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Peter Esaiasson 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 Peter Esaiasson sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 104 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Esaiasson 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 Peter Esaiasson sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 25 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Esaiasson is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with an academic output highlighting intersections within political science, sociology, communication, and public administration.

Their work spans several key fields, including:

  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Communication
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Public Administration

Esaiasson's research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Media and Politics
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Recent notable publications include:

  • "How the coronavirus crisis affects citizen trust in institutions and in unknown others: Evidence from 'the Swedish experiment'" (2020), published in the European Journal of Political Research
  • "How to be Gracious about Political Loss-The Importance of Good Loser Messages in Policy Controversies" (2022), published in Comparative Political Studies
  • ""It's Not Over When It's Over"-Post-Decision Arrangements and Empirical Legitimacy" (2021), published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (co-authored by Jenny de Fine Licht)
  • "Why Swedes Don't Wear Face Masks During the Pandemic-A Consequence of Blindly Trusting the Government" (2021), published in the Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (co-authored by Bengt Johansson)
  • "Close (Causally Connected) Cousins?" (2022), published in Public Opinion Quarterly (co-authored by Peter Thisted Dinesen)

Esaiasson frequently collaborates with several scholars, including:

  • Jacob Sohlberg (9 joint publications)
  • Bengt Johansson (3 joint publications)
  • Jenny de Fine Licht (3 joint publications)
  • Mattias Agerberg (3 joint publications)
  • Marina Ghersetti (2 joint publications)

Their research is often disseminated through a variety of publication venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • European Journal of Political Research (2 publications)
  • Harvard Dataverse (2 publications)
  • Comparative Political Studies
  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  • Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research

Best Publications

  • Metodpraktikan. Konsten att studera samhälle, individ och marknad

    Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam;Henrik Oscarsson;Lena Wängnerud

  • Representation From Above: Members of Parliament and Representative Democracy in Sweden

    Peter Esaiasson;Sören Holmberg

  • When Does Transparency Generate Legitimacy? Experimenting on a Context‐Bound Relationship

    Jenny De Fine Licht;Daniel Naurin;Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam

  • How the coronavirus crisis affects citizen trust in institutions and in unknown others – Evidence from “the Swedish experiment”

    Peter Esaiasson;Jacob Sohlberg;Marina Ghersetti;Bengt Johansson

  • Which decision-making arrangements generate the strongest legitimacy beliefs? Evidence from a randomised field experiment

    Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam;Mikael Persson

  • Scandal Fatigue? Scandal Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe, 1977–2007

    Staffan Kumlin;Peter Esaiasson

  • Reconsidering the Role of Procedures for Decision Acceptance

    Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Persson;Mikael Gilljam;Torun Lindholm

  • Electoral losers revisited – How citizens react to defeat at the ballot box

    Peter Esaiasson

  • Policy Representation in Western Democracies

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  • Responsiveness Beyond Policy Satisfaction: Does It Matter to Citizens?

    Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam;Mikael Persson

  • The immigration issue and anti-immigrant party success in Sweden 1970-2006 A deviant case analysis

    Carl Dahlström;Peter Esaiasson

  • Will citizens take no for an answer? What government officials can do to enhance decision acceptance

    Peter Esaiasson

  • The effects of direct voting and deliberation on legitimacy beliefs: an experimental study of small group decision-making

    Mikael Persson;Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam

  • Advances in the Study of Democratic Responsiveness: An Introduction:

    Peter Esaiasson;Christopher Wlezien

  • How to be Gracious about Political Loss—The Importance of Good Loser Messages in Policy Controversies

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  • External Efficacy and Perceived Responsiveness—Similar but Distinct Concepts

    Peter Esaiasson;Ann-Kristin Kölln;Sedef Turper

  • NIMBYism - a re-examination of the phenomenon.

    Peter Esaiasson

  • Role Orientations of Members of Parliament

    Jacques J.A. Thomassen;Peter Esaiasson

  • How the coronavirus crisis affects citizen trust in government institutions and in unknown others – Evidence from “the Swedish Experiment”

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  • Diverse Workplaces and Interethnic Friendship Formation—A Multilevel Comparison across 21 OECD Countries

    Andrej Kokkonen;Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam

  • Ethnic Diversity and Democratic Citizenship: Evidence from a Social Laboratory

    Andrej Kokkonen;Peter Esaiasson;Mikael Gilljam

  • The moment you decide, you divide: How politicians assess procedural fairness

    Peter Esaiasson;Patrik Öhberg

  • In pursuit of happiness: Life satisfaction drives political support

    Peter Esaiasson;Stefan Dahlberg;Stefan Dahlberg;Andrej Kokkonen

  • Scandal Fatigue:Scandal Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe 1977-2006

    Peter Esaiasson;Staffan Kumlin

  • Political Parties and Political Representation

    Peter Esaiasson;Lena Wängnerud

Frequent Co-Authors

Sören Holmberg
Sören Holmberg University of Gothenburg
Jacques J.A. Thomassen
Jacques J.A. Thomassen University of Twente
Staffan Kumlin
Staffan Kumlin University of Oslo
Lieven De Winter
Lieven De Winter Université Catholique de Louvain
Ola Svenson
Ola Svenson Stockholm University
Michael Marsh
Michael Marsh Trinity College Dublin
Bo Rothstein
Bo Rothstein University of Gothenburg
Daniel Naurin
Daniel Naurin University of Oslo
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin
Pippa Norris
Pippa Norris Harvard University

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