Department of Political Science and Diplomacy

Research output

Research output per year 1989 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 5326 Citations
• 38 h-index
• 284 Article
• 26 Chapter
• 18 Review article
• 10 Book
• 8 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 3 Editorial
  • 1 Foreword/postscript

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  A mediocre ruler must rule: Han Fei on rulership

  Kim, S. & Lee, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Philosophy and Social Criticism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • rulership 100%
  • Emotional Detachment 100%
  • Possession 50%
  • Wu-wei 40%
  • Supremes 20%

• Beyond coercion: Weaker states' domestic political motivations for political clauses in preferential trade agreements

  Lechner, L. & Yang, J., 2025 Jan, In: World Economy. 48, 1, p. 3-26 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Coercion 100%
  • Takeover 100%
  • International Agreement 100%
  • Political Scientist 50%
  • Sovereignty 50%

• How bureaucratic competition shapes foreign aid allocation: The case of South Korea's aid agencies

  Whang, T., McLean, E. V. & Yu, C., 2025 Jan, In: Journal of International Development. 37, 1, p. 129-149 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Aid Agency 100%
  • Foreign Aid 100%
  • Bilateral Aid 33%
  • Donor Countries 33%

• Shifting determinants of socioeconomic status in North Korea: The impact of marketisation

  Choi, Y. J., Joo, H. M., Whang, T. & Choi, W., 2025 Mar, In: Asian Journal of Social Science. 53, 1, 100183.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Planned Economy 100%
  • North Korea 100%
  • Socialist Society 20%

• Tourism sanctions as a means of China’s economic statecraft: an fsQCA analysis

  Chung, J. Y., Paik, W. & Kim, Y. H., 2025, In: Anatolia. 36, 2, p. 395-407 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • China 100%

• What do aid recipients want? Public attitudes toward foreign aid in developing countries

  Kim, S. E., Park, J. H., Rhee, I. & Yang, J., 2025 Feb, In: World Development. 186, 106815.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Foreign Aid 100%
  • Conjoint Experiment 100%
  • Donor Countries 40%
  • International Organization 20%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Who gets picked on and why? The politics of North Korea's human rights recommendations in the universal periodic review

  Jang, H. & Woo, B., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Japanese Journal of Political Science.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Korea DPR 100%
  • Human Rights 100%
  • United Nation Organization 30%
  • UN General Assembly 10%
  • Political Arena 10%

• ‘Common but differentiated’ motivations? Requests for advisory opinions concerning climate change and the law of the sea

  Kim, S. Y. & Kim, H. J., 2025 Mar, In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 25, 1, p. 61-77 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • International Courts 100%
  • Court of Justice 80%
  • Vanuatu 40%
  • Tuvalu 40%
• 2024

  A Systematic Review of Experimental Research on Public Service Motivation

  Chung, K. H., Rhee, I. & Liu, C., 2024, In: Public Performance and Management Review. 47, 3, p. 627-653 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Motivation 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Public Services 100%
  • Experimental Research 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Author-Meets-Readers: Shuchen Xiang in Conversation with Sungmoon Kim, Bryan W. Van Norden and Don J. Wyatt

  Xiang, S., Kim, S., van Norden, B. W. & Wyatt, D. J., 2024 Jun 1, In: Journal of World Philosophies. 9, 1, p. 157-216 60 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Human Nature 100%
  • Cross-cultural exchange 100%
  • Cosmopolitanism 100%

• Care before friendship: care as a model of civic solidarity

  Kim, D., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Inquiry (United Kingdom).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Civics 100%
  • Ethics 20%

• Clearing the air: Public health concerns and support for natural gas restrictions in the United States

  McLean, E. V., Whang, T. & Yang, J., 2024 Feb, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 108, 103404.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • United States 100%
  • Natural Gas 100%
  • Online Survey 100%
  • And-States 100%
  • Household Economics 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Confucian Liberalism With/out Mou Zongsan: On Roy Tseng’s Confucian Liberalism

  Kim, S., 2024, In: Comparative Political Theory. 4, 1, p. 25-34 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mou Zongsan 100%
  • Idealism 16%

• Diagnosing Korea–Japan relations through thick description: revisiting the national identity formation process

  Seo, J., 2024, In: Third World Quarterly. 45, 6, p. 1106-1121 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hostility 100%
  • Formation process 100%
  • Thick Description 100%
  • Identity Formation 100%
  • Cartesian 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Did low-income essential workers during COVID-19 increase public support for redistribution?

  Kim, J. H., Kuk, J. & Kweon, Y., 2024, In: Policy and Politics. 52, 3, p. 430-452 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Low Income 100%
  • Public Support 100%
  • COVID-19 100%
  • Social Welfare Programs 100%
  • Racial Prejudice 25%

• Disaster, Heaven, and Political Responsibility: Mencius and Dong Zhongshu on Humane Government

  Kim, S., 2024 Nov 22, In: Review of Politics. 86, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Political Conception 100%
  • Conception 100%
  • Shared responsibility 100%
  • Actualization 100%
  • Confucius 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Does Exposure to Election Fraud Research Undermine Confidence in Elections?

