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About the Communist and Post-Communist Studies format

Communist and Post-Communist Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Political Conflict and Governance, Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inEastern European Communism and Reforms Political Conflict and Governance Electoral Systems and Political Participation Russia and Soviet political economy Soviet and Russian History
ISSN0967-067X
Citation impact (2-yr)1.21
h-index69
i10-index547
Total citations22,537
Top institutions publishing hereNational Research University Higher School of Economics
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Papers published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies per year

42
2014
30
2015
36
2016
31
2017
46
2018
28
2019
47
2020
29
2021
34
2022
34
2023
43
2024
39
2025

Citation impact of Communist and Post-Communist Studies by publication year

931
2014
299
2015
891
2016
435
2017
717
2018
282
2019
335
2020
138
2021
223
2022
114
2023
90
2024
29
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Communist and post-communist studies

1 Mar 1993

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International diffusion and postcommunist electoral revolutions

Valerie J. Bunce, Sharon L. Wolchik · 1 Sep 2006

Over the past decade, a number of elections in postcommunist regimes perched between democracy and dictatorship have led to the triumph of liberal oppositions over illiberal incumbents or their anointed successors. The international diffusion of these electoral revolutions reflects the interaction among five factors: the long term development of civil society, expanded opportunities for democratic…

The radical right in post-communist Europe. Comparative perspectives on legacies and party competition

Lenka Buštíková, Herbert Kitschelt · 8 Nov 2009

What role do legacies of past mobilization under late communist rule play in the success of the radical right parties in Eastern Europe? This article considers two major legacies: the legacy of national-accommodative communism and the legacy of patrimonial communism. We investigate the effect of welfare retrenchment on vote support for radical right in 2000s.…

Resettlement for China's Three Gorges Dam: socio-economic impact and institutional tensions

Sukhan Jackson, Adrian Sleigh · 1 Jun 2000

Large dams have been an important component of infrastructure development in capitalist and communist countries alike. In 1998, changing world attitudes on large dams led to a two year World Commission on Dams and new global standards may soon insist that future projects pay fair compensation so that resettlement becomes voluntary. Now, 10 years after…

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Communist and Post-Communist Studies uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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