Victor Lapuente

Victor Lapuente 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 Victor Lapuente sits on this spectrum.

Victor Lapuente 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 Victor Lapuente sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Regional Governance Matters: Quality of Government within European Union Member States

  Nicholas Charron;Lewis Dijkstra;Victor Lapuente

  677
  Citations

• The Merit of Meritocratization: Politics, Bureaucracy, and the Institutional Deterrents of Corruption

  Carl Dahlström;Victor Lapuente;Jan Teorell

  535
  Citations

• Erratum to: Mapping the Regional Divide in Europe: A Measure for Assessing Quality of Government in 206 European Regions

  Nicholas Charron;Nicholas Charron;Lewis Dijkstra;Victor Lapuente

  340
  Citations

• Does democracy produce quality of government

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente

  261
  Citations

• The effects of new public management on the quality of public services

  Victor Lapuente;Victor Lapuente;Steven Van de Walle

  216
  Citations

• Careers, Connections, and Corruption Risks: Investigating the Impact of Bureaucratic Meritocracy on Public Procurement Processes

  Nicholas Charron;Carl Dahlström;Mihaly Fazekas;Victor Lapuente

  179
  Citations

• Why Do Some Regions in Europe Have a Higher Quality of Government

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente

  148
  Citations

• Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Government in EU Regions

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente;Bo Rothstein;Lewis Dijkstra

  142
  Citations

• Measuring quality of government in EU regions across space and time

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente;Paola Annoni

  108
  Citations

• Dimensions of Bureaucracy A Cross-National Dataset on the Structure and Behavior of Public Administration 1

  Carl Dahlström;Victor Lapuente;Jan Teorell

  99
  Citations

• Comparative Bureaucratic Politics

  Unknown

  97
  Citations

• Politicization, Bureaucratic Legalism, and Innovative Attitudes in the Public Sector

  Unknown

  90
  Citations

• Which Dictators Produce Quality of Government

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente

  88
  Citations

• The wealth of regions: quality of government and SMEs in 172 European regions:

  Marina Nistotskaya;Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente

  85
  Citations

• Organizing Leviathan

  Unknown

  84
  Citations

• Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective

  Nicholas Charron;Victor Lapuente;Bo Rothstein

  80
  Citations

• Adam Smith or Machiavelli? Political incentives for contracting out local public services

  Unknown

  73
  Citations

• Explaining Cross-Country Differences in Performance-Related Pay in the Public Sector

  Unknown

  72
  Citations

• Public Administration Around the World

  Carl Dahlström;Victor Lapuente;Jan Teorell

  67
  Citations

• No law without a state

  Nicholas Charron;Carl Dahlström;Victor Lapuente

  61
  Citations