2026 Carl Henrik Knutsen: 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	39	548	498	9	8	194	5730

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Political Science

548

498

194

5730

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Norway Leader Award

Best Publications

V-Dem Dataset V6.2

Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Staffan I. I. Lindberg;Svend-Erik Skaaning

625
Citations
V-Dem Codebook V8

Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

552
Citations
V-Dem Codebook v11

Unknown

276
Citations
Mining and Local Corruption in Africa

Carl Henrik Knutsen;Andreas Kotsadam;Eivind Hammersmark Olsen;Tore Wig

243
Citations
Democracy, State Capacity, and Economic Growth

Carl Henrik Knutsen

200
Citations
V-Dem Codebook V10

Unknown

193
Citations
Varieties of Democracy

Unknown

183
Citations
V-Dem Dataset v7

Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

170
Citations
V-Dem Dataset v11.1

Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

165
Citations
Party Strength and Economic Growth

Fernando Bizzarro;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Allen Hicken

136
Citations
Does state ownership matter? Institutions' effect on foreign direct investment revisited

Carl Henrik Knutsen;Asmund Rygh;Helge Hveem

129
Citations
Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?

Carl Henrik Knutsen;Håvard Mokleiv Nygård;Tore Wig

127
Citations
Democracy, Dictatorship and Protection of Property Rights

Carl Henrik Knutsen

117
Citations
The Autocratic Welfare State: Resource distribution, credible commitments and political survival

Carl Henrik Knutsen;Magnus Rasmussen

106
Citations
Institutional characteristics and regime survival: : Why are semi-democracies less durable than autocracies and democracies?

Carl Henrik Knutsen;Håvard Mokleiv Nygård

104
Citations
Women’s political empowerment and economic growth

Unknown

104
Citations
Measuring Effective Democracy

Carl Henrik Knutsen

102
Citations
Which democracies prosper?: Electoral rules, form of government and economic growth

Carl Henrik Knutsen

84
Citations
The Methodology of “Varieties of Democracy” (V-Dem)1:

Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Joshua Krusell

83
Citations
Do Democracies Provide Better Education? Revisiting the Democracy–Human Capital Link

Sirianne Dahlum;Carl Henrik Knutsen

66
Citations

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Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

V-Dem Dataset V6.2

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V-Dem Codebook v11

Mining and Local Corruption in Africa

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Varieties of Democracy

V-Dem Dataset v7

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Autocratic Elections: Stabilizing Tool or Force for Change?

Democracy, Dictatorship and Protection of Property Rights

The Autocratic Welfare State: Resource distribution, credible commitments and political survival

Institutional characteristics and regime survival: : Why are semi-democracies less durable than autocracies and democracies?

Women’s political empowerment and economic growth

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