2026 Wolfgang Rudig: 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	27	1473	1345	249	233	130	2634

Overview

Wolfgang Rudig is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, focusing primarily on topics related to gender studies and political science. Their research intersects various subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, and clinical psychology.

Their work explores a range of themes such as gender politics and representation, gender, feminism, and media, electoral systems and political participation, gender, security, and conflict, gender diversity and inequality, populism and right-wing movements, as well as misinformation and its impacts.

Wolfgang Rudig has published research in several notable academic venues, often collaborating with other scholars. Frequent publication outlets include:

The Political Quarterly
Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
European Political Science Review
Environmental Politics
Party Politics

Among the recurrent co-authors in their work are Sofía Collignon, Iakovos Makropoulos, Georgios Karyotis, John Connolly, and Andrew Judge.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Rudig span from 2019 to 2021 and address issues around parliamentary candidates and harassment, electoral politics, and public attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key publications include:

"Harassment and Intimidation of Parliamentary Candidates in the United Kingdom," 2020, published in The Political Quarterly
"Increasing the cost of female representation? The gendered effects of harassment, abuse and intimidation towards Parliamentary candidates in the UK," 2021, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
"The Greens in the 2019 European elections," 2020, Environmental Politics
"The Gendered Harassment of Parliamentary Candidates in the UK," 2021, The Political Quarterly
"Consensus secured? Elite and public attitudes to 'lockdown' measures to combat Covid-19 in England," 2021, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties

This body of work highlights a focus on political participation, gendered experiences within politics, and sociopolitical responses to contemporary challenges. Wolfgang Rudig's research contributes to understanding complex dynamics at the intersection of gender and politics in the context of democratic processes and societal responses.

Best Publications

Who Protests in Greece? Mass Opposition to Austerity

Wolfgang Rüdig;Georgios Karyotis

305
Citations
Political Ecology and the Social Sciences – The State of the Art

Philip D. Lowe;Wolfgang Rüdig

250
Citations
States and Anti-Nuclear Movements

Wolfgang Rudig;H. Flam

116
Citations
Beyond the usual suspects? New participants in anti-austerity protests in Greece

Wolfgang Rudig;Georgios Karyotis

112
Citations
The withered "greening" of british politics: A study of the ecology party

Wolfgang Rüdig;Philip D. Lowe

110
Citations
The dynamics of policy change: Lobbying and water privatisation

Jeremy J. Richardson;William A. Maloney;Wolfgang Rüdig

104
Citations
The Three Waves of Anti-Austerity Protest in Greece, 2010–2015

Georgios Karyotis;Wolfgang Rüdig

100
Citations
Green Party Members: A Profile

Wolfgang Rudig;L.G. Bennie;M.N. Franklin

90
Citations
Blame and punishment? The electoral politics of extreme austerity in Greece

Georgios Karyotis;Wolfgang Rüdig

89
Citations
Peace and ecology movements in western Europe

Wolfgang Rudig

88
Citations
Phasing out nuclear energy in Germany

Wolfgang Rüdig

81
Citations
Analyzing Greens in power: Setting the agenda

Benoît Rihoux;Wolfgang Rüdig

78
Citations
Anti-Nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Wolfgang Rudig

74
Citations
On the durability of Green politics : Evidence from the 1989 European election study

Mark N. Franklin;Wolfgang Rüdig

64
Citations
Harassment and intimidation of parliamentary candidates in the United Kingdom

Sofia Collignon;Wolfgang Rüdig

62
Citations
THE GREENS IN EUROPE: ECOLOGICAL PARTIES AND THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS OF 1984

Wolfgang Rudig

58
Citations
The Greens in the German federal elections of 2013

Wolfgang Rüdig

42
Citations
The Greens in the 2019 European elections

Mitya Pearson;Wolfgang Rüdig

34
Citations
Increasing the cost of female representation? The gendered effects of harassment, abuse and intimidation towards Parliamentary candidates in the UK

Sofia Collignon;Wolfgang Rüdig

32
Citations
The perennial success of the German Greens

Wolfgang Rüdig

28
Citations
Green party members and grass-roots democracy: A comparative analysis:

Wolfgang Rüdig;Javier Sajuria

26
Citations
Representation and Austerity Politics: Attitudes of Greek Voters and Elites Compared

Georgios Karyotis;Wolfgang Rüdig;David Judge

25
Citations
Consensus secured? Elite and public attitudes to "lockdown" measures to combat Covid-19 in England

Sofia Collignon;Iakovos Makropoulos;Wolfgang Rüdig

13
Citations
Networks of cooperation: Water policy in Germany

Wolfgang Rudig;R.A. Kraemer

12
Citations
What drives support for social distancing? Pandemic politics, securitization, and crisis management in Britain

Georgios Karyotis;John Connolly;Sofia Collignon;Andrew Judge

12
Citations
Assessing nonresponse bias in activist surveys

Wolfgang Rüdig

11
Citations
The Gendered Harassment of Parliamentary Candidates in the UK

Sofía Collignon;Rosie Campbell;Wolfgang Rüdig

10
Citations
Up and down with the Greens: Ecology and party politics in Britain, 1989–1992

Wolfgang Rüdig;Mark N Franklin;Lynn G Bennie

10
Citations
The Greens in the 2014 European elections

Wolfgang Rüdig

7
Citations
Between Ecotopia Disillusionment: Green Parties in European Government

Wolfgang Rudig

7
Citations
Capitalism and nuclear power: A reassessment:

Wolfgang Rudig

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark N. Franklin European University Institute

Philip Lowe Newcastle University

Rosie Campbell King's College London

William A. Maloney Newcastle University

Robyn Eckersley University of Melbourne

Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck University of Mannheim

Christopher Rootes University of Kent

External Links

Personal website of Wolfgang Rudig

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