Alessandro Nai

Alessandro Nai publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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Alessandro Nai D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

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Best Publications

• Fear and Loathing in Populist Campaigns? Comparing the Communication Style of Populists and Non-populists in Elections Worldwide

  Alessandro Nai

  128
  Citations

• Perceived personality and campaign style of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

  Alessandro Nai;Jürgen Maier

  109
  Citations

• Negativity, emotionality and populist rhetoric in election campaigns worldwide, and their effects on media attention and electoral success

  Jacques Gerstlé;Alessandro Nai

  106
  Citations

• The personality of populists: provocateurs, charismatic leaders, or drunken dinner guests?

  A. Nai;F. Martinez i Coma

  104
  Citations

• Going Negative, Worldwide: Towards a General Understanding of Determinants and Targets of Negative Campaigning

  Alessandro Nai

  94
  Citations

• What really matters is which camp goes dirty: Differential effects of negative campaigning on turnout during Swiss federal ballots

  Alessandro Nai

  77
  Citations

• The peculiar personality of strongmen: comparing the Big Five and Dark Triad traits of autocrats and non-autocrats

  Alessandro Nai;Emre Toros

  63
  Citations

• Is Negative Campaigning a Matter of Taste? Political Attacks, Incivility, and the Moderating Role of Individual Differences:

  Alessandro Nai;Jürgen Maier

  61
  Citations

• Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide

  Alessandro Nai;Ferran Martínez i Coma;Jürgen Maier

  60
  Citations

• Dark necessities? Candidates’ aversive personality traits and negative campaigning in the 2018 American Midterms

  Alessandro Nai;Jürgen Maier

  59
  Citations

• Roaring Candidates in the Spotlight: Campaign Negativity, Emotions, and Media Coverage in 107 National Elections:

  Jürgen Maier;Alessandro Nai

  52
  Citations

• Dial ‘F’ for fraud: Explaining citizens suspicions about elections

  Jeffrey A. Karp;Alessandro Nai;Pippa Norris;Pippa Norris

  43
  Citations

• Mapping the drivers of negative campaigning: Insights from a candidate survey:

  Jürgen Maier;Alessandro Nai

  43
  Citations

• Populist voters like dark politicians

  Alessandro Nai

  42
  Citations

• Why “Going Negative?” Strategic and Situational Determinants of Personal Attacks in Swiss Direct Democratic Votes

  Alessandro Nai;Pascal Sciarini

  41
  Citations

• Attack politics from Albania to Zimbabwe: A large-scale comparative study on the drivers of negative campaigning:

  Chiara Valli;Alessandro Nai

  41
  Citations

• Can anyone be objective about Donald Trump? Assessing the personality of political figures

  Alessandro Nai;Jürgen Maier

  40
  Citations

• The Electoral Success of Angels and Demons: Big Five, Dark Triad, and Performance at the Ballot Box

  Alessandro Nai

  37
  Citations

• Disagreeable narcissists, extroverted psychopaths, and elections: a new dataset to measure the personality of candidates worldwide

  Alessandro Nai

  34
  Citations

• Anxiety, Sophistication, and Resistance to Persuasion: Evidence from a Quasi‐Experimental Survey on Global Climate Change

  Alessandro Nai;Yves Schemeil;Jean-Louis Marie

  32
  Citations