| How democracies die S Levitsky, D Ziblatt Crown, 2019 | 6605 | 2019 |
| V-dem codebook v10 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... | 1949* | 2020 |
| Como as democracias morrem S Levitsky, D Ziblatt Editora Schwarcz-Companhia das Letras, 2018 | 1840 | 2018 |
| V-Dem [Country–year/country–date]: Dataset V11. 1 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, S Lindberg, E Tzelgov Cambridge University Press, 2020 | 1346 | 2020 |
| Cómo mueren las democracias S Levitsky, D Ziblatt Ariel, 2018 | 690 | 2018 |
| V-Dem dataset v11. 1 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, N Alizada, ... | 567* | 2021 |
| The historical turn in democratization studies: A new research agenda for Europe and beyond G Capoccia, D Ziblatt Comparative Political Studies 43 (8-9), 931-968, 2010 | 550 | 2010 |
| Structuring the state: The formation of Italy and Germany and the puzzle of federalism D Ziblatt Princeton University Press, 2008 | 517 | 2008 |
| Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy D Ziblatt Cambridge University Press, 2017 | 502 | 2017 |
| The enduring indispensability of the controlled comparison D Slater, D Ziblatt Comparative Political Studies 46 (10), 1301-1327, 2013 | 385 | 2013 |
| An institutional theory of direct and indirect rule J Gerring, D Ziblatt, J Van Gorp, J Arévalo World politics 63 (3), 377-433, 2011 | 324 | 2011 |
| V-Dem country-year dataset v8 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, SE Skaaning, J Teorell, ... Varieties of democracy (V-dem) project, 2018 | 316* | 2018 |
| Shaping democratic practice and the causes of electoral fraud: The case of nineteenth-century Germany D Ziblatt American Political Science Review 103 (1), 1-21, 2009 | 307 | 2009 |
| V-dem [country–year/country–date] dataset v10. varieties of democracy (v-dem) project M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... Varieties of Democracy, 2020 | 270 | 2020 |
| Does landholding inequality block democratization?: A test of the “bread and democracy” thesis and the case of prussia D Ziblatt World Politics 60 (4), 610-641, 2008 | 224 | 2008 |
| How did Europe democratize? D Ziblatt World Politics 58 (2), 311-338, 2006 | 216 | 2006 |
| V-dem country-year dataset v10 M Coppedge, J Gerring, CH Knutsen, SI Lindberg, J Teorell, D Altman, ... Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, 2020 | 208 | 2020 |
| Wie Demokratien sterben: Und was wir dagegen tun können S Levitsky, D Ziblatt DVA, 2018 | 204 | 2018 |
| Tyranny of the minority: Why American democracy reached the breaking point S Levitsky, D Ziblatt Random House, 2024 | 190 | 2024 |
| Why some cities provide more public goods than others: A subnational comparison of the provision of public goods in German cities in 1912 D Ziblatt Studies in comparative international development 43 (3), 273-289, 2008 | 172 | 2008 |