2026 Nic Cheeseman: 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	30	1180	1067	199	184	171	4128

Overview

Nic Cheeseman is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is in Social Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research, Development, and Communication.

The research topics addressed by Cheeseman cover a range of issues including:

Political Conflict and Governance
Media Influence and Politics
Corruption and Economic Development
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
International Development and Aid
Social Media and Politics
African studies and sociopolitical issues

Recent scholarly contributions include several papers published between 2020 and 2022. Some notable titles are:

"Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's WhatsApp Politics" (2020), Journal of Democracy
"Tanzania: The Roots of Repression" (2021), Journal of Democracy
"The Curse of Good Intentions: Why Anticorruption Messaging Can Encourage Bribery" (2021), American Political Science Review
"African Studies Keyword: Democracy" (2021), African Studies Review
"Why efforts to fight corruption can undermine the social contract: Lessons from a survey experiment in Nigeria" (2022), Governance

Nic Cheeseman frequently collaborates with other researchers. Among the most common co-authors are Justin Willis and Gabrielle Lynch, with 14 co-authored works each, followed by Caryn Peiffer with 5, and Jonathan Fisher and Heather D. Flowe contributing to 2 works each.

Their work is also commonly published in specific academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets comprise:

Journal of Democracy (3 publications)
African Studies Review (3 publications)
Journal of Eastern African Studies (2 publications)
American Political Science Review (1 publication)
Governance (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, Nic Cheeseman has published books, notably with Cambridge University Press. Among these is "The Moral Economy of Elections in Africa" (2020).

Best Publications

Democratization, sequencing, and state failure in Africa: Lessons from Kenya

Daniel Branch;Nic Cheeseman

396
Citations
The Kenyan Elections of 2007: An Introduction

Nic Cheeseman

317
Citations
Democracy in Africa

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297
Citations
Power-sharing in comparative perspective: the dynamics of ‘unity government’ in Kenya and Zimbabwe*

Nic Cheeseman;Blessing-Miles Tendi

227
Citations
Rethinking the ‘presidentialism debate’: conceptualizing coalitional politics in cross-regional perspective

Paul Chaisty;Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power

218
Citations
Parties, Platforms, and Political Mobilization: The Zambian Presidential Election of 2008

Nic Cheeseman;Marja Hinfelaar

184
Citations
Democracy and its discontents: understanding Kenya's 2013 elections

Nicholas Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

178
Citations
Decentralisation in Kenya : the governance of governors

Nicholas Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

176
Citations
African Elections as Vehicles for Change

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152
Citations
Digital dilemmas: the unintended consequences of election technology

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

118
Citations
Ethnicity as a political cleavage

Nicholas Cheeseman;R. Ford

106
Citations
Ethnopopulism in Africa: opposition mobilization in diverse and unequal societies

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98
Citations
The internal dynamics of power-sharing in Africa

Nic Cheeseman

94
Citations
Managing a mega-city: learning the lessons from Lagos

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70
Citations
Kenya's 2017 elections : winner-takes-all politics as usual?

Nicholas Cheeseman;Karuti Kanyinga;Gabrielle Lynch;Mutuma Ruteere

67
Citations
Our turn to eat : politics in Kenya since 1950

Branch Branch;Nic Cheeseman;Leigh Gardner

65
Citations
Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective

Paul Chaisty;Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power

55
Citations
Zimbabwe: The coup that never was, and the election that could have been

Nicole Beardsworth;Nic Cheeseman;Simukai Tinhu

45
Citations
Tanzania: the roots of repression

Nic Cheeseman;Hilary Matfess;Alitalali Amani

37
Citations
Social Media Disruption: Nigeria's WhatsApp Politics

Nic Cheeseman;Jonathan Fisher;Idayat Hassan;Jamie Hitchen

34
Citations
Ghana: The Ebbing Power of Incumbency

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

28
Citations
War and democracy: the legacy of conflict in East Africa

Nic Cheeseman;Michaela Collord;Filip Reyntjens

22
Citations
Peace but at what cost? Media coverage of elections and conflict in Kenya

Nic Cheeseman;Jacinta Maweu;Seth Ouma

13
Citations
Coalitional Presidentialism in Comparative Perspective: Minority Presidents in Multiparty Systems

Nic Cheeseman;Timothy J. Power;Paul Chaisty

11
Citations
The political economy of Kenya

Nic Cheeseman;Karuti Kanyinga;Gabrielle Lynch

8
Citations
Notes on Researching Africa

Nic Cheeseman;Carl Death;Lindsay Whitfield

7
Citations
The Retreat of African Democracy

Nic Cheeseman;Jeffrey Smith

2
Citations
The Fate of Africa's Democratic Experiments 1989–2014

Nic Cheeseman

1
Citations
Reimagining the Role of the Commonwealth in the UK’s Future

Nic Cheeseman;Alana Tomlin

1
Citations
Democracy in Africa: Cultures of Resistance: Civil Society and the Limits of Power

Nic Cheeseman

0
Citations
Navigating Multiple Moralities

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

0
Citations
Were the Kenyan Elections Conducted Successfully

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

0
Citations
Kenya's Electoral Impasse

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

0
Citations
Why Kenya's Supreme Court Can't Solve the Country's Electoral Crisis

Nic Cheeseman;Gabrielle Lynch;Justin Willis

0
Citations
An Introduction to African Affairs and African Studies

Nic Cheeseman;Carl Death;Lindsay Whitfield

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabrielle Lynch University of Warwick

Timothy J. Power University of Oxford

Filip Reyntjens University of Antwerp

Sarah Birch King's College London

Robert Mattes University of Strathclyde

External Links

Personal website of Nic Cheeseman

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