OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of American Review of Public Administration is 2. 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.)

Article	Citations
The Hidden Household Water Affordability Burden: An Examination of Municipal Ordinances and Racial Equity	69
Resist, Recover, Renew: Fiscal Resilience as a Strategic Response to Economic Uncertainty	40
The Adoption and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots in Public Organizations: Evidence from U.S. State Governments	30
Presidential Transitions and Interests Group Participation in the Notice and Comment Process	29
Getting a Grant is Just the First Step: Administrative Capacity and Successful Grant Implementation	24
Ethical Performance in Local Governments: An Empirical Study of Organizational Leadership and Ethics Culture	19
Organizational Image and Employee Engagement: Exploring the Inter-Relationships Between Construed External Image and Perceived Organizational Identity	17
Bureaucracy's Good News: A Quiet Gender Revolution	15
Unboxing International Public Administrations: The Politics of Structural Change in the UN System (1998–2019)	13
“We’re Not the Cure, We’re Just the Band-Aid”: The Interplay of Structure, Culture, and Practice in Police Service Provision to Persons with Mental Illnesses	10
Inclusive Performance Management: Four Dimensions	10
In Search of Fundamental Fairness and Equal Protection: The Role of the U.S. Supreme Court in Shaping American Democracy	10
Socioeconomic Shadows: Agency Directors’ Class Background and Their Relationships with Political Officials	9
Understanding Whether Representative Bureaucracy and Racial Resentment Impact Public Perceptions of the Distributive Justice of Government Programs	9
Intra-Organizational Communication in Public Agencies: The Effects of Contracting Out Core Services	9
Book Review: Private Crusades and Public Problems: The Sociological Heritage of Joseph Gusfield by S. Bernardin	9
Competition and Local Government's Choice Between Informal and Formal Collaborative Mechanisms: Measuring Dyadic Intercity Competition Through the Lens of Business Trade-Offs	9
The Impacts of Political Leaders’ Social Capital on Policy Success: The Case of Local Food Systems	8
Seeing the Whole Together Through Relational Mapping: A Method for Engaging in Complex Systems Change	8
Impatiently Waiting: Women Managers, Professionalism, Psychological Costs, and the Reduction of ER Wait Times	8
Are Women Commissioners More Compassionate Spenders? Evidence From Florida County Governments	8
The Practice and Politics of Secretary General Appointments	7
Demand for Professionalism Among Elected Officials: Evidence from a Survey of Local Government Officials	7
The American Presidency: An Impossible Job	7
Reconceptualizing the Politics-Administration Dichotomy to Better Understand Public Leadership in the Twenty-First Century: A Multilateral Actors Model	7

