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Q1Comparative Political Studies
About Comparative Political Studies
Comparative Political Studies is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 3.796 and H-index of 142.
Coverage: 1968-2026. Research categories: Sociology and Political Science (Q1).
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Brian Engelsma
2026-07-23 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448403Property Rights and Social Institutions in Urban Africa: Experimental Evidence From a Land Formalization Program in the DRC
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2026-07-19 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261466972Communities Without Credit: The Political Implications of Deprivation in Access to Banking Services
Pedro Martín-Cadenas
2026-07-13 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261466976Ideas or Strategy? The Impact of Populist Incumbents on Liberal Democracy
Kirk A. Hawkins, Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell, Grant A. Mitchell
2026-07-07 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455871The State and the Monopolization of Violence: Castles in Europe, 1000–1700
Christoffer Cappelen, Jacob Gerner Hariri
2026-07-07 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261466999The Market in Smugglers: Survey Experimental Evidence on the Choice of Coyotes in Guatemala
Diego Romero, Mateo Villamizar Chaparro, Erik Wibbels
2026-07-06 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261466974When Does Party Cooperation Inform Voters Judgments of Policy Proximity? A Cross-National Analysis of Heuristic Use in Multi-Party Democracies
Lie Philip Santoso
2026-07-06 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261466975Publication Notice
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261464731Macho Governance and the Selective Adoption of Gender Reforms in Egypt
Nermin Allam
2026-06-24 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455874State Power Attracts Talent: Evidence From China’s Civil Servant Fever
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2026-06-15 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455884Do Citizens Perceive an empty Left-Authoritarian Quadrant? Citizen Perceptions of Parties’ Positions in a Multi-Dimensional Space
Ruth Dassonneville, Patrick Fournier, Zeynep Somer-Topcu
2026-06-11 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455876Understanding Refugee Assistance: Evidence on Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees in Poland
Volha Charnysh, Leonid Peisakhin, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt et al.
2026-06-06 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448441Only a Moment in Time? The Changing Effectiveness of Mass Mobilization on Transitions to Democracy
Marianne Dahl, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Gudmund Horn Hermansen, Ida Rudolfsen et al.
2026-06-02 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455877The Effects of Decentralization on Local Governance: Evidence From Ukraine
Isabelle DeSisto, Grigore Pop-Eleches, Graeme Robertson
2026-05-29 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261455878Choosing Sides: The Price of Battlefield Loyalty Under Autocracy
Roya Talibova
2026-05-27 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448437Right-Wing Populism and the COVID-19 Shock: Evidence From Early Superspreader Events
Ranjit Lall, Thomas Davidson, Felix Hagemeister
2026-05-26 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448406Electoral Rules, Programmatic Competition, and Redistribution: Evidence From Interwar France
Isabela Mares, Alexander Trubowitz
2026-05-23 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448430The Political Legacies of Exile: How Inclusive Reception Policies Shape Refugee Protest Engagement upon Return
Joséphine Lechartre
2026-05-23 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448435Ethnic Geography and the Colonial Design of Administrative Units in Sub-Saharan Africa
Carl Müller-Crepon
2026-05-21 · DOI: 10.1177/00104140261448410Reviews
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