Question 1

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de la Democracia?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Instituto de la Democracia is "Female Candidate Performance and Gender Quotas: The Case of Ecuador" (Vanessa D. Carrión-Yaguana, Sarah J. Carrington, Gabriel Velástegui Moya, 2022), with 10 citations. Next come "Communitarian democracy and its legitimation by the Ecuadorian State—rethinking plurinationality" (5) and "La Construcción del Estado plurinacional ecuatoriano, más allá del reconocimiento constitucional: Descolonización, autonomías e interculturalidad" (5).

Question 2

Which research topics does Instituto de la Democracia publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Latin American Cultural Politics, Latin American social science, Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America and Social Issues and Policies in Latin America.

Question 3

Which fields of science does Instituto de la Democracia work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 92% of research at Instituto de la Democracia is in Social Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (80%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 4

Is Instituto de la Democracia's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 225% higher than in 2018-2021.