2026 Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser: 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	35	714	650	1	1	76	14142

Overview

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser is affiliated with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a strong emphasis on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, and artificial intelligence, among other areas.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

Populism and right-wing movements
Political and social dynamics in Chile and Latin America
Hate speech and cyberbullying detection
Media influence and politics
Politics and society in Latin America
Social policy and reform studies
Turkey's politics and society

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser has published frequently with several co-authors, including:

Tim Bale
Lisa Zanotti
Carlos Meléndez
Paul Taggart
Evren Balta

Their research has appeared in multiple scholarly venues, notably:

Journal of Language and Politics
Estudios Públicos
Nations and Nationalism
PS Political Science & Politics
Party Politics

Recent publications by Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser show engagement with current political phenomena. Some of the notable papers include:

"Negative partisanship towards the populist radical right and democratic resilience in Western Europe", 2021, Democratization
"Populist attitudes and conspiratorial thinking", 2021, Party Politics
"The Populist Radical Right and the Pandemic", 2022, Government and Opposition
"How citizens' conceptions of democracy relate to positive and negative partisanship towards populist parties", 2023, West European Politics
"Mainstream Voters, Non-Voters and Populist Voters: What Sets Them Apart?", 2021, Political Studies

Best Publications

Populism: A Very Short Introduction

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

3581
Citations
Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

1438
Citations
Populism: an overview of the concept and the state of the art

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser;Paul Taggart;Paulina Ochoa Espejo;Pierre Ostiguy

1146
Citations
Populism in Europe and the Americas: Threat Or Corrective For Democracy?

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

1034
Citations
Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda:

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

710
Citations
The ambivalence of populism: threat and corrective for democracy

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser

572
Citations
The Ideational Approach to Populism : Concept, Theory, and Analysis

Kirk Andrew Hawkins;Ryan E. Carlin;Levente Littvay;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

327
Citations
The Ideational Approach to Populism

Kirk A. Hawkins;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

292
Citations
Populism in Europe and the Americas

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

283
Citations
Spain: No Country for the Populist Radical Right?

Sonia Alonso;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

246
Citations
The Responses of Populism to Dahl's Democratic Dilemmas

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

245
Citations
Dealing with populists in government: aframework for analysis

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwassera;Paul Taggart

193
Citations
The Activation of Populist Attitudes

Kirk A. Hawkins;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser;Ioannis Andreadis

188
Citations
Vox populi or vox masculini? Populism and gender in Northern Europe and South America

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

182
Citations
The Resilience of the Latin American Right

Juan Pablo Luna;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

178
Citations
Populism in Europe and the Americas: Populism and (liberal) democracy

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

177
Citations
Dealing with populists in government: the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition in Greece

Paris Aslanidis;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

175
Citations
Political identities: The missing link in the study of populism:

Carlos Meléndez;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

141
Citations
The populist citizen: Empirical evidence from Europe and Latin America

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser;Steven M. Van Hauwaert

134
Citations
Voices of the Peoples: Populism in Europe and Latin America Compared

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser;Cas Mudde

133
Citations
What the (Ideational) Study of Populism Can Teach Us, and What It Can't

Kirk A. Hawkins;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

124
Citations
Dealing with populists in government: some comparative conclusions

Paul Taggart;Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser

124
Citations
Toward Post-Neoliberalism in Latin America?

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser

86
Citations
Oxford handbook of populism

Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser;Paul Taggart;Paulina Ochoa Espejo;Pierre Ostiguy

59
Citations
Negative partisanship towards the populist radical right and democratic resilience in Western Europe

Carlos Meléndez;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

59
Citations
Populist attitudes and conspiratorial thinking

Evren Balta;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser;Alper H Yagci

50
Citations
Latin American Populism: Some Conceptual and Normative Lessons

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

38
Citations
Populism in Europe and the Americas: Populism

Cas Mudde;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

28
Citations
Challenges to Political Representation in Contemporary Chile

Rossana Castiglioni;Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

23
Citations
Studying the (Economic) Consequences of Populism

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

15
Citations
Populism and the Question of How to Respond to It

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cas Mudde University of Georgia

Paul Taggart University of Sussex

External Links

Personal website of Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

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