Policy Sciences

Papers
(The H4-Index of Policy Sciences is 16. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell60
Policy’s role in democratic conflict management54
Environmental identity and perceived salience of policy issues in coastal communities: a moderated-mediation analysis50
Hijacking or helping?—How political actors use the COVID-19 pandemic in the climate discourse to advocate their policy beliefs and preferences44
The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico35
(Un)usual advocacy coalitions in a multi-system setting: the case of hydrogen in Germany31
Policy integration as a political process28
Consultancy firms’ roles in policy diffusion: a systematic review from the environmental governance field25
Peak policy lab or chasing windmills? The overlooked issue of misaligned policy design23
The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell21
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes21
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking20
Understanding EU forest policy governance through a cultural theory lens18
Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food17
Conflicting and complementary policy goals as sectoral integration challenge: an analysis of sectoral interplay in flood risk management16
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
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