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Juan J. Linz 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 Juan J. Linz sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 164 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juan J. Linz 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 Juan J. Linz sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his global investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of the authoritarian threat, characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth.
  • 1993 - Helen Dinerman Prize, World Association of Public Opinion Research
  • 1963 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Juan J. Linz was affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on social sciences, specifically within the subfield of sociology and political science.

The main topics covered by their work involved:

  • Religion and Society in Latin America
  • Religious and Theological Studies
  • Religion and Society Interactions

Their publication record included several papers published in notable venues. Recent works featured:

  • El uso religioso de la política y/o el uso político de la religión la ideología-sucedáneo "versus" la religión-sucedáneo (2024) in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • Del autoritarismo a la democracia (2023) in Estudios Públicos
  • Transiciones a la democracia (2024) in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • Index (2024) in Manchester University Press eBooks

Frequent publication venues for their work included:

  • Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
  • Estudios Públicos
  • Manchester University Press eBooks

Collaborations often involved the following coauthors:

  • Ian Ayres
  • Jack M. Balkin
  • Guido Calabresi
  • Mirjan Damaska
  • Stephen Darwall

Juan J. Linz was recognized with several awards, including:

  • Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (1996) for investigation of the fragility of democracy in the face of authoritarian threats, characterized by methodological versatility and historical and sociological breadth
  • Helen Dinerman Prize from the World Association of Public Opinion Research (1993)
  • Fellowship at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1963)

Best Publications

  • Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe

    Juan J. Linz;Alfred C. Stepan

  • The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes

    Juan J. Linz;Alfred C. Stepan;Arturo Valenzuela

  • Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America

    Abraham F. Lowenthal;Larry Diamond;Juan J. Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • Democracy in Developing Countries

    Larry Jay Diamond;Juan J. Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • The Perils of Presidentialism

    Juan J. Linz

  • Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes

    Unknown

  • Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes

    Juan José Linz

  • Toward Consolidated Democracy

    Juan J. Linz;Alfred C. Stepan

  • The Failure of Presidential Democracy

    Unknown

  • The failure of presidential democracy

    Juan José Linz;Arturo Valenzuela

  • Presidential or parliamentary democracy: Does it make a difference?

    Unknown

  • The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes

    Unknown

  • Political parties: Old concepts and New Challenges

    Richard Gunther;José Ramón Montero;Juan J. Linz

  • The Virtues of Parliamentarism

    Juan J. Linz

  • Crafting State-Nations: India and Other Multinational Democracies

    Alfred C. Stepan;Juan J. Linz;Yogendra Yadav

  • Democracy's Victory and Crisis

    Unknown

  • Las crisis del presidencialismo

    Arturo Valenzuela;Juan José Linz

  • Democratization Theory and the "Arab Spring"

    Alfred Stepan;Juan J. Linz

  • Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe

    Francis Fukuyama;Juan J. Linz;Alfred Stepan

  • THE PARTY SYSTEMS OF SPAIN: OLD CLEAVAGES AND NEW CHALLENGES

    Juan José Linz;José Ramón Montero Gibert

  • The breakdown of democratic regimes : crisis, breakdown, & reequilibration

    Juan J. Linz

  • La quiebra de las democracias

    Juan José Linz

  • Comparative Perspectives on Inequality and the Quality of Democracy in the United States

    Alfred Stepan;Juan J. Linz

  • State building and nation building

    Juan J. Linz

  • Democracy's Time Constraints:

    Juan J. Linz

  • Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics

    Gerardo L. Munck;Richard Snyder;Gabriel Abraham Almond;Barrington Moore

  • Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America

    Larry Diamond;Jonathan Hartlyn;Juan Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • Low Tide after the Third Wave: Exploring Politics under Authoritarianism

    Jason M. Brownlee;H. E. Chehabi;Juan J. Linz;Dirk Vandewalle

  • The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Latin America

    Juan J. Linz;Juan José Linz;Alfred Stepan

  • The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes

    John C. Campbell;Juan J. Linz;Alfred Stepan

  • Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America

    Torcuato S. di Tella;Larry Diamond;Juan J. Linz;Seymour Martin Lipset

  • Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe

    Scott Mainwaring;Juan J. Linz;Alfred Stepan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Stepan
Alfred Stepan Columbia University
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Seymour Martin Lipset
Seymour Martin Lipset George Mason University
José Ramón Montero
José Ramón Montero Autonomous University of Madrid
Richard Gunther
Richard Gunther The Ohio State University
Arend Lijphart
Arend Lijphart University of California, San Diego
Donald L. Horowitz
Donald L. Horowitz Duke University
Douglas L. Kruse
Douglas L. Kruse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James C. Scott
James C. Scott Yale University
David Collier
David Collier University of California, Berkeley

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