OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The European Semester as Goldilocks: Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and the Recovery and Resilience Facility	45
Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations^*	36
The European Green Deal: More than an Exit Strategy to the Pandemic Crisis, a Building Block of a Sustainable European Economic Model*	31
Fiscal Integration in an Experimental Union: How Path‐Breaking Was the EU's Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic?	30
Equivocal Euroscepticism: How Populist Radical Right Parties Can Have Their EU Cake and Eat It	29
As Open as Possible, as Autonomous as Necessary: Understanding the Rise of Open Strategic Autonomy in EU Trade Policy	28
European Integration and the New Global Disorder^*	25
The Legal Architecture of the Economic Responses to COVID‐19: EMU beyond the Pandemic*	24
Party Politics and Radical Right Populism in the European Parliament: Analysing Political Groups as Democratic Actors	24
Sociotechnical Imaginaries of EU Defence: The Past and the Future in the European Defence Fund	23
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe: What Impact Do they Have on Development Policy?	23
Embedded Bilateralism, Integration Theory, and European Crisis Politics: France, Germany, and the Birth of the EU Corona Recovery Fund*	22
Implementing the European Green Deal during the Evolving Energy Crisis	21
Negotiating Brexit: The Cultural Sources of British Hard Bargaining	21
The Influence of the European Semester: Case Study Analysis and Lessons for its Post‐Pandemic Transformation^*	20
The Hegemonic Politics of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and ‘Resilience’: COVID‐19 and the Dislocation of EU Trade Policy	19
How ‘Smart’ Are Smart Specialization Strategies?	19
Forging Unity: European Commission Leadership in the Brexit Negotiations	18
The EU Institutional Architecture in the Covid‐19 Response: Coordinative Europeanization in Times of Permanent Emergency	18
Pandemic Politics: The European Union in Times of the Coronavirus Emergency	18
The EU Response to COVID‐19: From Reactive Policies to Strategic Decision‐Making	18
A Decolonial Project for Europe	18
An Introduction: “Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and Domestic Politics: Policy Coordination in the EU from the European Semester to the Covid‐19 Crisis”*	17
New Partners for the Planet? The European Union and China in International Climate Governance from a Role‐Theoretical Perspective^†	17
The EU's New Normal: Consolidating European Integration in an Era of Populism and Geo‐Economics*	17

The European Green Deal and the EU's Regulatory Power in Times of Crisis	15
EU‐27 Public Opinion on Brexit^†	15
The Politicization of the Migration–Development Nexus: Parliamentary Discourse on the European Union Trust Fund on Migration	15
‘Our European Friends and Partners’? Negotiating the Trade and Cooperation Agreement	15
The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union	14
The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership	14
Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration	14
Contestation over Development Policy in the European Parliament	14
A ‘Geopolitical Commission’: Supranationalism Meets Global Power Competition	14
Blessing or Curse for Congruence? How Interest Mobilization Affects Congruence between Citizens and Elected Representatives	13
Building ‘Next Generation’ after the pandemic: The implementation and implications of the EU Covid Recovery Plan	13
Politicizing Europe in Elections to the European Parliament (1994–2019): The Crucial Role of Mainstream Parties	13
Europeanization and De‐Europeanization of Turkey's Gender Equality Policy: The Case of the Istanbul Convention	13
Blessing or Curse? The Rise of Tourism‐Led Growth in Europe's Southern Periphery	12
Politicization of EU Development Policy: The Role of EU External Perceptions (Case of Ukraine)	12
The Juncker Commission as a Politicising Bricoleur and the Renewed Momentum in Social Europe	12
Mainstreaming Gender and Climate Change to Achieve a Just Transition to a Climate‐Neutral Europe	12
