Norris, Pippa PhD
Lecturer at
Harvard University Press
Leading researcher
with 921 publications
ORCID:
0000-0001-8632-4636
Political Science and International Relations
PIPPA NORRIS is a comparative political scientist who has taught at Harvard for more than three decades. She is the Paul McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Affiliate Faculty in the Government Department. She has also served as Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney & founding Director of the Electoral Integrity project. Honors include the 2014 Karl Deutsch award by IPSA, the 2011 Johan Skytte prize in political science, the 2011 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship, the Sir Isiah Berlin Prize and a ‘special recognition’ award by the UK Political Science Association, and a Doctor honoris causa by the University of Edinburgh and Warwick University. Book awards include the 2006 Doris A. Graber award for the best book in political communications (for A Virtuous Circle), and the Virginia Hodgkinson prize from the Independent Sector (for Sacred and Secular). Her research compares public opinion and elections, democratic institutions and cultures, gender politics, and political communications in many countries worldwide. She has published almost fifty books. This includes a series for Cambridge University Press: A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet Worldwide (2001), Democratic Phoenix: Political Activism Worldwide (2002) and Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the Globe (with Ronald Inglehart, 2003), Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior (2004), Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide (with Ronald Inglehart, 2004, , Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market (2005), Driving Democracy: Do power-sharing institutions work? (2008) and Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalizing World (2009, with Ronald Inglehart), Democratic Deficit: Critical Citizens Revisited (2011), and Making Democratic Governance Work: The Impact of Regimes on Prosperity, Welfare and Peace (2012), Why Electoral Integrity Matters (2014), and Why Elections Fail (2015). Other authored or coauthored books include Contentious Elections (Routledge 2015), Comparing Democracy 4 (Sage 2014), Challenges of Electoral Integrity (Oxford University Press 2014), On Message (1999), Electoral Change Since 1945 (1997), Political Recruitment (1995), British By-elections (1990), Politics and Sexual Equality (1986). Edited books include Public Sentinel: News Media and the Governance Agenda (World Bank 2010), Britain Votes 2005 (co-edited with Christopher Wlezien, 2005), Framing Terrorism (2003), Britain Votes 2001 (2001), Critical Citizens (1999), Critical Elections (1999), The Politics of News (1998, 2nd edition 2007), Elections and Voting Behaviour (1998), Britain Votes 1997 (1997), Women, Media and Politics (1997), Politics and the Press (1997), Passages to Power (1997), Comparing Democracies (1996, 2nd ed. 2002, 3rd edition 2009), Women in Politics (1996), Different Voices, Different Lives (1994), Gender and Party Politics (1993), British Elections & Parties Yearbook (1991, 1992, 1993). Forthcoming edited books include Checkbook Elections? Political Finance in Comparative Perspective (2016). Her work has been published in more than a dozen languages. Journals articles include those in the British Journal for Political Science, Political Studies, Political Communication, the European Journal of Political Research, the International Political Science Review, Electoral Studies and Legislative Studies, and she co-founded The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics. In terms of professional service, she has been elected to executive councils APSA, IPSA, the PSA, and the WVS. Within APSA, she has been president of the Women and Politics Research Section, the Political Communications Section, the EPOVB section. In terms of public s
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
921
Total documents
5.7
Normalized Impact
235
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
11.07
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Activity
998
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
987
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
960
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
835
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
714
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
740
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
0
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
436
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
930
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 921 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 7.68 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 375 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 368 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 4 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 3 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 76 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 58 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 13 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 1 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 28 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 50527 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 1582 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 3.131 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 96.869 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 1265 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 54.86 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 5.696 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 6.899 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 91 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 222 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 258 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.531 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.491 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 235 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 2.552 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 61 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 6.623 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 16 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 78 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 848 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 92.07 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 93 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 10.1 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 0 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 2.99 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 2.82 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 0.72 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 102 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 11.07 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 0 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 0 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 8 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 106 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 11.51 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 2 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 40 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 4 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 58 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 815 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 0 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |