2026 Colin Copus: 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	20	2033	1883	28	28	129	1051

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Political Science

2033

1883

129

1051

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

Party Politics and Local Government

Colin Copus

112
Citations
Directly Elected Mayors: A Tonic for Local Governance or Old Wine in New Bottles?

Colin Copus

61
Citations
Leading the Localities: Executive Mayors in English Local Governance

Colin Copus

59
Citations
Minor party and Independent politics beyond the mainstream: Fluctuating fortunes but a permanent presence.

Colin Copus;Alistair Clark;Herwig Reynaert;Kristof Steyvers

33
Citations
Re-Engaging Citizens and Councils: The Importance of the Councillor to Enhanced Citizen Involvement

Colin Copus

28
Citations
British Local Government: A Case for a New Constitutional Settlement:

Colin Copus

27
Citations
Scrutiny and the political party group in UK local government: new models of behaviour

Steve Leach;Colin Copus

26
Citations
Local Government in England: Centralisation, Autonomy and Control

Colin Copus;Mark Roberts;Rachel Wall

24
Citations
Whatever happened to local democracy

David Sweeting;David Sweeting;Colin Copus

21
Citations
The Councillor: Governor, Governing, Governance and the Complexity of Citizen Engagement:

Colin Copus

21
Citations
Multi-Party Politics in England: Small Parties, Independents, and Political Associations in English Local Politics

Colin Copus;Alistair Clark;Karin Bottom

20
Citations
The Development of Overview and Scrutiny in Local Government

Steve Leach;Stephanie Snape;Colin Copus

18
Citations
English councillors and mayoral governance: Developing a new dynamic for political accountability.

Colin Copus

18
Citations
PARTIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A REVIEW

Colin Copus;Gissur Erlingsson

18
Citations
More Similar Than They'd Like to Admit? Ideology, Policy and Populism in the Trajectories of the British National Party and Respect

Alistair Clark;Karin Bottom;Colin Copus

14
Citations
Local Government in England

Colin Copus

12
Citations
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm: Why we need councillors and councils

Colin Copus;David W J Sweeting;David W J Sweeting;Melvin Wingfield

11
Citations
The United Kingdom: Is there Really an Anglo Model?

Peter John;Colin Copus

9
Citations
Direct Mayoral Elections in Slovenia and England: Traditions and Trends Compared

Simona Kukovič;Colin Copus;Miro Haček;Alasdair Blair

5
Citations
Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries

Anders Lidström;Harald Baldersheim;Colin Copus;Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir

3
Citations

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D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

Party Politics and Local Government

Directly Elected Mayors: A Tonic for Local Governance or Old Wine in New Bottles?

Leading the Localities: Executive Mayors in English Local Governance

Minor party and Independent politics beyond the mainstream: Fluctuating fortunes but a permanent presence.

Re-Engaging Citizens and Councils: The Importance of the Councillor to Enhanced Citizen Involvement

British Local Government: A Case for a New Constitutional Settlement:

Scrutiny and the political party group in UK local government: new models of behaviour

Local Government in England: Centralisation, Autonomy and Control

Whatever happened to local democracy

The Councillor: Governor, Governing, Governance and the Complexity of Citizen Engagement:

Multi-Party Politics in England: Small Parties, Independents, and Political Associations in English Local Politics

The Development of Overview and Scrutiny in Local Government

English councillors and mayoral governance: Developing a new dynamic for political accountability.

PARTIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A REVIEW

More Similar Than They'd Like to Admit? Ideology, Policy and Populism in the Trajectories of the British National Party and Respect

Local Government in England

Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm: Why we need councillors and councils

The United Kingdom: Is there Really an Anglo Model?

Direct Mayoral Elections in Slovenia and England: Traditions and Trends Compared

Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries

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