science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,905
111
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carsten Q Schneider
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,892
6,127
0.619
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Comparative Methods
QCA
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,093
156
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Michael Ignatieff
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,545
4,926
0.173
history philosophy political science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,222
401
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zsolt Enyedi
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,792
2,397
0.500
comparative politics
party politics
ideologies
European politics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,362
421
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bela Greskovits
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,026
2,291
0.380
Social Movements
Varieties of Capitalism
Postcommunist Transition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
253,609
515
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gabor Simonovits
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,693
1,979
0.735
Political behavior
political economics
Political psychology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,701
585
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthijs Bogaards
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,925
1,796
0.458
Comparative Politics
Democratization
Consociationalism
Power Sharing
Institutions
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,359
612
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nick Sitter
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,030
1,739
0.432
Energy policy
Party politics
Euroscpeticism
Nationalism
Terrorism
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,584
859
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
András Bozóki
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,336
1,315
0.394
Political Science
East Central European Politics
Political Sociology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
372,793
873
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Erin K Jenne
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,303
1,302
0.565
Ethnic Conflict
Nationalism
Populism
Conflict Management
Foreign Policy Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
458,203
1,162
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gerardo Iñiguez
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,452
1,006
0.693
complex systems
network science
computational social science
data science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,652
1,270
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Paul Roe
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,350
913
0.389
International Security
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
583,139
1,570
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhongyuan Ruan
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
942
708
0.752
complex systems
network science
computational social science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,376
1,977
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Claudio Sopranzetti
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
523
0.732
Politics
Anthropology
Urbanism
Political Ecology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,322
2,128
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Xymena Kurowska
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
469
0.546
International Relations Theory
International Political Sociology
Critical Security Studies
Psychosocial Studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,359
2,243
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Kronfeldner
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
763
430
0.564
philosophy of the life sciences
philosophy of the social sciences
epistemology
social philosophy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,890
2,351
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Osman Bahadir Dinçer
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,032
400
0.388
Comparative politics
Middle East politics
Democratization
Turkish foreign policy
Refugee studies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799,180
2,356
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Iulius Rostas
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
670
399
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,640
3,165
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Márton Rövid
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
221
0.521
racialization in post-communist contexts
theories of cosmopolitan democracy
global civil society
transnational social movemen
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,095,174
3,280
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cristina Corduneanu Huci
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
377
204
0.541
International development
Fiscal policies
Non-democratic regimes
Government transparency
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,135,477
3,386
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mariyana Angelova
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
187
0.706
legislative politics
voting behavior
coalition governance
EU
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,184,946
3,526
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Imre Gergely Szabó
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
168
0.724
comparative political economy
labor politics
social movements
welfare states
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,683,539
4,883
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ali Haydar Diskaya
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
53
0.654
International Relations Theory
International Security
Nuclear Nonproliferation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,800,785
5,243
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Burtejin Zorigt
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
38
0.691
comparative politics
legislative studies
gender and politics
political representation
political parties
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830,427
5,343
168
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Laith Alajlouni
Central European University Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
35
0.972
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Middle East Politics