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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Policy’s role in democratic conflict management53
The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell45
Environmental identity and perceived salience of policy issues in coastal communities: a moderated-mediation analysis43
Public contestation over agricultural pollution: a discourse network analysis on narrative strategies in the policy process39
Policy integration as a political process30
The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico27
(Un)usual advocacy coalitions in a multi-system setting: the case of hydrogen in Germany24
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes24
Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food20
Consultancy firms’ roles in policy diffusion: a systematic review from the environmental governance field20
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking18
Peak policy lab or chasing windmills? The overlooked issue of misaligned policy design17
The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell17
Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries15
Understanding EU forest policy governance through a cultural theory lens15
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