Policy Sciences

Papers
(The H4-Index of Policy Sciences is 15. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Policy’s role in democratic conflict management54
The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell53
Environmental identity and perceived salience of policy issues in coastal communities: a moderated-mediation analysis44
Public contestation over agricultural pollution: a discourse network analysis on narrative strategies in the policy process39
The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico36
Policy integration as a political process26
(Un)usual advocacy coalitions in a multi-system setting: the case of hydrogen in Germany25
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes23
Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food22
Consultancy firms’ roles in policy diffusion: a systematic review from the environmental governance field22
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking20
The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell18
Understanding EU forest policy governance through a cultural theory lens16
Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries16
The intersection of digital and social infrastructures in (a)spatial policymaking16
Conflicting and complementary policy goals as sectoral integration challenge: an analysis of sectoral interplay in flood risk management15
Nudging citizens co-production: Assessing multiple behavioral strategies15
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