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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell62
Policy’s role in democratic conflict management51
Environmental identity and perceived salience of policy issues in coastal communities: a moderated-mediation analysis37
Hijacking or helping?—How political actors use the COVID-19 pandemic in the climate discourse to advocate their policy beliefs and preferences35
Policy integration as a political process31
The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico27
Consultancy firms’ roles in policy diffusion: a systematic review from the environmental governance field21
(Un)usual advocacy coalitions in a multi-system setting: the case of hydrogen in Germany21
Peak policy lab or chasing windmills? The overlooked issue of misaligned policy design21
Understanding EU forest policy governance through a cultural theory lens20
The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell19
Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food18
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes18
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking17
The intersection of digital and social infrastructures in (a)spatial policymaking16
How issue salience and political leadership facilitate policy integration: The adoption of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in the European Union15
Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries15
How budgets change: punctuations, trends, and super-trends15
Conflicting and complementary policy goals as sectoral integration challenge: an analysis of sectoral interplay in flood risk management15
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