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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 28 1346 1225 72 68 84 4966

Yannis Theocharis publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yannis Theocharis between 2009 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yannis Theocharis published across 17 years, from 2009 to 2025, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2024. 21 of the 91 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2009 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2024. 2009: 1 publication 2010: 0 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 10 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 4 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 8 publications
2009 2025

91 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yannis Theocharis: publications per year, 2009 to 2025
Year Publications
2009 1
2010 0
2011 2
2012 1
2013 10
2014 2
2015 9
2016 7
2017 12
2018 2
2019 1
2020 4
2021 8
2022 4
2023 7
2024 13
2025 8
Total 91
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Yannis Theocharis 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 Yannis Theocharis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 81–85 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 84 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71 84
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Yannis Theocharis 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 Yannis Theocharis sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 28 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99 28
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Overview

Yannis Theocharis is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research focuses primarily within the social sciences, with a notable emphasis on communication and political science. The scholar's work encompasses several subfields including communication, sociology and political science, political science and international relations, artificial intelligence, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

Theocharis's contributions are strongly associated with themes around social media and politics, misinformation and its impacts, hate speech and cyberbullying detection, electoral systems and political participation, media studies and communication, opinion dynamics and social influence, as well as media influence and politics.

Several recent papers authored by Theocharis illustrate this range of interests and topics. These include:

  • Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries, 2021, Digital Journalism
  • Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries, 2021, New Media & Society
  • The Dynamics of Political Incivility on Twitter, 2020, SAGE Open
  • Platform affordances and political participation: how social media reshape political engagement, 2022, West European Politics
  • Navigating High-Choice European Political Information Environments: a Comparative Analysis of News User Profiles and Political Knowledge, 2021, The International Journal of Press/Politics

Theocharis frequently publishes in journals such as The International Journal of Press/Politics, Political Communication, Digital Journalism, European Journal of Political Research, and Information Communication & Society. These venues reflect the scholar's focus on media and political communication research.

In collaboration, Theocharis works often with co-authors including Karolina Koç-Michalska, Jörg Matthes, Frank Esser, David Nicolas Hopmann, and Václav Štětka, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Using Twitter to mobilize protest action: online mobilization patterns and action repertoires in the Occupy Wall Street, Indignados, and Aganaktismenoi movements

    Yannis Theocharis;Will Lowe;Jan W. van Deth;Gema García-Albacete

  • From Liberation to Turmoil: Social Media And Democracy

    Joshua A. Tucker;Yannis Theocharis;Margaret E. Roberts;Pablo Barberá

  • The continuous expansion of citizen participation: a new taxonomy ‡

    Yannis Theocharis;Jan W. van Deth

  • The Conceptualization of Digitally Networked Participation

    Yannis Theocharis

  • Young People, Digital Media, and Engagement: A Meta-Analysis of Research:

    Shelley Boulianne;Yannis Theocharis

  • Social media and political communication in the 2014 elections to the European Parliament

    Paul Nulty;Yannis Theocharis;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Olivier Parnet

  • A Bad Workman Blames His Tweets: The Consequences of Citizens' Uncivil Twitter Use When Interacting With Party Candidates

    Yannis Theocharis;Pablo Barberá;Zoltán Fazekas;Sebastian Adrian Popa

  • Does Facebook increase political participation? Evidence from a field experiment

    Yannis Theocharis;Will Lowe

  • Young people, political participation and online postmaterialism in Greece

    Yannis Theocharis

  • Cuts, Tweets, Solidarity and Mobilisation: How the Internet Shaped the Student Occupations

    Yannis Theocharis

  • The Wealth of (Occupation) Networks? Communication Patterns and Information Distribution in a Twitter Protest Network

    Yannis Theocharis

  • Stimulating citizenship or expanding entertainment? The effect of Facebook on adolescent participation

    Yannis Theocharis;Ellen Quintelier

  • Political Participation in a Changing World: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges in the Study of Citizen Engagement

    Yannis Theocharis;Jan W. van Deth

  • The Dynamics of Political Incivility on Twitter

    Yannis Theocharis;Pablo Barberá;Zoltán Fazekas;Sebastian Adrian Popa

  • Tweeting alone? An analysis of bridging and bonding social capital in online networks

    Javier Sajuria;Jennifer vanHeerde-Hudson;David Hudson;Niheer Dasandi

  • Online Political Engagement, Facebook, and Personality Traits

    Ellen Quintelier;Yannis Theocharis

  • Political Participation in a Changing World

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  • Computational Social Science and the Study of Political Communication

    Yannis Theocharis;Andreas Jungherr

  • Elite-public interaction on twitter: EU issue expansion in the campaign

    Zoltán Fazekas;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Hermann Schmitt;Hermann Schmitt;Pablo Barberá

  • The empiricist’s challenge: Asking meaningful questions in political science in the age of big data

    Andreas Jungherr;Yannis Theocharis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan W. van Deth
Jan W. van Deth University of Mannheim
Andreas Jungherr
Andreas Jungherr University of Bamberg
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim
Marc Hooghe
Marc Hooghe KU Leuven
Joshua A. Tucker
Joshua A. Tucker New York University
Kenneth Benoit
Kenneth Benoit Singapore Management University
Shelley Boulianne
Shelley Boulianne Mount Royal University

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