2026 Philippe C. Schmitter: 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	67	68	58	4	4	260	30200

Philippe C. Schmitter 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 Philippe C. Schmitter sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 260 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philippe C. Schmitter 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 Philippe C. Schmitter sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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 Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2009 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization.
2009 - Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association
1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Philippe C. Schmitter is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy. Their recent research contributions include the paper titled Neocorporativismo y Estado, published in 2024 in the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. This work has been cited 8 times, indicating engagement with the scholarly community.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Schmitter include:

Marc Blecher
Aynsley Kellow
Tony Porter
Karsten Ronit

Key publication venues where Schmitter's work appears are focused, with the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas being a notable outlet. This reflects a specialized research interest aligned with sociological and political studies.

Their book publications comprise:

Politics as a Science: A Prolegomenon, published by the European University Institute in 2020, cited 6 times
Politics as a Science: A Prolegomenon (Edition 1), available through BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library) in 2020, cited once

Schmitter's academic recognition includes several awards:

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2009) for work on corporatism in modern democracies and democratization analysis
Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association (2009)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1977)

Best Publications

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter

3411
Citations
What Democracy Is. . . and Is Not

Philippe C. Schmitter;Terry Lynn Karl

3057
Citations
Still the Century of Corporatism

Philippe C. Schmitter

2811
Citations
Community, market, state and associations? : the prospective contribution of interest governance to social order

Wolfgang Streeck;Philippe C. Schmitter

1588
Citations
How to Democratize the European Union...and Why Bother

Philippe C. Schmitter

1052
Citations
Governance in the European Union

Gary Wolfe Marks;Fritz Wilhelm Scharpf;Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

972
Citations
Three Neo-Functional Hypotheses About International Integration

Philippe C. Schmitter

862
Citations
A Revised Theory of Regional Integration

Philippe C. Schmitter

861
Citations
Interest conflict and political change in Brazil

Philippe C. Schmitter

783
Citations
The organization of business interests: Studying the associative action of business in advanced industrial societies

Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

763
Citations
Economics and Differential Patterns of Political Integration: Projections About Unity in Latin America

Ernst B. Haas;Philippe C. Schmitter

671
Citations
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Prospects for Democracy

Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

607
Citations
Patterns of corporatist policy-making

Gerhard Lehmbruch;Philippe C. Schmitter

548
Citations
The Organization of Business Interests: A Research Design to Study the Associative Action of Business in the Advanced Industrial Societies of Western Europe

Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

533
Citations
Private interest government : beyond market and state

Wolfgang Streeck;Philippe C. Schmitter

502
Citations
Trends toward Corporatist Intermediation

Philippe C. Schmitter;Gerhard Lehmbruch

437
Citations
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Comparative Perspectives

Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

412
Citations
The Conceptual Travels of Transitologists and Consolidologists: How Far to the East Should They Attempt to Go?

Philippe C. Schmitter;Terry Lynn Karl

399
Citations
Governing capitalist economies : performance and control of economic sectors

J. Rogers Hollingsworth;Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

321
Citations
The Future of Representative Democracy

Sonia Alonso;John Keane;Wolfgang Merkel

319
Citations
Imagining the Future of the Euro-Polity with the Help of New Concepts

Philippe Schmitter

307
Citations
Governance in the European Union

Unknown

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Streeck Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Laurence Whitehead University of Oxford

Guillermo O'Donnell University of Notre Dame

Michael W. Bauer European University Institute

Alexander H. Trechsel University of Lucerne

Fritz W. Scharpf Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Colin Crouch University of Warwick

Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Vivien A. Schmidt Boston University

Ernst B. Haas University of California, Berkeley

External Links

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