Women in State Law Enforcement: An Exploratory Trend Analysis	6
Organizational Practices and Second-Generation Gender Bias: A Qualitative Inquiry into the Career Progression of U.S. State-Level Managers	6
Administrative Burden in the Cafeteria: Evidence from School Meal Participation in Shared Buildings	6
The Conditional Effects of the Transformational Leadership Behaviors on Leaders’ Emotional Exhaustion: Roles of Deep Acting and Emotional Intelligence	6
The Role of Organizational and Client Reactions in Understanding Representative Bureaucracy	6
Moving Away from Patronage: A Feedback Approach	6
A Challenge to the Spirit of Public Administration: Social Equity Reconsidered in Light of Students for Fair Admissions	6
Barriers to Evacuating: A Study on Administrative Burdens to Special Needs Shelters	6
Explaining Sustainability Innovation in City Governments: Innovation Mechanisms and Discretion Types in Multi-Level Governance	6
Social Equity Amid COVID-19: Examining Health Disparities from the Perspective of Governmental and Social Responsiveness	6
Bureaucratic Beliefs and Representation: Linking Social Identities, Attitudes, and Client Outcomes	5
Organizational Memories of Extreme Events: Evidence from U.S. Public Transit Agencies	5
Technology 3.0: Police Officers’ Perceptions Towards Technology Shifts	5
The Effect of Civilian Oversight on Police Organizational Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Study	5
Race, Lived Experience, Representation, and Discrimination: Analyzing the Representative Capacities of the Racial Majority	5
Enhancing Local Service Effectiveness Through Purpose-Oriented Networks: The Role of Network Leadership and Structure	5
Police Chiefs, Organizational Justice, and Body-Worn Cameras: A Key to Releasing Video Footage	5
Does the Sector of Employment Matter? A Study of Employee Absenteeism in Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Organizations	5
The Iron Triangle of Affordable Homeownership: Habitat for Humanity Affiliate Strategies for Balancing Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Equity	5
Public Sector Unionization and Government Contracting: A Meta-analysis of Four Decades of Empirical Evidence	4
Police Mentoring of At-Risk Youth: Case Study of Police-Led Mentoring Program Leadership Development	4
Determinants of State Infrastructure Spending: Testing Punctuated Equilibrium and Social Vulnerability Theories	4
The Burden of Bad Intentions: Analyzing Politicized Administrative Burdens	4
Context Matters: Authoritarian Populism and Public Administration Practice, Teaching, and Research	4
Checked Out: The Impact of U.S. Public Library Politicization on Employee Turnover Intention, Emotional Exhaustion, and Reduced Compassion	4
Bureaucracy's Disquieting News: Entangled in Uncertainty	4
Expanding the Boundaries of Representative Bureaucracy	4
From Disciplinary Depth to Interdisciplinary Breadth: The Case of Public Administration	3
The Relevance of Publicness in an Era of Democratic Backsliding	3
A Systematic Review of Empirical Emergency Management Network Research: Formation and Development, Properties, and Performance	3
First Responders and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Organizational Strategies Can Promote Workforce Retention	3
The Influence of Legal Mandates on Public Participation	3
Words Matter for Government Accountability? The Linguistic Tone of Government Reports and Audit Results	3
The Role of Department Type in Public Managers’ Attitudes Toward Social Media Use	3
Street-Level Bias: Examining Factors Related to Street-Level Bureaucrats’ State or Citizen Favoritism	3
Where Did the Money Go? Assessing the Distribution of the Community Development Block Grant - Disasters Recovery Funds	3
What Can Reform Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Unwarranted Discretionary Behaviors? Principles? Principals? Or Both?	3
How Does Homeownership Shape Public Service Coproduction? Evidence from a Public Complaint System in Beijing, China	3
Valence for Representation-Enhancing Organizational Change: A Driver of Active Representation Beyond Bureaucrat-Client Social Identity Match	3
Does Administrative Burden Affect Welfare Recipients’ Institutional Trust and Political Participation? Evidence from a Recall Experiment	2
Network Effects Research: A Systematic Review of Theoretical Mechanisms and Measures	2
The Paradox of Meritocracy: System Justification and Inequality in Federal Agencies	2
Judicializing Public Interests: Administrative Performance Under the Shadow of Judicial Review	2
Contracting Out and Its Outcomes in Public Health: A Case of New York Counties	2
Service Outsourcing and Government Fiscal Conditions: Do Market Competition, Bureaucrat Support, and Management Capacity Matter?	2
Dilemma in Providing Human Services Under Transactional Contracting: A Case Study of Korea's Public Employment Service	2
Disentangling Risk Management and Error Management in the Public Sector: A Theoretical Framework	2
Texas Public Pensions: A Common Pool Resource Perspective	2
The Experience of Active Representation in South Korea: How Marriage-Based Immigrant Public Servants Represent Their Clients	2
Perception or Reality: An Examination of Police Misconduct, Organizational Justice, and Promotion Opportunities in the NYPD	2

Social Equity, Intellectual History, Black Movement Leaders, and Marcus Garvey	2
Lack of Gender Representation in Academia: The Experiences of Female STEM Students	2
The Dynamics of Trust and Trustworthiness Perceptions in a Government Agency: A Longitudinal Perspective	2
Untangling the Association Between Goal Clarity and Public Service Motivation With the Moderating Role of Value Congruence	2
From Relational Stability to Network Resilience: Annual Negotiated versus Competitive Municipal Bond-Issuing Networks	2
Advancing Public Entrepreneurship through State Government Capacity and Competitiveness: The Impact of Discretionary Fiscal Policy of American States on Worldwide Manufacturing Industries	2