Opposition wins cities, governors remain

Scholar power: 262.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anna Grzymała-Busse	69%	30	37.8%
🎓 Marc Lynch	57%	24	27.9%
🎓 Diane Marie Amann	62%	11	20.6%
🎓 Andrew Novak	51%	12	17.7%
🎓 Michael A. Clemens	24%	43	15.7%
🎓 Julia Lynch	30%	25	15.0%
🎓 Catherine Baker	29%	23	13.9%
🎓 William Myers	37%	14	13.8%
🎓 Prokla Redaktion	54%	6	13.2%
🎓 Tom Griffin	29%	20	13.0%
🎓 Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò	29%	18	12.3%
🎓 Margot C. Finn	30%	17	12.4%
🎓 Susan Strasser	19%	23	9.1%
🎓 Fabián Muniesa	15%	34	8.7%
🎓 Göran Bolin	19%	21	8.7%
🎓 Massimo Faggioli	28%	9	8.4%
🎓 Jonathan Birch	10%	31	5.6%
🎓 Jo Barraket	10%	29	5.4%
🎓 Du Toit	6%	13	2.2%
🎓 Aaron Sojourner	3%	23	1.4%
🎓 Nancy Kanwisher	-	112	-
Total			262.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

47.0%

27.4 h

9793

262.8%

Ranking score

1.319

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

The Associated Press

@apnews.com

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

bit.ly

October 25, 2026 at 8:43 PM

by Michael McFaul

138%

Scholar power: 138.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	77%	36	138.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

49.0%

26.1 h

42

138.6%

Ranking score

0.249

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Ronald Beiner, Anne Applebaum

36%

Scholar power: 36.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ronald Beiner	48%	22	22.5%
🎓 Anne Applebaum	46%	9	13.8%
Total			36.3%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

49.0%

26.3 h

2004

36.3%

Ranking score

0.199

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Stuart White, David Murakami Wood , and 3 more Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Stuart White, David Murakami Wood, Fabián Muniesa, Georg Weizsäcker, Marini Marini

103%

Scholar power: 103.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tarik Abou‐Chadi	81%	23	38.8%
🎓 Stuart White	65%	24	31.8%
🎓 David Murakami Wood	38%	24	18.6%
🎓 Fabián Muniesa	15%	34	8.7%
🎓 Georg Weizsäcker	7%	21	3.2%
🎓 Marini Marini	7%	8	2.0%
Total			103.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

27.4 h

549

103.2%

Ranking score

0.178

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Europe Elects

@europeelects.bsky.social

Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes.

#Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

October 25, 2026 at 8:41 PM

Reposted by Matthew Søberg Shugart

51%

Scholar power: 51.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Søberg Shugart	79%	43	51.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

54.0%

25.3 h

134

51.8%

Ranking score

0.161

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Anders Aslund

110%

Scholar power: 110.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anders Aslund	63%	34	110.2%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

48.0%

24.7 h

205

110.2%

Ranking score

0.153

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Anders Åslund

@andersaslund.bsky.social

Wonderful to see that Alexander Vucic's semi-authoritarian and utterly corrupt regime lost the elections in Serbia.
Congratulations, Serbia!
This election will turn Serbia away from Russia and toward the EU.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat ...

www.pbs.org

October 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM

Reposted by Michelle Everson, Edgar Morgenroth, Andrew Scott , and 1 more Michelle Everson, Edgar Morgenroth, Andrew Scott, Christina Pagel

44%

Scholar power: 44.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michelle Everson	48%	22	22.5%
🎓 Edgar Morgenroth	26%	19	11.3%
🎓 Andrew Scott	19%	29	10.2%
🎓 Christina Pagel	-	33	-
Total			44.1%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

48.0%

26.7 h

1237

44.1%

Ranking score

0.123

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Peter Geoghegan

@petergeoghegan.bsky.social

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes.

Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power.

Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

October 25, 2026 at 9:26 PM

Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen, Henry Farrell, Colin Woodard , and 1 more Carl Henrik Knutsen, Henry Farrell, Colin Woodard, Joanna Bryson

75%

Scholar power: 75.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Carl Henrik Knutsen	55%	38	33.9%
🎓 Henry Farrell	55%	33	31.6%
🎓 Colin Woodard	21%	9	6.3%
🎓 Joanna Bryson	7%	32	4.0%
Total			75.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

49.0%

26.9 h

106

75.8%

Ranking score

0.099

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Joseph O'Sullivan

@olympiajoe.bsky.social

Aleksandar Vučić, the increasingly authoritarian leader who has dominated Serbian politics for more than a decade, concedes defeat in snap elections -

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election

Vučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests

www.theguardian.com

October 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM

by Adam Bonica Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe

51%

Scholar power: 51.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Adam Bonica	23%	25	34.5%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	42%	17	17.3%
Total			51.8%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index + sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

47.0%

21.2 h

304

51.8%

Ranking score

0.089

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Adam Bonica

@adambonica.bsky.social

Anti-corruption politics has ousted yet another corrupt authoritarian.

Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent ...

apnews.com

October 26, 2026 at 2:54 AM

Reposted by Michael McFaul, Konstantin Sonin

64%

Scholar power: 64.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	77%	36	46.2%
🎓 Konstantin Sonin	30%	36	18.0%
Total			64.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

47.0%

27.2 h

42

64.2%

Ranking score

0.083

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

26%

Scholar power: 26.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	39%	45	26.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

52.0%

25.2 h

159

26.2%

Ranking score

0.077

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Simon Hix

163%

Scholar power: 163.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Simon Hix	75%	53	163.8%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

26.5 h

13

163.8%

Ranking score

0.074

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Simon Hix

@simonhix.bsky.social

Vučić gone!!! #StudentPower giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List in parliamentary poll

Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List in parliamentary poll

Election loss marks a dramatic fall from power for strongman nationalist leader as near-record turnout buoys grassroots party

giftarticle.ft.com

October 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM

Reposted by Michael McFaul

46%

Scholar power: 46.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael McFaul	77%	36	46.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

53.0%

25.9 h

17

46.2%

Ranking score

0.068

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Aleksandra Urman

32%

Scholar power: 32.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Alexander Wuttke	60%	14	22.4%
🎓 Aleksandra Urman	24%	18	10.2%
Total			32.6%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

50.0%

27.2 h

404

32.6%

Ranking score

0.064

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reto Mitteregger

@indubioproreto.bsky.social

After Hungary and Poland, Serbia becomes the third Central/Eastern European country in few years where massive youth mobilization has contributed to the electoral defeat of the ruling autocratic party.

Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 1d

Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes.

#Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

October 25, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

13%

Scholar power: 13.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anne Applebaum	46%	9	13.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

45.0%

27.0 h

1800

13.8%

Ranking score

0.056

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Jayati Ghosh Reposted by Erinç Yeldan

27%

Scholar power: 27.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jayati Ghosh	16%	28	25.4%
🎓 Erinç Yeldan	3%	31	1.7%
Total			27.1%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index + sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

21.5 h

0

27.1%

Ranking score

0.055

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

28%

Scholar power: 28.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jonathan Wolff	49%	33	28.1%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

47.0%

26.9 h

445

28.1%

Ranking score

0.047

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Joni Askola

@joniaskola.bsky.social

Serbia finally got rid of Vučić, just like Hungary got rid of Orbán a few months ago.

It's always encouraging to see, especially as both were supported by both the Kremlin and the White House, and still lost pathetically

October 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM

Reposted by Lars P. Feld

17%

Scholar power: 17.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Lars P. Feld	25%	50	17.7%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

54.0%

24.2 h

64

17.7%

Ranking score

0.044

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

26%

Scholar power: 26.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	39%	45	26.2%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

45.0%

25.7 h

106

26.2%

Ranking score

0.043

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Reposted by Zeynep Tufekci

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 75%, Sociology 15%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Zeynep Tufekci	18%	27	9.4%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

Ranking score inputs

Relevance

Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

48.0%

25.0 h

648

9.4%

Ranking score

0.036

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Add to Home Screen

News, ranked by scholars

Opposition wins cities, governors remain

Add to Home Screen

News, ranked by scholars

Opposition wins cities, governors remain

Scholar power: 262.8%

Scholar power: 138.6%

Scholar power: 36.3%

Scholar power: 103.2%

Scholar power: 51.8%

Scholar power: 110.2%

Scholar power: 44.1%

Scholar power: 75.8%

Scholar power: 51.8%

Scholar power: 64.2%

Scholar power: 26.2%

Scholar power: 163.8%

Scholar power: 46.2%

Scholar power: 32.6%

Scholar power: 13.8%

Scholar power: 27.1%

Scholar power: 28.1%

Scholar power: 17.7%

Scholar power: 26.2%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Sign in to LightNews

Sign up to start reading

Connect Bluesky

Connect with Bluesky