Macroprudential Policy on an Uneven Playing Field: Supranational Regulation and Domestic Politics in the EU's Dependent Market Economies	11
A Decade of Crisis in the European Union: Lessons from Greece*	11
When Trust Fades, Facebook Is No Longer a Friend: Shifting Privatisation Dynamics in the Context of Cybersecurity as a Result of Disinformation, Populism and Political Uncertainty	11
Hijacking Europe: Counter‐European Strategies and Radical Right Mainstreaming during the Humanitarian Crisis Debate 2015–16*	11
The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross‐country Perspective*	11
‘Democracy without Politics’ in the European Commission's Response to Democratic Backsliding: From Technocratic Legalism to Democratic Pluralism	11
Politicization of Aiding Others: The Impact of Migration on European Public Opinion of Development Aid	11
Policy Learning and European Integration	11
Back to the Future in EU Social Policy? Endogenous Critical Junctures and the Case of the European Pillar of Social Rights	11
EU Aid Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: Politicization and its Limits	11
The European Semester in the North and in the South: Domestic Politics and the Salience of EU‐Induced Wage Reform in Different Growth Models*	11
Legal Instrument Choice in the European Union	11
Towards a Reading of Black Lives Matter in Europe	10
Media Personalization during European Elections: the 2019 Election Campaigns in Context^*	10
The Implementation of Economic Rules: From the Stability and Growth Pact to the European Semester	10
The Politicization of Immigration in Portugal between 1995 and 2014: A European Exception?	10
Requesting Trade Sanctions? The European Parliament and the Generalized Scheme of Preferences	10
The Commission's Approach to Rule of Law Backsliding: Managing Instead of Enforcing Democratic Values?	9
Still Governing in the Shadows? Member States and the Political and Security Committee in the Post‐Lisbon EU Foreign Policy Architecture*	9
The New EU Industrial Policy and Deepening Structural Asymmetries: Smart Specialisation Not So Smart	9
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention: Digital Sovereignty and Changing European Union Digital Single Market Governance	9
In Search of Digital Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy: Normative Power Europe to the Test of Its Geopolitical Ambitions	9
External Contestations of Europe: Russia and Turkey as Normative Challengers?*	9
Governing Migration through Multi‐Level Governance? City Networks in Europe and the United States^*	9
Community Resilience in Belarus and the EU response	9
Evidence and Power in EU Governance of Health Promotion: Discursive Obstacles to a “Health in All Policies” Approach	9
Deal or no Deal: Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement and the Politics of (Non‐)Ratification	9
Walking the Tightrope: Politicization and the Commission's Enforcement of the SGP*	9
Parliamentary Influence Ten Years after Lisbon: EU Trade Negotiations with Japan*	8
The European Union Global Strategy and the EU's Maieutic Role^*	8
The Commission in EU Policy Preparation	8
To Democratize or to Protect? How the Response to Anti‐System Parties Reshapes the EU's Transnational Party System	8
Co‐Producing Security: Platform Content Moderation and European Security Integration	8

Gender and Crises in European Economic Governance: Is this Time Different?*	8
The EU's Socioeconomic Governance 10 Years after the Crisis: Muddling through and the Revolt against Austerity	8
Does Politicization Matter for EU Representation? A Comparison of Four European Parliament Elections^*	8
Great Expectations, Structural Limitations: Ursula von der Leyen and the Commission's New Equality Agenda	7
The Post‐agencification Stage between Reforms and Crises. A Comparative Assessment of EU agencies' Budgetary Development	7
Outside‐in Politicization of EU–Western Africa Relations: What Role for Civil Society Organizations?	7
Contesting Brexit Masculinities: Pro‐European Activists and Feminist EU Citizenship*	7
What to Do with the ECB's Secondary Mandate	7
The Role of Public Opinion in EU Integration: Assessing the Relationship between Elites and the Public during the Refugee Crisis	7
