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Marc Hooghe

Marc Hooghe

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Political Science
Belgium
2026
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Law and Political Science
Belgium
2023

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Political Science

D-Index
70
Citations
19765
World Ranking
51
National Ranking
1

Marc Hooghe 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 Marc Hooghe sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 946 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marc Hooghe 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 Marc Hooghe sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Marc Hooghe is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and primarily conducts research in the field of social sciences, focusing extensively on political science and international relations. Their work engages with issues across political participation, electoral systems, social policy, political systems, governance, and European Union policy.

Their notable publication record includes research on electoral behavior, political trust, and socioeconomic factors within political contexts. Recent papers include:

  • The Effect of Inequality on the Relation Between Socioeconomic Stratification and Political Trust in Europe (2020) published in Social Justice Research
  • The long-term effects of the economic crisis on political trust in Europe: Is there a negativity bias in the relation between economic performance and political support? (2020) published in Comparative European Politics
  • Policy responsiveness to all citizens or only to voters? A longitudinal analysis of policy responsiveness in OECD countries (2020) published in European Journal of Political Research
  • Economic inequality and electoral accountability: inequality and differences in economic voting across Western democracies (2020) published in Comparative European Politics
  • Voting at 16: Does lowering the voting age lead to more political engagement? Evidence from a quasi-experiment in the city of Ghent (Belgium) (2020) published in Political Science Research and Methods

Marc Hooghe collaborates frequently with other scholars in their field. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Dieter Stiers
  • Ruth Dassonneville
  • Martin Okolikj
  • Silke Goubin
  • Jennifer Oser

They regularly publish in venues that include Harvard Dataverse, Comparative European Politics, International Political Science Review, Acta Politica, and Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. This range reflects a strong presence in journals focused on political science, elections, and political opinion research.

Their research topics cover a broad scope within social sciences, emphasizing:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Political Systems and Governance
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Social Capital and Networks

Within the broader social sciences, the subfields addressed in their publications include sociology and political science, communication, strategy and management, and economics and econometrics. Their research contributes to understanding the dynamics of political trust, economic influences on political behavior, and the effects of policy on citizen engagement.

Best Publications

  • Politics in the Supermarket: Political Consumerism as a Form of Political Participation:

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe;Michele Micheletti

  • Inequalities in Non‐institutionalised Forms of Political Participation: A Multi‐level Analysis of 25 countries

    Sofie Marien;Marc Hooghe;Ellen Quintelier

  • Does political trust matter? An empirical investigation into the relation between political trust and support for law compliance

    Sofie Marien;Marc Hooghe

  • Ethnic Diversity and Generalized Trust in Europe : a Cross-National Multilevel Study

    Marc Hooghe;Tim Reeskens;Dietlind Stolle;Ann Trappers

  • Inaccurate, Exceptional, One-Sided or Irrelevant? The Debate about the Alleged Decline of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Western Societies

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

  • Generating Social Capital. Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective.

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Is Online Participation Distinct from Offline Participation? A Latent Class Analysis of Participation Types and Their Stratification

    Jennifer Oser;Jennifer Oser;Marc Hooghe;Sofie Marien

  • A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN POLITICAL TRUST AND FORMS OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN EUROPE

    Marc Hooghe;Sofie Marien

  • Cross-cultural measurement equivalence of generalized trust. Evidence from the European Social Survey (2002 and 2004)

    Tim Reeskens;Tim Reeskens;Marc Hooghe;Marc Hooghe

  • Beyond the civic-ethnic dichotomy: investigating the structure of citizenship concepts across thirty-three countries

    Tim Reeskens;Marc Hooghe

  • Generating Social Capital

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

    Marc Hooghe;Ruth Dassonneville

  • Migration to European Countries: A Structural Explanation of Patterns, 1980–2004†

    Marc Hooghe;Ann Trappers;Bart Meuleman;Tim Reeskens

  • Participation in Voluntary Associations and Value Indicators: The Effect of Current and Previous Participation Experiences

    Marc Hooghe

  • Political Socialization and the Future of Politics

    Marc Hooghe

  • Good Girls Go to the Polling Booth, Bad Boys Go Everywhere: Gender Differences in Anticipated Political Participation Among American Fourteen-Year-Olds

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Shifting inequalities? Patterns of exclusion and inclusion in emerging forms of political participation

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

  • The Stability of Political Attitudes and Behaviors across Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Comparison of Survey Data on Adolescents and Young Adults in Eight Countries

    Marc Hooghe;Britt Wilkenfeld

  • The Roots of Social Capital: Attitudinal and Network Mechanisms in the Relation between Youth and Adult Indicators of Social Capital

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

  • Where Do Distrusting Voters Turn if There is No Viable Exit or Voice Option?: The Impact of Political Trust on Electoral Behaviour in the Belgian Regional Elections of June 2009

    Marc Hooghe;Sofie Marien;Teun Pauwels

  • The cognitive basis of trust The relation between education, cognitive ability, and generalized and political trust

    Marc Hooghe;Sofie Marien;Thomas de Vroome

  • Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002–2010): The Role of Resources and Grievances

    Anna Kern;Sofie Marien;Marc Hooghe

  • Political trust : why context matters

    Sonja Zmerli;Marc Hooghe

  • The quality of government: Corruption, social trust and inequality in international perspective

    Marc Hooghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Sofie Marien
Sofie Marien KU Leuven
Dietlind Stolle
Dietlind Stolle McGill University
Stefaan Walgrave
Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp
Ignace Naert
Ignace Naert KU Leuven
Peter Van Aelst
Peter Van Aelst University of Antwerp
Thomas Gschwend
Thomas Gschwend University of Mannheim
Marc Quirynen
Marc Quirynen KU Leuven
Hans De Witte
Hans De Witte KU Leuven

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