2026 Leonardo Morlino: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	32	965	30	343	9300

Leonardo Morlino 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 Leonardo Morlino sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 343 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leonardo Morlino 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 Leonardo Morlino sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leonardo Morlino is affiliated with the Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies in Italy. Their research primarily belongs to the field of Social Sciences, with a specific focus on Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including Political Theory and Democracy, Public Policy and Governance, Comparative Constitutional Jurisprudence Studies, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Regional Development and Policy, Political Systems and Governance, and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

Recent publications by Leonardo Morlino include the following papers:

Consolidación democrática. Definición, modelos, hipótesis (2024), published in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Neo-populisms: Key hypotheses and types. The European Experience (2022), published in Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política
¿Una nueva ola autoritaria? Radicalización y neopopulismos en Europa y América Latina (2020), published in Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP)

Leonardo Morlino has frequently published in venues such as:

Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP)
Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política
Politikon IAPSS Journal of Political Science
Regions & Cohesion

The scientist collaborates with several frequent coauthors including Juan Russo, José Ramón Montero Gibert, Francesco Raniolo, the IAPSS Politikon Editorial Board, and Marcelo Cavarozzi.

Leonardo Morlino's publications demonstrate a focus on democratic consolidation, populism, political radicalization, and governance issues within European and Latin American contexts. Among the recent papers, coauthored work with José Ramón Montero Gibert highlights discussions on legitimacy and democracy in Southern Europe, while contributions to various political science journals illustrate a consistent engagement with contemporary issues in political theory and systems.

Best Publications

Assessing the quality of democracy

Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

1160
Citations
The Quality of Democracy. An Overview

Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

1121
Citations
Changes for Democracy: Actors, Structures, Processes

Leonardo Morlino

513
Citations
Democracias y democratizaciones

Leonardo Morlino

432
Citations
Como cambian los regimenes politicos

Leonardo Morlino

357
Citations
The membership of political parties in European democracies, 1960-1990

Richard S. Katz;Peter Mair;Luciano Bardi;Lars Bille

357
Citations
What is a 'Good' Democracy?

Leonardo Morlino

307
Citations
Democrazie e democratizzazioni

Leonardo Morlino

303
Citations
Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis: Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe

Leonardo Morlino

274
Citations
Are there hybrid regimes? Or are they just an optical illusion?

Leonardo Morlino

273
Citations
Crisis of Parties and Change of Party System in Italy

Leonardo Morlino

247
Citations
International Encyclopedia of Political Science

Bertrand Badie;Dirk Berg-Schlosser;Leonardo Morlino;Nathaniel Beck

234
Citations
The Quality of Democracy

Larry Diamond;Leonardo Morlino

229
Citations
International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law : Anchoring Democracy?

Amichai A. Magen;Leonardo Morlino

218
Citations
The dissatisfied society: The roots of political change in Italy

Leonardo Morlino;Marco Tarchi

216
Citations
Legitimacy and Democracy in Southern Europe

Leonardo Morlino;J. R. Montero

214
Citations
Democratic Consolidation

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190
Citations
‘Good’ and ‘bad’ democracies: how to conduct research into the quality of democracy

Leonardo Morlino

184
Citations
Democracy between consolidation and crisis

Leonardo Morlino

135
Citations
The Quality of democracy in Asia-Pacific: issues and findings:

Leonardo Morlino;Bjoern Dressel;Riccardo Pelizzo

83
Citations
The Impact of the Economic Crisis on South European Democracies

Leonardo Morlino;Francesco Raniolo

63
Citations
What is the impact of the economic crisis on democracy? Evidence from Europe

Leonardo Morlino;Mario Quaranta

48
Citations
Legitimacy and the Quality of Democracy

Leonardo Morlino

31
Citations
Italy: Tracing the Roots of the Great Transformation

Luciano Bardi;L. Morlino

28
Citations
Problematizing the Links Between Authoritarian Legacies and 'Good' Democracy

Leonardo Morlino

26
Citations
The Membership of Political Parties in European Democracies

R. Katz;J. Pierre;T. Poguntke;J. Sundberg

20
Citations
Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis. Parties, Groups, and Citizens in Southern Europe (Italian, Spanish, Hungarian translations forthcoming)

Leonardo Morlino

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

José Ramón Montero Autonomous University of Madrid

Wojciech Sadurski University of Sydney

Dirk Berg-Schlosser Philipp University of Marburg

Giovanni Sartori Columbia University

Larry Diamond Stanford University

Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University

Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna

Paul Webb University of Sussex

Jon Pierre University of Gothenburg

Peter Mair European University Institute

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