Towards an Evidence‐Based and Integrated Policy Cycle in the EU: A Review of the Debate on the Better Regulation Agenda	7
Playing the Market Card: The Commission's Strategy to Shape EU Cybersecurity Policy	7
Eurovisions: An Exploration and Explanation of Public Preferences for Future EU Scenarios	7
Explaining Sub‐Federal Variation in Trade Agreement Negotiations: The Case of CETA	7
Moving across Borders: The Work Life Experiences of Czech Cross‐border Workers during the COVID‐19 Pandemic	7
Raising European Citizens? European Identity in European Schools	7
Are EU Institutions Still Green Actors? An Empirical Study of Green Public Procurement	7
The Rise of Corporate Lobbying in the European Union: An Agenda for Future Research	7
Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?	7
Elite‐Mass Linkages in the Preference Formation on Differentiated Integration	7
From Cohesion to Contagion? Populist Radical Right Contestation of EU Enlargement	6
Stillborn Banking Union: Explaining Ineffective European Union Bank Resolution Rules^†	6
The EU's New Economic Governance Framework and Budgetary Decision‐Making in the Member States: Boon or Bane for Throughput Legitimacy?*	6
Classifying the Implementation of the EU's Normative Power in its Southern Neighbourhood: The Role of Local Actors	6
Narrating Europe: (Re‐)constructed and Contested Visions of the European Project in Citizens' Discourse	6
Feeling the Heat: Emotions, Politicization, and the European Union	6
Shocks and Time: The Development of the European Financial Assistance Regime	6
The Latent Diffusion Network among National Parliaments in the Early Warning System of the European Union	6
EU Trade and Non‐trade Objectives: New Survey Evidence on Policy Design and Effectiveness	6
Differentiation in the European Union in Post‐Brexit and ‐Pandemic Times: Macro‐Level Developments with Meso‐Level Consequences	6
The European Union: From a Complex Adaptive System to a Policy Interpreter	6
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy	6
The Rise and Stall of EU Macro‐Prudential Policy. An Empirical Analysis of Policy Conflicts over Financial Stability, Market Integration, and National Discretion*	6
This Time Wasn't Different: Responsiveness and Responsibility in the Eurozone between 2007 and 2019	6
United in Crisis: Abortion Politics in the European Parliament and Political Groups' Disputes over EU Values	6
UK Parliamentary Scrutiny of the EU Political and Legal Space after Brexit^*	6
The Changing Face of Mercosur: Legitimacy and the Politics of Scale in South American Regionalism	6
Decentring Norms in EU Relations with the Southern Neighbourhood	6
The Impact of Brexit on Black Women, Children and Citizenship	6
The show must go on: The EU's quest to sustain multilateral institutions since 2016	6
The EU's International Investment Policy ten years on: the Policy‐Making Implications of Unintended Competence Transfers	6
Becoming Europe's Parliament: Europeanization through MEPs' Supranational Activism, 1952–79	6
The Differentiation Paradox of European Integration: Why Going it Alone Produces Suboptimal Results¹	6
The Looming Refugee Crisis in the EU: Right‐Wing Party Competition and Strategic Positioning	5
Bureaucrats or Ideologues? EU Merger Control as Market‐centred Integration*	5
How to Reflexively Decentre EU Foreign Policy: Dissonance and Contrapuntal Reconstruction in Migration, Religious and Neighbourhood Governance	5
Leveraging the European Refugee Crisis: Forced Displacement and Bargaining in Greece's Bailout Negotiations	5
Sectoral Governance under the EU's Bilateral Agreements and the Limits of Joint Institutional Frameworks: Insights from EU‐Swiss Bilateralism for Post‐Brexit Relations with the UK	5
The Impossibility of Constitutionalizing Emergency Europe¹	5
Old Wine in New Bottles? The European Union's Organizational Response to Reforming EU–African Migration Cooperation	5
The United Kingdom: Turning its Back on Influencing the EU?	5
Conditional Generosity and Deservingness in Public Support for European Unemployment Risk Sharing*	5
Eternal Friends or Jubilant Brexiteers? The Impact of Brexit on UK MEPs' Parliamentary Work in the European Parliament	5
A Tale of (almost) 1001 Coefficients: The Deep and Heterogeneous Effects of the EU‐Turkey Customs Union	5
What Does the EU Actually Mean to Citizens? An in‐Depth Study of Dutch citizens' Understandings and Evaluations of the European Union	5
‘A Sovereign Europe’? Strategic Use of Discourse at the Service of French Economic Interests in EU Politics (2017–2022)	5
Dead Ends and Blind Spots in the European Semester: The Epistemological Foundation of the Crisis in Social Reproduction	5
Pan‐Africanism, Participation and Legitimation in the African Governance Architecture	5
Issue Politicization in the European Parliament. An Analysis of Parliamentary Questions for Oral Answer (2004–19)*	5
Simulated Power and the Power of Simulations: The European Union in the Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia	4
Third Country Influence on EU Law and Policy‐making: Setting the Scene	4
Third Country Access to EU Agencies: Exploring Spaces for Influence	4
Understanding the European Union's Perception of the Threat of Cyberterrorism: A Discursive Analysis	4
Attendance at the Interparliamentary Conference on the CFSP/CSDP: Fostering the Emergence of a Parliamentary Epistemic Community in the EU?	4
Opportunity, Presence and Entrepreneurship: Why the EU Acts Externally on Higher Education*	4
Modernization of Environmental Reporting as a Tool to Improve the European Commission's Regulatory Monitoring Capacity	4
Green Versus Radical Right as the New Political Divide? The European Parliament Election 2019 in Germany	4
The Politics of the European Minimum Wage: Overcoming Ideological, Territorial and Institutional Conflicts in the EU Multi‐level Arena	4
Joint Institutional Frameworks in EU Bilateral Agreements: Joint Bodies, Rules and Principles, and Special Procedures	4
The Role of the Commission in Intergovernmental Agreements in the Field of Energy. A Foot in the Door Technique?	4
Explaining Non‐compliance in the EU Differentiated Integration: The Case of Transport and Infrastructure Obligations under the EU‐Ukraine Association Agreement	4
Constitutionalizing the EU in an Age of Emergencies	4
The Populist Vs Anti‐Populist Divide in the Time of Pandemic: The 2021 Czech National Election and its Consequences for European Politics*	4
Spot the Difference: Differentiated Co‐operation and Differentiated Integration in the European Union	4
COVID‐19 and European Multi‐Level Democracy	4
Towards Categorical Visibility? The Political Making of a Third Sex in Germany and the Netherlands	4
That's an Order! How the Quest for Efficiency Is Transforming Judicial Cooperation in Europe	4
Critical Europeans in an Age of Crisis: Irish and Portuguese Protesters' EU Perceptions	4
Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote	4
The Trade Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical Insights from Panel Data*	4
Capital and Closure in the EU Field. Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee	4

The Politics of Normative Power Europe: Norm Entrepreneurs and Contestation in the Making of EU External Human Rights Policy	4
Remaking the Regional: Legitimacy and Political Participation in Regional Integration	4
Par le Haut Ou Par les Pays‐Bas? French and Dutch Approaches to European Social Policy Coordination Compared*	4
No More Gouda in Moscow? Distributive Effects of the Imposition of Sanctions	4
The Politics of Labour that Underlies European Monetary Integration	4
Governing by Enabling in Multilevel Systems: Capacity Building and Local Climate Action in the European Union	4
Contesting Europe: Eurosceptic Dissent and Integration Polarization in the European Parliament	4
Networked Health Cooperation in the European Union: Horizontal or Hierarchical?	4
EU Sport Diplomacy: An Idea Whose Time Has Nearly Come	4
Ego versus Alter: Internal and External Perceptions of the EU's Role in Global Environmental Negotiations	4
Council Checks of the Commission under the European Semester: Does Member State Power and Euroscepticism Still Matter?*	4
Brexit and the 2019 EP Election in the UK	4
Enforcing European Privacy Regulations from Below: Transnational Fire Alarms and the General Data Protection Regulation^*	4
‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations	4
Regional Technological Capabilities and the Access to H2020 Funds	4
The Power and Performance of ‘Association Bodies’ under the EU's Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine	4
The European Parliament and Gender Equality: An Analysis of Achievements Based on the Concept of Power	3
Resilience of the Silo Organizational Structure in the European Commission	3
The Impact of Cohesion Policy on Regional Differences in Support for the European Union*	3
Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe^*	3
The Politics of Emigration in Europe: A Research Agenda*	3
Controversial Developments of EU–China Relations: Main Drivers and Geopolitical Implications of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments	3
Risk Sharing in the EMU: A Time‐Varying Perspective	3
The Effects of Supranational Delegation on Policy Development	3
Sticky Networks in Times of Change: The Case of the European Women's Lobby and Brexit^*	3
How a Conversation Between EU Studies and Critical‐Constructivist IR Norm Research Illuminates a Union in Crisis: A Research Note	3
The Impact of Immigration on Attitudes toward the EU: Evidence from a Three‐Country Survey Experiment*	3
Account‐Holding Intensity in the EU Accountability Landscape: A Comprehensive Review of EU agencies' Institutional Accountability Relationships*	3
The EU Energy Crisis and a New Geopolitics of Climate Transition	3
Turkey's Influence as a Third Country on the European Union: From Association to a Key Partner	3
How Foundational Narratives Shape European Union Politics	3
Euroscepticism, Anti‐Nostalgic Nostalgia and the Past Perfect Post‐Brexit Future	3
One Big Conversation: The EU's Climate Diplomacy across the International Regime Complex on the Paris Agreement Negotiations	3
Christian Europe Redux	3
The Roles of Images in EU Politics	3
Access to Environmental Information in the EU: A Great Policy No‐One Needs?	3
The Nature of Societal Conflict in Europe; an Archetypal Analysis of the Postmodern Cosmopolitan, Rural Traditionalist and Urban Precariat	3
Symposium Introduction: The Paradox of Structure: The UK State, Society and ‘Brexit’	3
Seeking Legitimacy Through Knowledge Production: The Politics of Monitoring and Evaluation of the EU Trust Fund for Africa	3
The 2019 Elections to the European Parliament: The Continuation of a Populist Wave but Not a Populist Tsunami	3
The Risks and Benefits of Differentiated Integration in the European Union as Perceived by Academic Experts	3
Cross‐Border Social Dumping as a ‘Game of Jurisdiction’ – Towards a Legal Geography of Labour Relations in the EU Internal Market*	3
The EU's CBAM and Its ‘Significant Others’: Three Perspectives on the Political Fallout from Europe's Unilateral Climate Policy Initiative	3
Perpetuating Crisis as a Supply Strategy: The Role of (Nativist) Populist Governments in EU Policymaking on Refugee Distribution	3
The European Economic Area: Decision‐Shaping during the COVID‐19 Pandemic	3
Evading Vetoes: Exiting the Politicized Decision Trap in EU Trade Policy	3
From an Ordoliberal idea to a Social‐Democratic ideal? The European Parliament and the institutionalization of ‘social market economy’ in the European Union (1957‐2007)	3
Getting State Aid Approved by the European Commission: Explaining the Duration of Preliminary Investigations in the State Aid Notification Procedure*	3
How Do Supranational Regulators Keep Companies in Line? An Analysis of the Enforcement Styles of EU Agencies	3
A Thin Line: Governmental Border Communication in Times of European Crises	3
From Crisis to Crisis: The EU in between the Covid, Energy and Inflation Crises (and War)	3
Italy and the European Elections of 2019	3
Theorizing and Testing Cross‐Loading: The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and Polish Concessions to Germany's Russia Policy	3
Power or Luck? The Limitations of the European Commission's Agenda Setting Power and Autonomous Policy Influence	3
A “More Political” Commission? Reassessing EC Politicization through Language	2
The European Union in the Eastern Mediterranean in 2020: Whither Strategic Autonomy	2
