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Donatella Della Porta

Donatella Della Porta

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Political Science
Italy
2026
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Law and Political Science
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 82 23 19 2 2 520 36025

Donatella Della Porta publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Donatella Della Porta between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Donatella Della Porta published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 85 publications in 2022. 39 of the 661 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 85. Peak 85 publications in 2022. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 6 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 29 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 30 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 40 publications 2014: 29 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 28 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 85 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 27 publications
1970 2025

661 publications in total across all disciplines

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Donatella Della Porta: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 3
1986 3
1987 2
1988 0
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 6
1993 1
1994 2
1995 9
1996 7
1997 11
1998 4
1999 6
2000 8
2001 5
2002 14
2003 14
2004 12
2005 16
2006 29
2007 17
2008 30
2009 27
2010 19
2011 12
2012 30
2013 40
2014 29
2015 29
2016 28
2017 25
2018 22
2019 14
2020 27
2021 14
2022 85
2023 17
2024 12
2025 27
Total 661
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Donatella Della Porta publications per year - data summary

  • Donatella Della Porta, a Political Science scholar from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, has 661 publications recorded across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1970 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 85 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1970, 1981, 1982, 1990 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 14 of the 56 years in the span carry no publications at all (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 11.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.7 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 155 publications, 23% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1970-1988: 11 publications (0.6 per year); 1989-2007: 163 publications (8.6 per year); 2008-2025: 487 publications (27.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Donatella Della Porta 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 Donatella Della Porta sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 333+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 520 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97 520
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Donatella Della Porta publication distribution in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 36–40 to 333+ publications.
  • Donatella Della Porta, a Political Science scholar from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, records 520 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Donatella Della Porta, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 121–125 publications range, and Donatella Della Porta ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 333+ publications, holding 97 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 44% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 111–115 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 333 publications or more, 97 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Donatella Della Porta 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 Donatella Della Porta sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100 82
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Donatella Della Porta D-index placement in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 43 ranges running from 20 to 62+ D-Index.
  • Donatella Della Porta, a Political Science scholar from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, records 82 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Donatella Della Porta, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 32 D-Index range, and Donatella Della Porta ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62+ D-Index, holding 100 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 45% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 30 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Donatella Della Porta is affiliated with the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on the social sciences, with significant contributions in sociology and political science, political science and international relations, public administration, gender studies, and communication.

Their main research topics include:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Social Media and Politics
  • European Union Policy and Governance

Recent notable papers by Donatella Della Porta include:

  • Building Bridges: Social Movements and Civil Society in Times of Crisis (2020), published in VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Introduction: Solidarities in Motion: Hybridity and Change in Migrant Support Practices (2020), published in Critical Sociology
  • Rich Kids of Europe? Social Basis and Strategic Choices in the Climate Activism of Fridays for Future (2021), published in Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
  • A Bourgeois Story? The Class Basis of Catalan Independentism (2020), published in Territory Politics Governance
  • (Water) Bottles and (Street) Barricades: The Politicisation of Lifestyle-Centred Action in Youth Climate Strike Participation (2022), published in Journal of Youth Studies (co-authored)

Frequent co-authors of Donatella Della Porta include:

  • Lorenzo Cini
  • Riccardo Emilio Chesta
  • César Guzmán-Concha
  • Andrea Felicetti
  • Daniela Chironi

Key publication venues where Della Porta has contributed extensively are:

  • The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  • Bristol University Press eBooks
  • Social Movement Studies
  • Territory Politics Governance
  • European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

Their book publications are distributed among several publishers, including Bristol University Press eBooks, Cambridge University Press, Policy Press, Oxford University Press, and Berghahn Books. Some notable titles include:

  • Contesting Higher Education (2020)
  • Labour Conflicts in the Digital Age (2022)
  • Contentious Politics in Emergency Critical Junctures (2022)
  • The Contentious Politics of Global Health Movements (2025)
  • Discursive Turns and Critical Junctures (2020)
  • Voices of the Valley, Voices of the Straits (2022)

Donatella Della Porta has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2012.

