OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Policy and Politics is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Reviewer Acknowledgements	46
Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance: from values to valuations	43
How young people can shape environmental policy in urban spaces	25
The policy process of adopting environmental standards for coal plants in India: accommodating transnational politics in the Multiple Streams Framework	24
How do populist discourses influence policy termination?	23
Can policy instruments shape the policy problems they aim to solve? How interest registers redefined conflicts of interest	22
Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management	22
Emotions and anti-carceral advocacy in Canada: ‘All of the anger this creates in our bodies is also a tool to kill us’	21
Policy coordination and integration in local government: perspectives on barriers	20
An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking	17
Patterns in the use of problem- and solution-oriented evidence in legislative discourse: the case of pesticide policy in Switzerland	17
The democratic qualities of regulatory agencies	16
The inefficiency of centralised control and political short-termism: the case of the Prison Service in England and Wales	15
Tracing 25 years of ‘initiativitis’ in central government attempts to join up local public services in England	14
Advocacy coalitions, power and policy change	13
The impact of self-reinforcing and self-undermining policy feedback on Mexican social policy: the end of the conditional cash transfer programme	13
The effects of policy dismantling on the policy-making process	12
Applying collective action frameworks to analyse local-level collaboration for electric vehicle-related policies	12
What kind of political agency can foster radical transformation towards ecological sustainability?	12
Calibration in policy design: rethinking targets of energy-efficiency rebates	12
The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy: the case of Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)	11
The role of charitable funding in the provision of public services: the case of the English and Welsh National Health Service	11
Embracing policy innovations from abroad: the role of learning in Chile’s anti-cartel reforms	11
A systematic review of conflict within collaborative governance	11
Analysing the ‘follow the science’ rhetoric of government responses to COVID-19	11

Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices	10
The influence of conflict on agenda setting in the US Congress	10
Examining policy feedback effects from COVID-19 on social welfare support: developing an outcome distance dimension	10
Policy processes in China: a systematic review of the multiple streams framework	10
Investigating stakeholder rationales for participating in collaborative interactions at the policy–science nexus	9
Brexit implications for sustainable energy in the UK	9
Expert perspectives on the changing dynamics of policy advisory systems: the COVID-19 crisis and policy learning in Belgium and Australia	9
Welfare solidarity in multi-ethnic societies: can social investment reduce the anti-immigrant bias?	9
Evidence-based policymaking in the legislatures: timeliness and politics of evidence in Finland	9
Crisis management in English local government: the limits of resilience	8
Stories told before: intertextuality in policy narratives on men’s violence against women	8
A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies	7
How do governments learn from ad hoc groups during crises? From SARS to COVID-19	7
Do policy actors have different views of what constitutes evidence in policymaking?	7
Does HIV status affect attitudes on welfare deservingness? A survey experiment on welfare policy in the US	7
Policy learning governance: a new perspective on agency across policy learning theories	7
Policy feedback and the politics of trade agreements	7
Between win–win and the manufacturing of consent: collaborative governance as a lightning rod in cannabis policy	7
The performance of accountability and the treatment of experts by politicians: UK parliamentary select committees during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Advocacy coalitions, soft power, and policy change in Mexican electricity policy: a discourse network analysis	7
Organisation, information processing, and policy change in US federal bureaucracies	6
Fostering innovation through collaboration: a comparison of collaborative approaches to policy design	6
The promise and performance of data ecosystems: Australia’s COVID-19 response	6
Legitimising policy knowledge in autocratising contexts: the case of Hungary	6
Intended and unintended effects of cannabis regulation in Uruguay	6
Lessons from policy theories for the pursuit of equity in health, education and gender policy	6
Design of services or designing for service? The application of design methodology in public service settings	6
Heading for health policy reform: transforming regions of care from geographical place into governance object	6
Externalising policy advice within subnational governments	6
How cultural world views moderate policy framing on Universal Basic Income	5
Self-interest within the Advocacy Coalition Framework: how material beliefs affect change in German munitions policy	5
What defines deservingness? Specifying the criteria for target groups constructions in public policy	5
What types of health evidence persuade policy actors in a complex system?	5
Exploring civic engagement dynamics during emergencies: an empirical study into key drivers	5
The politics of anger: emotional appraisal mechanisms and the French pension reform protests	5
Not yet partisan: Cultural Theory explains attitudes about solar radiation management in the US	4
Evaluating punctuated equilibrium dynamics within a crisis context	4
The dynamics of municipal contestation: responses from local government to perceived policy threats from higher authorities	4
Policy windows and criminal justice reforms: a Multiple Streams Framework analysis	4
Uncovering motivations behind open government policy: a policy diffusion approach	4
Policy learning from crises: lessons learned from the Italian food stamp programme	4
Integrating evidence and public engagement in policy work: an empirical examination of three UK policy organisations	4
Policy responsiveness and media attention	4
Reviewer acknowledgements	4
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis	4
Inferential reasoning in policy analysis: knowledge use under uncertainty and complexity	4
Why policy failure is a prerequisite for innovation in the public sector	4
Social identities, emotions and policy preferences	4
Transformational change through Public Policy	4
Analysing the stability of advocacy coalitions and policy frames in Ghana’s oil and gas governance	4