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Scott Mainwaring 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 Scott Mainwaring sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 180 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Mainwaring 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 Scott Mainwaring sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Scott Mainwaring is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. They specialize in the social sciences, with a primary focus on political science and related subfields. Their research covers a range of topics including politics and society in Latin America, electoral systems and political participation, political conflict and governance, political and social dynamics in Chile and Latin America, populism and right-wing movements, international relations in Latin America, as well as social policy and reform studies.

Mainwaring has published extensively in several respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Latin American Politics and Society
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of democracy
  • Studies in Comparative International Development
  • Comparative Politics

Their recent scholarly articles reflect ongoing engagement with democracy and presidentialism issues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Transitions to Democracy and Democratic Consolidation: Theoretical and Comparative Issues," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Presidentialism, Multiparty Systems, and Democracy: The Difficult Equation," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Why Latin America's Democracies Are Stuck," 2023, Journal of democracy
  • "Party Discipline in the Brazilian Constitutional Congress," 2024, D-Scholarship@Pitt (University of Pittsburgh)

Mainwaring has collaborated with a range of co-authors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, Frances Hagopian, Alfred P. Montero, Carleton College, and Senior Juan.

In addition to journal articles, Mainwaring has contributed to the literature through book publications. One notable book is Democratic Governance in Latin America, published by Stanford University Press eBooks in 2020.

Recognition for their academic work includes fellowships from prominent institutions. Mainwaring was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010 and received a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America

    Kenneth Maxwell;Scott Mainwaring;Timothy R. Scully

  • Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization: The Case of Brazil

    Scott Mainwaring

  • Presidentialism, Multipartism, and Democracy The Difficult Combination

    Scott Mainwaring

  • Presidentialism and democracy in Latin America

    Scott Mainwaring;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Party System Institutionalization and Party System Theory: After the Third Wave of Democratization

    Scott Mainwaring;Mariano Torcal

  • THE NATIONALIZATION OF PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS: AN EMPIRICAL MEASURE AND AN APPLICATION TO THE AMERICAS

    Mark P. Jones;Scott Mainwaring

  • Political Sequences and the Stabilization of Interparty Competition: Electoral Volatility in Old and New Democracies

    Scott Mainwaring;Edurne Zoco

  • Party Systems in the Third Wave

    Scott Mainwaring

  • TRANSITIONS TO DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE ISSUES

    Scott Mainwaring

  • Sistemas partidários em novas democracias : o caso do Brasil

    Scott Mainwaring;Vera Pereira;José Antônio Giusti Tavares

  • The Catholic Church and Politics in Brazil, 1916-1985

    Scott Mainwaring

  • The third wave of democratization in Latin America : advances and setbacks

    Frances Hagopian;Scott P. Mainwaring

  • Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal

    Scott Mainwaring;Matthew S. Shugart

  • Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America: Emergence, Survival, and Fall

    Scott Mainwaring;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin

    Scott Mainwaring;Daniel Brinks;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America: Rethinking the Terms of the Debate

    Matthew Soberg Shugart;Scott Mainwaring

  • Issues in democratic consolidation : the new South American democracies in comparative perspective

    Scott Mainwaring;Guillermo A. O'Donnell;J. Samuel Valenzuela

  • Classifying Political Regimes in Latin America, 1945-1999

    Scott Mainwaring;Daniel M Brinks;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • Conclusion: Presidentialism and the Party System

    Scott Mainwaring;Matthew Soberg Shugart

  • Politicians, Parties, and Electoral Systems: Brazil in Comparative Perspective

    Scott Mainwaring

  • The Political Recrafting of Social Bases of Party Competition: Chile, 1973-95

    Mariano Torcal;Scott Mainwaring

  • New Social Movements, Political Culture, and Democracy: Brazil and Argentina in the 1980s

    Scott Mainwaring;Eduardo Viola

  • Extra- and within-system electoral volatility:

    Scott Mainwaring;Carlos Gervasoni;Annabella España-Najera

  • Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal

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  • Issues in Democratic Consolidation

    Abraham F. Lowenthal;Scott Mainwaring;Guillermo O'Donnell;J. Samuel Valenzuela

  • From Representative Democracy to Participatory Competitive Authoritarianism: Hugo Chávez and Venezuelan Politics

    Scott Mainwaring

  • Democratic Governance in Latin America

    Scott Mainwaring;Timothy R. Scully

  • Brazilian Party Underdevelopment in Comparative Perspective

    Scott Mainwaring

  • Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective@@@The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century@@@Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America@@@Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective

    Gerardo L. Munck;Samuel Huntington;Adam Przeworski;Scott Mainwaring

  • Transitions Through Transaction - Democratization In Brazil And Spain

    Donald Share;Scott Mainwaring

  • Rethinking the Chilean Party Systems

    J. Esteban Montes;Scott Mainwaring;Eugenio Ortega

Frequent Co-Authors

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán University of Notre Dame
Matthew Soberg Shugart
Matthew Soberg Shugart University of California, Davis
Mariano Torcal
Mariano Torcal Pompeu Fabra University
Guillermo O'Donnell
Guillermo O'Donnell University of Notre Dame
Steven Levitsky
Steven Levitsky Harvard University
Abraham F. Lowenthal
Abraham F. Lowenthal University of Southern California
Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington Harvard University
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Richard Gunther
Richard Gunther The Ohio State University

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