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Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
37
Citations
7584
World Ranking
635
National Ranking
347

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán 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 Aníbal Pérez-Liñán sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 193 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán 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 Aníbal Pérez-Liñán sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States and specializes in research within social sciences, particularly focusing on political science and international relations. Their work spans several interdisciplinary fields including law, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, as well as strategy and management.

The main areas of research for Pérez-Liñán include judicial and constitutional studies, politics and society in Latin America, electoral systems and political participation, law, economics, and judicial systems, legal and constitutional studies, international law and human rights, and human rights and development.

Their publication record features contributions to various frequent academic venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Latin American Politics and Society, Journal of democracy, American Journal of Political Science, and International Studies Review.

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Pérez-Liñán include:

  • "Why Latin America's Democracies Are Stuck" (2023), published in Journal of democracy
  • "Judicial Reshuffles and Women Justices in Latin America" (2020), published in American Journal of Political Science
  • "Party Discipline in the Brazilian Constitutional Congress" (2024), published in D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)
  • "Compliance in Time: Lessons from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights" (2022), published in International Studies Review
  • "Oversight or Representation? Public Opinion and Impeachment Resolutions in Argentina and Brazil" (2020), published in Legislative Studies Quarterly

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pérez-Liñán include:

  • Melanie M. Hughes
  • Ignacio Arana
  • Scott Mainwaring
  • Alfred P. Montero
  • Carleton College

Best Publications

  • Presidential Impeachment and the New Political Instability in Latin America

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Assessing the Quality of Democracy: Freedom, Competitiveness and Participation in Eighteen Latin American Countries

    David Altman;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin

    Scott Mainwaring;Daniel Brinks;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • The Effects of U.S. Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990–2003

    Steven E. Finkel;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán;Mitchell A. Seligson

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-1999

    Scott Mainwaring;Daniel M Brinks;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Party discipline in the Brazilian Constitutional Congress

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez Liñan

  • Party Discipline in the Brazilian Constitutional Congress

    Scott Mainwaring;Anibal Perez Linan

  • Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies

    Pablo T. Spiller;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi;Carlos Scartascini

  • Neoinstitutional accounts of voter turnout: moving beyond industrial democracies

    Anı́bal Pérez-Liñán

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-2004

    Scott Mainwaring;Daniel M Brinks;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Presidential Control of High Courts in Latin America: A Long-term View (1904-2006)

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán;Andrea Castagnola

  • El juego político en América Latina: ¿Cómo se deciden las políticas públicas?

    Carlos Scartascini;Pablo T. Spiller;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi

  • Level of Development and Democracy Latin American Exceptionalism, 1945-1996

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Pugna de Poderes y Crisis de Gobernabilidad: Hacia un nuevo presidencialismo?

    Anibal S. Perez-Linan

  • Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

    José Molinas;Aníbal Pérez Liñán;Sebastián Saiegh

  • Presidential hegemony and democratic backsliding in Latin America, 1925–2016

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán;Nicolás Schmidt;Daniela Vairo

  • Who Decides the Budget?: A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America

    Carlos Scartascini;Ernesto H. Stein;Emmanuel Abuelafia;Sergio Berensztein

  • Breaking Out of the Coup Trap: Political Competition and Military Coups in Latin America

    Fabrice Lehoucq;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Latin American democratization since 1978: Democratic transitions, breakdowns, and erosions

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Minister Turnover, Critical Events, and the Electoral Calendar in Presidential Democracies

    Marcelo Camerlo;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • A Two-Level Theory of Presidential Instability

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • The Politics of Minister Retention in Presidential Systems: Technocrats, Partisans, and Government Approval

    Marcelo Camerlo;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Explaining military coups and impeachments in Latin America

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán;John Polga-Hecimovich

  • Cross-Currents in Latin America

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America

    Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • What has the United States Been Doing

    Dinorah Azpuru;Steven E. Finkel;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán;Mitchell A. Seligson

  • Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes and Policy Outcomes in Paraguay, 1954-2003

    Sebastian Saiegh;Marcela Montero;Anibal Pérez-Liñán;José Molinas

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Mainwaring
Scott Mainwaring University of Notre Dame
Sebastian M. Saiegh
Sebastian M. Saiegh University of California, San Diego
Lee J. Alston
Lee J. Alston Indiana University
Bernardo Mueller
Bernardo Mueller University of Brasília
Ernesto Stein
Ernesto Stein Inter-American Development Bank
Carlos Scartascini
Carlos Scartascini Inter-American Development Bank
Mitchell A. Seligson
Mitchell A. Seligson Vanderbilt University
Steven E. Finkel
Steven E. Finkel University of Pittsburgh
Mark Hallerberg
Mark Hallerberg Hertie School
Fabrice Lehoucq
Fabrice Lehoucq University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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