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Thomas König 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 Thomas König sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 174 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas König 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 Thomas König sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Thomas König is affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations. Their work spans 20 publications primarily concentrated in the subfield of political science and international relations, supported also by research in strategy and management, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, gender studies, and atmospheric science.

Their research topics include electoral systems and political participation, political influence and corporate strategies, policy transfer and learning, gender politics and representation, European Union policy and governance, as well as medical imaging techniques and applications and radiation dose and imaging.

König's notable recent papers include:

  • "American Political Science Review," 2020, published in PS Political Science & Politics
  • "Agenda Control and Timing of Bill Initiation: A Temporal Perspective on Coalition Governance in Parliamentary Democracies," 2021, published in American Political Science Review
  • "Government dominance and the role of opposition in parliamentary democracies," 2022, published in European Journal of Political Research
  • "Portfolio allocation patterns and policy-making effectiveness in minority coalition governments," 2020, published in European Journal of Political Research
  • "Divided We Unite: The Nature of Partyism and the Role of Coalition Partnership in Europe," 2023, published in American Political Science Review

Frequent coauthors include Nick Lin, Thiago Silva, Hyeonho Hahm, Xiao Lu, and Galina Zudenkova.

The main publication venues for König's work are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • American Political Science Review
  • West European Politics

Best Publications

  • The European Union Decides

    Robert Thomson;Frans N. Stokman;Christopher H. Achen;Thomas König

  • Reduction in critical mortality in urban mass casualty incidents: analysis of triage, surge, and resource use after the London bombings on July 7, 2005.

    Christopher J Aylwin;Thomas C König;Nora W Brennan;Peter J Shirley

  • In View of Ratification: Governmental Preferences and Domestic Constraints at the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference

    Simon Hug;Thomas König

  • Institutional Reform and Decision-Making Efficiency in the European Union

    Heiner Schulz;Thomas Konig

  • Troubles with Transposition? Explaining Trends in Member-State Notification and the Delayed Transposition of EU Directives

    Thomas König;Brooke Luetgert

  • Entscheidungsprozesse in der Arbeits- und Sozialpolitik : Der Zugang der Interessengruppen zum Regierungssystem über Politikfeldnetze; Ein deutsch-amerikanischer Vergleich

    Franz Urban Pappi;Thomas König;David Knoke

  • Divergence or convergence? From ever‐growing to ever‐slowing European legislative decision making

    Thomas König

  • American Political Science Review: Editors’ Report July 1, 2018–February 29, 2020

    Thomas König;Kenneth Benoit;Thomas Bräuninger;Sabine Carey

  • The checks and balances of party federalism: German federal government in a divided legislature

    Thomas Bräuninger;Thomas König

  • Estimating Party Positions across Countries and Time—A Dynamic Latent Variable Model for Manifesto Data

    Thomas König;Moritz Marbach;Moritz Osnabrügge

  • HOW ROBUST ARE COMPLIANCE FINDINGS? A RESEARCH SYNTHESIS

    Mariyana Angelova;Tanja Dannwolf;Thomas König

  • Bicameral Conflict Resolution in the European Union : An Empirical Analysis of Conciliation Committee Bargains

    Thomas König;Bjorn Lindberg;Sandra Lechner;Winfried Pohlmeier

  • Examining the EU Legislative Process: The Relative Importance of Agenda and Veto Power

    Thomas König;Mirja Pöter

  • The Formation of Policy Networks : Preferences, Institutions and Actors' Choice of Information and Exchange Relations

    Thomas König;Thomas Bräuninger

  • Ratifying Maastricht: Parliamentary Votes on International Treaties and Theoretical Solution Concepts

    Thomas König;Simon Hug

  • Accession and Reform of the European Union A Game-Theoretical Analysis of Eastern Enlargement and the Constitutional Reform

    Thomas König;Thomas Bräuninger

  • Why Don’t Veto Players Use Their Power?

    Thomas König;Dirk Junge

  • Das europäische Mehrebenensystem

    Thomas König;Elmar Rieger;Hermann Schmitt

  • The Strategic Nature of Compliance: An Empirical Evaluation of Law Implementation in the Central Monitoring System of the European Union

    Thomas König;Lars Mäder

  • Bicameralism and Party Politics in Germany: An Empirical Social Choice Analysis:

    Thomas König

  • Quantifying European Legislative Research: Using CELEX and PreLex in EU Legislative Studies

    Thomas König;Brooke Luetgert;Tanja Dannwolf

  • The Europeanization of Domestic Legislatures: The Empirical Implications of the Delors' Myth in Nine Countries

    Sylvain Brouard;Sylvain Brouard;Olivier Costa;Thomas König

  • Testing procedural models of EU legislative decision-making

    Bernard Steunenberg;Torsten J. Selck;Robert Thomson;Frans N. Stokman

  • Analysing the Process of EU Legislative Decision-Making: To make a Long story Short ...

    Thomas König

  • Reform Processes and Policy Change : Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies

    Thomas König;George Tsebelis;Marc Debus

  • Policy-making processes and the European constitution : a comparative study of member states and accession countries

    Thomas König;Simon Hug

  • Ignoring the Non-ignorables? Missingness and Missing Positions

    Thomas König;Daniel Finke;Stephanie Daimer

  • Reforming the European Union: Realizing the Impossible

    Daniel Finke;Thomas König;Sven-Oliver Proksch;George Tsebelis

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Bräuninger
Thomas Bräuninger University of Mannheim
Sven-Oliver Proksch
Sven-Oliver Proksch University of Cologne
George Tsebelis
George Tsebelis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Simon Hug
Simon Hug University of Geneva
Robert Thomson
Robert Thomson University of Hong Kong
Sylvain Brouard
Sylvain Brouard Sciences Po
Jonathan B. Slapin
Jonathan B. Slapin University of Zurich
Marc Debus
Marc Debus University of Mannheim
Olivier Costa
Olivier Costa Sciences Po
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim

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