OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Public Administration is 10. 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.)

Article	Citations
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Public management: A research overview. By TomEntwistle, London: Routledge. 2022. pp. 114. USD 25.59 (paperback) ISBN: 9781032064031	87
Ignoring by complying: How public officials handle hybridity to pursue the goals of new public governance	78
Regional network‐building for complexity: A region‐oriented policy response to increasing and varied demands for older person care in the Netherlands	64
Gaming country rankings: Consultancies as knowledge brokers for global benchmarks	63
Collaborating with the competition? A study of interlocal partnership choices	52
Permanently provisional: An ethnographic analysis of responsive governance practices in and through meetings	45
The impact of service separation on value: A longitudinal study of user and provider experiences in a mental health service	44
Coproduction of core and complementary tasks in times of service decline: Experimental evidence	44
Fiscal easing in local governments facing potential merger: Visible in budgets or hidden in overruns?	41
Meet all changes with constancy: The dynamic adaptation process of county governments in China	40
Are public spaces welcoming to all? A conjoint experiment on cultural representation and inclusionary practices in museums	39
Evaluating Conflict, Interest Advancement, and Representation in Collaborative Governance	36
Correction to “Public value creation and appropriation mechanisms in public–private partnerships: How does it play a role?”	32
How governments borrow: Partisan politics, constrained institutions, and sovereign debt in emerging markets. By BenCormier, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2024. pp. 192. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN	32
Leveraging normative power in co‐production to redress power imbalances	29
A replication of “the effects of making public service employees aware of their prosocial and societal impact”	29
The effect of institutional support and relational capital on knowledge mobilization in public administration research	29
Performance Rewards and Job Satisfaction in More and Less Developed Countries: Multi‐Level Evidence From Bureaucrats in 10 Countries	28
The way the money goes: The fiscal constitution and public spending in the UK. By ChristopherHood, MaiaKing, IainMcLean, Barbara MariaPiotrowska. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp.	28
Ministerial Leadership: Practice, Performance and PowerBy LeightonAndrews, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 553 pp. £99.99 (hardcover); £79.50 (ebook). ISBN: 10 3031500075; ISBN:	26
How to extend pilot innovation in public services: A case of children's social care innovation	25
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Paths to trust: Explaining citizens' trust to experts and evidence‐informed policymaking during the COVID‐19 pandemic	25
Which managerial reforms facilitate public sector innovation?	25

Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions	24
Population analysis of organizational innovation and learning	24
Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states	23
Issue Information	23
“Success” in policy piloting: Process, programs, and politics	22
Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements	20
Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria's Federal Character Principle	20
Anticipated administrative burdens: How proximity to upcoming compulsory meetings affect welfare recipients' experiences of administrative burden	20
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Public Perceptions of the Administrative Values Tradeoff: Bureaucratic and Democratic Ethos	19
A review of classical thoughts on contemporary public administration in developing countries	19
Issue Information	19
Achieving collaborative innovation by controlling or leveraging network complexities through complexity leadership	19
“Let's organize”: The organizational basis for stable public governance	18
A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration	18
Representative bureaucracy in property assessment appeals administration: A group level analysis	18
Auditing, the State and Democracy in a “New” Machine Age of Digitalization: The UK Supreme Audit Institution	18
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Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights From Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China	17
CORRIGENDUM	17
Can Cross‐Sector Collaboration Contribute to Boundaries Reshaping of Digital Government Platforms? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning and Text Analysis	16
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Metagovernance of co‐creation in city–university partnerships: How to avoid being stuck in the middle?	15
Overlooking the front line: Impacts of front‐line worker inclusion on implementation and outcomes of collaborative innovation	15
Measuring civil service politicization with career data: Backstage and frontstage political experience of top civil servants in the German ministerial administration	15
How does ethnic diversity shape the design of intergovernmental fiscal relations? Evidence from China	15
Issue Information	15
Why do public agencies seek accountability? The role of audiences	15
Professional development leadership in turbulent times: Public administration symposium: Robust politics and governance in turbulent times	15
A century of Public Administration: Traveling through time and topics	15
Exploring the foundational origins of public service motivation through the lens of behavioral genetics	14
Issue Information	14
From big data to higher bureaucratic capacity: Poverty alleviation in China	14
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Citizen participation matters. Bureaucratic discretion matters more	14
Issue Information	14
Performance appraisal justice and employees' work engagement in the public sector: Making the most of performance appraisal design	13
Why we need bricoleurs to foster robust governance solutions in turbulent times	13
Civil servant tactics for realizing transition tasks understanding the microdynamics of transformative government	13
Organizing e‐participation: Challenges stemming from the multiplicity of actors	13
How legal scholars facilitate tax avoidance: Case study on the power of tax consultancy firms	13
Emotional labor and employee outcomes: A meta‐analysis	13
Nodality Dynamics and Network Evolution in Multi‐Actor Cooperation: Insights Into Community Conflict Resolution	12
Rebel with a cause: The effects of leadership encouragement and psychological safety on professionals' prosocial rulebreaking behavior	12
Credible signaling to promote local compliance: Evidence from China's multiwave inspection of environmental protection	12
Issue Information	12
All you need is … a network: The rise of interpretive public administration	12
Reversing Government Reforms: Radical Change or Adaptive Adjustments?	12
Governance and Renegotiation in Public‐Private Partnerships During Crises: An Examination of the Resulting Tensions in a Private Partner Consortium	11
The association between public managers' type of education and prioritizing core service provision and communication	11

How rediscovering nodality can improve democratic governance in a digital world	11
Corporatization and political ideology: The case of hospitals in Spain	11
Member duality and policy tourism: Learning in interlocal policy networks	11
Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value	11
What's in a name? The politics of name changes inside bureaucracy	11
Administrative intensity and local resident satisfaction in Victorian local government	10
Robust emergency management: The role of institutional trust in organized volunteers	10
Issue Information	10
How personnel allocation affects performance: Evidence from Brazil's federal protected areas agency	10
Policy advocacy of nongovernmental organizations in China: A quasi‐replication of Zhan and Tang (2013, 2016)	10
Opening the “black box” of public administration: The need for interpretive research	10
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What matters the most in curbing early COVID‐19 mortality? A cross‐country necessary condition analysis	10
Public Service Motivation and Public Opinion: Examining Antecedents and Attitudes (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration), Piatak, Jaclyn and Holt, Stephen, Cambridge: Cambridge University P	10
“One, none, and a hundred thousand” recipes for a robust response to turbulence	10
Hambleton, Robin. Cities and communities beyond Covid‐19. Great Britain: Bristol University Press. 2020. pp. 177. ISBN: 9781529215854	10