  Kuk, J. S., Lee, D. S. & Rhee, I., 2024, In: Public Opinion Quarterly. 88, SI, p. 656-680 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Elections 100%
  • Election Result 25%
  • Survey Experiment 12%
  • Democracy 12%
  • Self-Report 12%

• Double penalty? How candidate class and gender influence voter evaluations

  Kim, J. H. & Kweon, Y., 2024 Jan 1, In: Research and Politics. 11, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Women in Politics 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of foreign finance measures on the decoupling of greenhouse gas emissions from economic development: a panel study of 97 developing countries over the period 2000–2018

  Ryu, S. & Lee, T., 2024, In: Climate and Development. 16, 7, p. 588-599 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Economic Development 100%
  • Climate Finance 25%
  • Investment Climate 25%
  • Climate Risks 25%
  • Environmental Awareness 16%

• Information campaigns and public perceptions of structural reforms: Evidence from a survey experiment on gasoline subsidy reform in Nigeria

  Yang, J. & Moerenhout, T., 2024 Mar 1, In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 43, 2, p. 509-529 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Exchange Rate 100%

• Moral visions of sanctuary across the great divides in contemporary political philosophy

  Schattle, H., 2024, In: Globalizations. 21, 2, p. 270-286 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Urban Areas 100%
  • Communities 50%
  • Political Philosophy 50%
  • Responsibility 25%
  • Advancement 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• On the Concept of Care in J. S. Mill’s Liberal Utilitarianism

  Kim, D., 2024, In: European Legacy. 29, 2, p. 166-183 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Character Development 100%

• Political Meritocracy for Responsibility

  Kim, S., 2024 Aug, In: Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture. 42, p. 119-150 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Economics 100%
  • Public Goods 100%
  • Political Elite 14%
  • Causal Relation 14%
  • Political Control 14%

• Service, reciprocity, and remedy: From Confucian meritocracy to Confucian democracy

  Kim, S., 2024 Apr, In: European Journal of Political Theory. 23, 2, p. 246-266 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Confucian 100%
  • Technocracy 85%
  • Service Industries 57%
  • Reciprocity 42%
  • Light 28%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• South Korean newspaper coverage of Yemeni refugees: analysis of topics and sentiments using machine learning techniques

  Hur, J. & Yang, J., 2024, In: Asian Journal of Communication. 34, 1, p. 57-72 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Machine Learning 100%
  • Machine Learning Technique 100%
  • Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers 100%
  • Policy Implication 100%
  • Learning Method 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The effect of economic coercion on companies’ foreign direct investment decisions: Evidence from sanctions against Russia *

  McLean, E. V., Ryu, J. & Whang, T., 2024 Jul, In: Conflict Management and Peace Science. 41, 4, p. 438-462 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Foreign Investment 100%
  • Coercion 100%
  • Investment Decision 100%
  • Russia 100%
  • Transnational Corporation 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The Shadow Economy and Social Change in North Korea

  Joo, H. M., Whang, T., Choi, Y. J. & Choi, W., 2024, In: Asian Studies Review. 48, 2, p. 289-312 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Change 100%
  • Planned Economy 16%
  • Marketization 16%
  • Social Practice 16%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Un-suturing Westphalian IR via non-Western literature: A Grey Man (1963)

  Cho, Y. C. & Seo, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of International Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • European Literature 100%
  • International Relations 100%
  • Negroes 33%
  • South Korea 33%
  • Essentialist 16%

• When do petrostates diversify their exports? Urgency, interests, and policy design in Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia

  Blankenship, B., Lisko, C., Overland, I., Urpelainen, J., Vakulchuk, R. & Yang, J., 2024 Nov, In: Development Policy Review. 42, 6, e12808.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Egypt 100%
  • Kazakh SSR 100%
  • Malaysia 100%
  • Vested Interest 50%
  • Export Diversification 33%

• Who becomes a civil servant? Evidence from a decade of youth panel analysis

  Lee, D. S., Chung, K. H. & Rhee, I., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Management Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Panel Data 100%
  • Civil Servants 100%
  • Career Aspiration 100%
  • Occupations 100%
  • Civil Service 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Compete for Firms? Electoral Effects of Corporate Headquarters Relocation

  Yang, J., 2024 Apr, In: American Journal of Political Science. 68, 2, p. 339-353 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Business Location 100%
  • Political Economy 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2023

  Economic sanctions, repression capacity, and human rights

  Kang, S., Lee, S. & Whang, T., 2023, In: Journal of Human Rights. 22, 2, p. 174-197 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Repression 100%
  • Capacity 83%
  • Sanction 66%
  • Government 50%
  • Dependence 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Economic Sanctions by Non-Democracies: A Study of Cases from China and Russia