Best Publications

  • Social Movements: An Introduction

    Donatella Della Porta;Mario Diani

  • Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Germany

    Donatella della Porta

  • Globalization From Below: Transnational Activists And Protest Networks

    Donatella della Porta Della Porta;Massimillano Andretta;Lorenzo Mosca;Herbert Reiter Reiter

  • Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralist Perspective

    Donatella Della Porta;Michael James Keating

  • Social Movements in a Globalizing World: an Introduction

    Donatella della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Transnational Protest and Global Activism

    Donatella Alessandra Della Porta;S. Tarrow

  • Policing Protest: The Control of Mass Demonstrations in Western Democracies

    Donatella della Porta Della Porta;Herbert Reiter Reiter

  • Global Justice Movement: Cross-national and Transnational Perspectives

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Clandestine Political Violence

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Global-net for Global Movements? A Network of Networks for a Movement of Movements

    Donatella Della Porta;Lorenzo Mosca

  • Social Movements: An Introduction (2nd edition)

    Donatella Della Porta;Mario Diani

  • The Oxford handbook of social movements

    Donatella Della Porta;Mario Diani

  • Social Movements and Europeanization

    Donatella della Porta;Manuela Caiani

  • Movement Parties Against Austerity

    Donatella Alessandra Della Porta;Joseba Fernandez;Hara Kouki;Lorenzo Mosca

  • Social Movements in a Globalizing world (second expanded edition)

    Donatella Della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi;Dieter Rucht

  • Los Movimientos Sociales

    Donatella Della Porta;Mario Diani

  • Social Movements and the State: Thoughts on the Policing of Protest

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Social movements in a globalizing world

    Donatella Della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi;Dieter Rucht

  • Social Movements in Times of Austerity: Bringing Capitalism Back Into Protest Analysis

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Can Democracy Be Saved?: Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Lo scambio occulto : casi di corruzione politica in Italia

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Movimenti collettivi e sistema politico in Italia : 1960-1995

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Global, noglobal, newglobal. La protesta contro il G8 a Genova

    Massimiliano Andretta;D Della Porta;L Mosca;H. Reiter

  • Il terrorismo di sinistra

    Donatella Della Porta

  • I partiti politici

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Le ragioni del no: Le campagne contro la TAV in Val di Susa e il Ponte sullo Stretto

    Donatella Della Porta;Gianni Piazza

  • Comitati di cittadini e democrazia urbana

    Della Porta;Donatella Alessandra

  • Mani Impunite. Vecchia e nuova corruzione in Italia

    Donatella Della Porta;Alberto Vannucci

  • Movimenti senza protesta? : l'ambientalismo in Italia

    Donatella Della Porta;Mario Diani

  • Un paese anormale. Come la classe politica ha perso l'occasione di mani pulite

    Alberto Vannucci;D. Della Porta

  • L'intervista qualitativa

    Donatella Della Porta

  • Démocratie et corruption en Europe

    Yves Meny;Donatella Della Porta

  • Quale Europa? Europeizzazione, identità e conflitti

    Donatella della Porta;Manuela Caiani

  • Globalizzazione e movimenti sociali

    D. Della Porta;L. Mosca

  • Corruzione politica e amministrazione pubblica : risorse, meccanismi, attori

    Donatella Della Porta;Alberto Vannucci

  • Fondamenti di Scienza Politica

    Donatella Alessandra Della Porta;Maurizio Cotta;Leonardo Morlino

  • Movimenti sociali e rappresentanza: i comitati spontanei dei cittadini a Firenze

    Donatella della Porta;Massimiliano Andretta

  • Ricercando nella rete: stili di comunicazione e movimenti sociali in Europa

    D Della Porta;Lorenzo Mosca

  • Movimenti sociali e globalizzazione

    Donatella della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Cercando la politica: protesta e democrazia

    Donatella della Porta

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuela Caiani
Manuela Caiani Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Michael J. Keating
Michael J. Keating The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mario Diani
Mario Diani University of Trento
Marco Giugni
Marco Giugni University of Geneva
Hanspeter Kriesi
Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute
Sidney Tarrow
Sidney Tarrow Cornell University
Colin Crouch
Colin Crouch University of Warwick
Philippe C. Schmitter
Philippe C. Schmitter European University Institute
Gary LaFree
Gary LaFree University of Maryland, College Park
Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff Harvard University

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