2026 Alexander H. Trechsel: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	27	1446	1318	38	38	145	3928

Alexander H. Trechsel publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander H. Trechsel sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 145 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Alexander H. Trechsel D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander H. Trechsel sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 27 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander H. Trechsel is affiliated with the University of Lucerne in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the domain of social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations. Within these fields, the scientist has explored multiple subfields, including communication and strategy and management.

Trechsel's work broadly covers topics such as electoral systems and political participation, populism and right-wing movements, social media influence in politics, European Union policy and governance, political influence and corporate strategies, social policy and reform studies, as well as European and international law.

The scientist has published in several academic venues, reflecting a range of interests within political science and related disciplines. These venues include:

American Political Science Review
Journal of European Public Policy
Foreign Policy Analysis
Data in Brief
Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal

Some of the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Trechsel include:

Patterns of Affective Polarization toward Parties and Leaders across the Democratic World (2023), American Political Science Review
Three sides of the same coin? Comparing party positions in VAAs, expert surveys and manifesto data (2021), Journal of European Public Policy
Mapping Parties' Positions on Foreign and Security Issues in the EU, 2009-2014 (2020), Foreign Policy Analysis
Longitudinal dataset of political issue-positions of 411 parties across 28 European countries (2009-2019) from voting advice applications EU profiler and euandi (2020), Data in Brief
Continued Confinement of Those Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 (2020), Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal

Frequent collaborators include:

Diego Garzia
Andres Reiljan
Frederico Ferreira da Silva
Lorenzo Cicchi
Samia Hurst

Best Publications

The Politics of Switzerland: Continuity and Change in a Consensus Democracy

Hanspeter Kriesi;Alexander H. Trechsel

552
Citations
Internet Voting in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Estonia

R. Michael Alvarez;Thad E. Hall;Alexander H. Trechsel

278
Citations
Responsive and Responsible? The Role of Parties in Twenty-First Century Politics

Luciano Bardi;Stefano Bartolini;Alexander H. Trechsel

222
Citations
Joining the EU? Explaining Public Opinion in Switzerland

Thomas Christin;Alexander H. Trechsel

204
Citations
The Politics of Switzerland: Frontmatter

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204
Citations
Evaluation of the use of new technologies in order to facilitate democracy in Europe

Raphaël Kies;Fernando Mendez;Philippe Schmitter;Alexander Trechsel

192
Citations
Direct democracy in switzerland: do elites matter?

Alexander H. Trechsel;Pascal Sciarini

166
Citations
When Parties (Also) Position Themselves: An Introduction to the EU Profiler

Alexander H. Trechsel;Peter Mair

151
Citations
The diffusion of internet voting. Usage patterns of internet voting in Estonia between 2005 and 2015

Kristjan Vassil;Mihkel Solvak;Priit Vinkel;Alexander H. Trechsel

121
Citations
How to federalize the European Union … and why bother

Alexander H. Trechsel

109
Citations
Switzerland: the referendum and initiative as a centrepiece of the political system

Alexander H. Trechsel;Hanspeter Kriesi

109
Citations
Party adaptation and change and the crisis of democracy

Luciano Bardi;Stefano Bartolini;Alexander H. Trechsel

101
Citations
Die Zukunft der Demokratie

Norbert Kersting;Philippe C. Schmitter;Alexander H. Trechsel

101
Citations
First or Second Order Referendums? Understanding the Votes on the EU Constitutional Treaty in Four EU Member States

Andrew Richard Glencross;Alexander Trechsel

94
Citations
The European Union and E-Voting. Addressing the European Parliament's Internet Voting Challenge

Alexander H. Trechsel;Fernando Mendez

90
Citations
Party preferences in the digital age The impact of voting advice applications

R. Michael Alvarez;Ines Levin;Peter Mair;Alexander H. Trechsel

88
Citations
A look into the mirror: Preferences, representation and electoral participation

Elias Dinas;Alexander H. Trechsel;Alexander H. Trechsel;Kristjan Vassil

68
Citations
Institutional Openness and the Use of Referendums and Popular Initiatives: Evidence from Swiss Cantons

Iwan Barankay;Iwan Barankay;Pascal Sciarini;Pascal Sciarini;Alexander H. Trechsel;Alexander H. Trechsel

65
Citations
Feuerwerk Volksrechte : die Volksabstimmungen in den schweizerischen Kantonen 1970-1996

Alexander Trechsel

60
Citations
Voting Advice Applications and Electoral Participation: A Multi-Method Study

Diego Garzia;Alexander H. Trechsel;Andrea De Angelis

34
Citations
Voting Advice Applications: How Useful and for Whom?

R. Michael Alvarez;Ines Levin;Alexander H. Trechsel;Kristjan Vassil

18
Citations
The Euro crisis and the state of European democracy

B. de Witte;A. Héritier;A. Trechsel

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute

Richard Rose University of Strathclyde

R. Michael Alvarez California Institute of Technology

Philippe C. Schmitter European University Institute

Peter Mair European University Institute

Bernard Grofman University of California, Irvine

Pascal Sciarini University of Geneva

Mark N. Franklin European University Institute

Adrienne Héritier European University Institute

Elias Dinas European University Institute

External Links

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