  Whang, T. & Paik, W., 2023 Dec 1, In: International Studies Quarterly. 67, 4, sqad093.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Democracy 100%
  • China 100%
  • Russia 100%
  • Economic Sanction 100%
  • Deployment 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Economic voting and state-business relations in OECD countries

  Yoo, T., Kim, S. & Jho, W., 2023, In: European Societies. 25, 4, p. 657-690 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Economics 100%
  • State 50%
  • OECD Countries 33%
  • Variance 33%
  • Economic Systems 16%

• Ethical global citizenship education: From neoliberalism to a values-based pedagogy

  Bosio, E. & Schattle, H., 2023 Nov, In: Prospects. 53, 3-4, p. 287-297 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Civic Education 100%
  • Perspective 50%
  • Social Responsibility 25%
  • Learning Processes 25%
  • Evaluation 25%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Imagining carbon-neutral futures: Comprehensive narratives through citizen participation

  Park, H. J., Lee, Y. H. & Lee, T., 2023 Dec, In: Futures. 154, 103274.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Citizens' Participation 100%
  • Realization 100%
  • Citizen Participation 100%
  • Carbon Neutrality 100%
  • Advocacy 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Making peace with the barbarians: Neo-Confucianism and the pro-peace argument in 17th-century Korea

  Kim, S., 2023 Jan, In: European Journal of Political Theory. 22, 1, p. 117-140 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Confucian 100%
  • barbarians 83%
  • Discourse 33%
  • Binaries 16%
  • Scholars 16%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Mencius and Xunzi between Humaneness and Justice

  Kim, S., 2023 Apr, In: Philosophy East and West. 73, 2, p. 439-449 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• News from Home: How Local Media Shapes Climate Change Attitudes

  Andrews, T. M., Kim, C. & Kim, J. H., 2023, In: Public Opinion Quarterly. 87, 4, p. 863-886 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Community Media 100%
  • Attitude Change 100%
  • Effective Communication 100%
  • Risk Perception 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Online citizen petitions related to COVID-19 in South Korean cities: a big data analysis

  Lee, T., Paik, W., Lim, S. & Lee, S. Y., 2023 Aug, In: Annals of Regional Science. 71, 1, p. 205-224 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Citizen 100%
  • Petition 88%
  • Urban Areas 77%
  • Big Data 33%
  • Experience 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Performance-oriented management and political appointment: the interaction effect on quality of government

  Kim, H., 2023, In: International Review of Public Administration. 28, 1, p. 83-108 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Personnel Management 100%
  • Public Management 100%
  • Politicization 100%
  • Firm Performance 100%
  • Civil Service 100%

• Political regime, institutional capacity, and inefficient policy: Evidence from gasoline subsidies

  McAlexander, R. J., Yang, J. & Urpelainen, J., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of Policy Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gasoline Price 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Political Self-Cultivation for Humane Government: Yi I’s Defense of the Way of the Hegemon in Neo-Confucian Korea

  Kim, S., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Philosophy and Social Criticism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cultivation 100%
  • Korea 100%
  • Government 100%
  • Model 20%
  • Comprehension 20%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• State Courts, State Legislatures, and Setting Abortion Policy

  Kim, J. H., Gunderson, A., Lane, E. A. & Bauer, N. M., 2023 Aug 1, In: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 48, 4, p. 569-592 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Legal Decision 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Structural Elements in East Asian Peace: Deterrence and Economic Interdependence

  Choi, J. K., 2023, In: Journal of International Peacekeeping. 26, 1, p. 80-87 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Interdependence 100%
  • Northeast Asia 20%

• Target, Information, and Trade Preferences: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in East Asia

  Kim, S. E., Park, J. H., Rhee, I. & Yang, J., 2023 Oct, In: American Journal of Political Science. 67, 4, p. 898-914 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Information 100%
  • Health Care Cost 100%
  • Identity 100%
  • Attitudes 100%
  • Information Costs 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• THE RED FLAG OF EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA): Institutional Conflict Resulting in Different COVID-19 Testing Outcomes Comparing the United States and South Korea

  Kim, H. J., 2023 Sept, In: World Affairs. 186, 3, p. 627-655 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • COVID-19 Diagnostics 100%
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The Violence of the Benevolent Ruler: Classical Confucianism and Punitive Expedition

  Kim, S., 2023 Feb, In: Philosophy Compass. 18, 2, e12902.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Confucian 100%
  • Classical Confucianism 100%
  • Ruler 66%
  • Just war 66%
  • Attention 66%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• THE WAY OF THE FOREIGN VASSAL STATE: NEO-CONFUCIANISM AND POLITICAL REALISM IN EARLY CHOSŎN KOREA

  Kim, S., 2023, In: Philosophy East and West. 73, 1, p. 82-103 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Types of foreign finance and slum upgrading: How do official development assistance, foreign direct investment, and foreign remittances affect slum upgrading across regime types in developing countries?

  Yoo, S. H. & Woo, B., 2023 Sept, In: Habitat International. 139, 102898.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Remittance 100%
  • Slum-Dwellers 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)