The End of an Era for Foreign Lobbying? The Emergence of Foreign Transparency Laws in Washington, Canberra and Brussels	2
Populist Capture of Foreign Policy Institutions: The Orbán Government and the De‐Europeanization of Hungarian Foreign Policy	2
From Protesting Against Troika Bailouts to Pro‐EU Governing in Greece and Portugal: Europeanisation and Institutionalisation Processes	2
NextGenerationEU and the Future of the European Monetary Union: Shifting Interests and New Fractures in the German Power Bloc	2
The French Elections of 2022: Macron's Half Victory in a Changing Political Landscape	2
Kirchberg Salami Lost in Bosphorus: The Multiplication of Judicial Independence Standards and the Future of the Rule of Law in Europe	2
Conceptualizing the Regulator‐Buyer State in the European Union for the Exercise of Socially Responsible Public Procurement in Global Production Networks	2
Supranational Entrepreneurship Through the Administrative Backdoor: The Commission, the Green Deal and the CAP 2023–2027	2
From Eurorealism to Europhilia? The 2021 Dutch Elections and the New Approach of the Netherlands in EU Politics	2
Politics of Immobility: Global Knowledge Production and the Study of Europe in Asia	2
Is the Governance of Europe's Transnational Party System Contributing to EU Democracy?*	2
Talkin' Bout a Revolution? Institutional Change in the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility: The Case of Climate Policy	2
Euro Area: Towards a European Common Bond? – Empirical Evidence from the Sovereign Debt Markets	2
National Parties as Multilevel Organizations in the EU. A Comparative Case Study of Flanders, Denmark and the Netherlands	2
Beyond Downloading: Venues for Associated Neighbouring Countries to Influence EU Law and Policies	2
Why Do some Labour Alliances Succeed in Politicizing Europe across Borders? A Comparison of the Right2Water and Fair Transport European Citizens' Initiatives	2
National Differentiation Experience and Citizen Support for Differentiated Integration	2
Basic Human Values and Preferences for an EU‐Wide Social Benefit Scheme	2
How the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement and its Consequences Necessitated Adaptation and Drove Innovation in the EU	2
Europe's New Technocracy: Boundaries of Public Participation in EU Institutions	2
The Limits of Traditional Bargaining under Deep Integration: TTIP Stumbling over Technical Barriers to Trade	2
It Takes Two to Tango: The European Union and the International Governance of Securitization in Finance	2
Uncovering Power Dynamics: Feeling Rules in European Policy‐making	2
The Two Disjointed Faces of R&D and the Productivity Gap in Europe	2
Atypical Work and Unemployment Protection in Europe*	2
Information or Accountability? A Research Agenda on European Commissioners in National Parliaments	2
Battered by Geopolitical Winds, Bulgaria Struggles to Restart Much Needed Reforms	2
Quid Pro Quo. The Effect of Issue Linkage on Member States' Bargaining Success in European Union Lawmaking	2
Catalytic Power Europe: Blended Finance in European External Action	2
Simultaneous Policy Expansion and Reduction? Tracing Dismantling in the Context of Experimentalist Governance in European Union Environmental Policy	2
Joint Bodies and the Regularization of Strategic Interaction: A Comparison of the European Union's Strategic Partnerships with Japan and India	2
The European Union's ‘Potential We’ between Acceptance and Contestation: Assessing the Positioning of Six Eastern Partnership Countries*	2
A Quantitative Analysis of Legal Integration and Differentiation in the European Union, 1958–2020	2
Can Cross‐border Cooperation Boost Cross‐border Ethical Governance?*	2
Does Anyone Care? Cohesion Policy Issues in Sub‐national Politics	2
(De‐)politicization Discourse Strategies: The Case of Trade	2
Three Decades on: Still a Capability–Expectations Gap? Pragmatic Expectations towards the EU from Asia in 2020	2
From Legal to Political Reasoning: National Parliaments' Use of Reasoned Opinions in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice^*	2
Fundamental Change Beneath the Surface: The Supranationalisation of Rule of Law Protection in the European Union	2