2026 Lieven De Winter: 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	27	1450	1322	21	21	200	3827

Overview

Lieven De Winter is affiliated with the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Their research primarily spans Social Sciences and Health Professions, with a focus on subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Gender Studies.

The main topics covered in their work include Healthcare Systems and Practices, Political Systems and Governance, Health, Medicine and Society, Migration, Identity, and Health, European Union Policy and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, and European and International Law Studies.

De Winter's recent publications include:

The Allocation of Committee Chairs and the Oversight of Coalition Cabinets in Belgium, 2021, Government and Opposition
Belgium: Political Developments and Data in 2019, 2020, European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook
Belgium: Political Developments and Data in 2020, 2021, European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook
Belgium: Political Developments and Data in 2022, 2023, European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook
Belgium: Political Developments and Data in 2023, 2024, European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lieven De Winter include Pierre Baudewyns, Audrey Vandeleene, Serge Deruette, Benoît Rihoux, and Patrick Dumont.

The European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook represents the venue where De Winter has published the majority of their work, alongside contributions to Government and Opposition and Regional & Federal Studies.

Best Publications

Regionalist Parties in Western Europe

Lieven De Winter;Huri Tursan

563
Citations
Conclusion a comparative analysis of the electoral office and policy success of ethnoregionalist parties

Lieven De Winter

259
Citations
European Integration and Ethnoregionalist Parties

Lieven De Winter;Margarita Gomez-Reino Cachafeiro

242
Citations
Autonomist parties in Europe: identity politics and the revival of the territorial cleavage

Maria Gomez;Lieven De Winter;Peter Lynch

199
Citations
Party System(s) and Electoral Behaviour in Belgium: From Stability to Balkanisation

Lieven De Winter;Marc Swyngedouw;Patrick Dumont

186
Citations
Parliamentary and Party Pathways to the Cabinet

Lieven de Winter

168
Citations
The Politics of Belgium: Institutions and Policy under Bipolar and Centrifugal Federalism

Marleen Brans;Lieven De Winter;Wilfried Swenden

146
Citations
Belgium: Democracy or Oligarchy?

Lieven De Winter

121
Citations
Parties and Government Formation, Portfolio Allocation and Policy Definition

Lieven De Winter

110
Citations
Do Belgian Parties Undermine the Democratic Chain of Delegation

Lieven De Winter;Patrick Dumont

97
Citations
Comparing similar countries : Italy and Belgium

Lieven De Winter

94
Citations
Parliamentary Opposition in Post-Consociational Democracies: Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands

Rudy B. Andeweg;Lieven De Winter;Wolfgang C. Müller

93
Citations
Polity, Politics and Policy Evaluation in Belgium

Frédéric Varone;Steve Jacob;Lieven De Winter

86
Citations
Parties into Government: Still Many Puzzles

Lieven De Winter;Patrick Dumont

83
Citations
Belgium : Delegation and Accountability under partitocratic rule

Lieven De Winter;Patrick Dumont

82
Citations
Uncertainty and Complexity in Cabinet Formation

Lieven De Winter;Patrick Dumont

79
Citations
THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ON ETHNOREGIONALIST PARTIES

Lieven de Winter

76
Citations
Belgium: Empowering voters or party elites?

Lieven De Winter

74
Citations
THE VOLKSUNIE AND THE DILEMMA BETWEEN POLICY SUCCESS AND ELECTORAL SURVIVAL IN FLANDERS

Lieven De Winter

69
Citations
Candidate centred campaigning in a party centred context: The case of Belgium

Lieven De Winter;Pierre Baudewyns

68
Citations
Belgium : Party system(s)on the Eve of Disintegration ?

Lieven De Winter;Patrick Dumont

63
Citations
The scope of EU government

Lieven De Winter;Mark Swyngedouw

63
Citations
Belgium: On Government Agreements, Evangelists, Followers and Heretics

Lieven De Winter;Arco Timmermans;Patrick Dumont

50
Citations
Compulsory voting in Belgium: a reply to Hooghe and Pelleriaux

Lieven de Winter;Johan Ackaert

32
Citations
Intra- and Extra-Parliamentary Role Attitudes and Behaviour of Belgian MPs

Lieven De Winter

22
Citations
Conclusion: The Future Study of Autonomist and Regionalist Parties

Margarita Gomez;Lieven De Winter;Peter Lynch

18
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudy B. Andeweg Leiden University

Peter Esaiasson University of Gothenburg

Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna

Sören Holmberg University of Gothenburg

Michael Marsh Trinity College Dublin

Jacques J.A. Thomassen University of Twente

Frédéric Varone University of Geneva

Peter Van Aelst University of Antwerp

Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University

Pippa Norris Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Lieven De Winter

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