2026 Fernando Limongi: 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	31	1036	935	1	1	95	23041

Research.com Recognitions

2001 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Fernando Limongi is affiliated with Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans multiple domains within the social sciences, with a primary focus on political science and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed to fields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Law, Economics and Econometrics, and Demography. Their work engages with topics such as Politics and Society in Latin America, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, Corruption and Economic Development, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Culture, Economy, and Development Studies, and Human Rights and Development.

Frequent co-authors associated with their research include José Antônio Cheibub, Adam Przeworski, and Ye Wang.

Fernando Limongi has published in several academic venues, notably:

SSRN Electronic Journal
University of Toronto Law Journal
Presidential Studies Quarterly
Harvard Dataverse

Some of their recent papers are:

From birth to agony: The political life of Operation Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato), 2021, University of Toronto Law Journal
Electing presidents: A hidden facet of democratization, 2023, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Votação por município da Eleição de 1989 para Presidente do Brasil, 2022, Harvard Dataverse

The researcher has received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association in 2001.

Best Publications

Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950–1990

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

4853
Citations
Modernization: Theories and Facts

Adam Przeworski;Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi

2955
Citations
Democracy and Development: List of Tables and Figures

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

2865
Citations
Political Regimes and Economic Growth

Adam Przeworski;Fernando Limongi

2530
Citations
Executivo e legislativo na nova ordem constitucional

Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi;Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo

1968
Citations
Democracy and Development

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

1370
Citations
Classifying political regimes

Mike Alvarez;José Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi;Adam Przeworski

1225
Citations
What Makes Democracies Endure

Adam Przeworski;Michael Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

1075
Citations
Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil

Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

675
Citations
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND REGIME SURVIVAL: Parliamentary and Presidential Democracies Reconsidered

José Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

413
Citations
Bases institucionais do presidencialismo de coalizão

Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi;Argelina Figueiredo

383
Citations
Incentivos Eleitorais, Partidos e Política Orçamentária

Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

310
Citations
Processo orçamentário e comportamento Legislativo: emendas individuais, apoio ao Executivo e programas de governo

Fernando Limongi;Argelina Figueiredo

221
Citations
As eleições de 2010 e o quadro partidário

Fernando Limongi;Rafael Cortez

207
Citations
Instituições políticas e governabilidade: desempenho do governo e apoio legislativo na democracia brasileira

Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo;Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi

170
Citations
A democracia no Brasil: presidencialismo, coalizão partidária e processo decisório

Fernando de Magalhães Papaterra Limongi

105
Citations
Political Parties and Governors as Determinants of Legislative Behavior in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, 1988–2006

José Antonio Cheibub;Argelina Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

96
Citations
Partidos políticos e governadores como determinantes do comportamento legislativo na câmara dos deputados, 1988-2006

José Antonio Cheibub;Argelina Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

91
Citations
Democracia e cultura : uma visão não culturalista

Adam Przeworski;José Antônio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

90
Citations
Why coalitions? Party system fragmentation, small party bias, and preferential vote in Brazil

Ernesto Calvo;Fernando Guarnieri;Fernando Limongi

31
Citations
Constitutional change, legislative performance and institutional consolidation

Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

26
Citations
The Budget Process and Legislative Behavior: Individual Amendments, Support for the Executive and Government Programs

Fernando Limongi;Argelina Figueiredo

18
Citations
From Conflict to Coordination: Perspectives on the Study of Executive-Legislative Relations

Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

15
Citations
Entries and Withdrawals: Electoral Coordination across Different Offices and the Brazilian Party Systems

Fernando Limongi;Fabricio Vasselai

13
Citations
Presidential Power and Party Behavior in the Legislature

Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo;Fernando Limongi

9
Citations
ACLP Political andEconomic Database Codebook

Mike Alvarez;José Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

9
Citations
Democracy and Development: Democracies and Dictatorships

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

8
Citations
Political Participation in Brazil

Fernando Limongi;José Antonio Cheibub;Argelina Figueiredo

8
Citations
Legislative-Executive Relations

José Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

7
Citations
From birth to agony: The political life of operation car wash (operação lava jato)

Fernando Limongi

6
Citations
Democracy and Development: Political Regimes and Economic Growth

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

6
Citations
Democracy and Development: Codebook

Adam Przeworski;Michael E. Alvarez;Jose Antonio Cheibub;Fernando Limongi

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

José Antonio Cheibub University of Pittsburgh

Adam Przeworski New York University

Ben Ross Schneider MIT

External Links

Personal website of Fernando Limongi

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