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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Reviewer Acknowledgements	26
How do populist discourses influence policy termination?	25
Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance: from values to valuations	25
The policy process of adopting environmental standards for coal plants in India: accommodating transnational politics in the Multiple Streams Framework	23
Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management	23
How young people can shape environmental policy in urban spaces	22
Can policy instruments shape the policy problems they aim to solve? How interest registers redefined conflicts of interest	21
An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking	21
Policy coordination and integration in local government: perspectives on barriers	20
Smokefree public places policy in Scotland: rethinking policy work in multiple streams and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory	19
Emotions and anti-carceral advocacy in Canada: ‘All of the anger this creates in our bodies is also a tool to kill us’	17
Tracing 25 years of ‘initiativitis’ in central government attempts to join up local public services in England	16
The impact of self-reinforcing and self-undermining policy feedback on Mexican social policy: the end of the conditional cash transfer programme	16
Patterns in the use of problem- and solution-oriented evidence in legislative discourse: the case of pesticide policy in Switzerland	16
Advocacy coalitions, power and policy change	15
The democratic qualities of regulatory agencies	14
The inefficiency of centralised control and political short-termism: the case of the Prison Service in England and Wales	14
What kind of political agency can foster radical transformation towards ecological sustainability?	13
Applying collective action frameworks to analyse local-level collaboration for electric vehicle-related policies	12
Calibration in policy design: rethinking targets of energy-efficiency rebates	12
The role of charitable funding in the provision of public services: the case of the English and Welsh National Health Service	12
The effects of policy dismantling on the policy-making process	12
A systematic review of conflict within collaborative governance	11
Embracing policy innovations from abroad: the role of learning in Chile’s anti-cartel reforms	11
Analysing the ‘follow the science’ rhetoric of government responses to COVID-19	11

The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy: the case of Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)	11
Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices	11
Examining policy feedback effects from COVID-19 on social welfare support: developing an outcome distance dimension	11
Investigating stakeholder rationales for participating in collaborative interactions at the policy–science nexus	10
Evidence-based policymaking in the legislatures: timeliness and politics of evidence in Finland	10
Policy processes in China: a systematic review of the multiple streams framework	10
Welfare solidarity in multi-ethnic societies: can social investment reduce the anti-immigrant bias?	10
Expert perspectives on the changing dynamics of policy advisory systems: the COVID-19 crisis and policy learning in Belgium and Australia	10
The influence of conflict on agenda setting in the US Congress	10
Brexit implications for sustainable energy in the UK	10
Stories told before: intertextuality in policy narratives on men’s violence against women	9
Crisis management in English local government: the limits of resilience	9
Do policy actors have different views of what constitutes evidence in policymaking?	9
Advocacy coalitions, soft power, and policy change in Mexican electricity policy: a discourse network analysis	9
Policy feedback and the politics of trade agreements	9
How do governments learn from ad hoc groups during crises? From SARS to COVID-19	8
How crisis discourse shapes UK asylum governance: from framing to administrative practice	8
A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies	8
Policy learning governance: a new perspective on agency across policy learning theories	8
The performance of accountability and the treatment of experts by politicians: UK parliamentary select committees during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Externalising policy advice within subnational governments	7
Between win–win and the manufacturing of consent: collaborative governance as a lightning rod in cannabis policy	7
Extending the Advocacy Coalition Framework: measuring within-coalition belief variation in offshore wind policy conflicts	7
Does HIV status affect attitudes on welfare deservingness? A survey experiment on welfare policy in the US	7
The role of causal mechanisms in policy diffusion: assisted voluntary return policies in Germany	7
The promise and performance of data ecosystems: Australia’s COVID-19 response	7
Legitimising policy knowledge in autocratising contexts: the case of Hungary	6
Design of services or designing for service? The application of design methodology in public service settings	6
Organisation, information processing, and policy change in US federal bureaucracies	6
Fostering innovation through collaboration: a comparison of collaborative approaches to policy design	6
What defines deservingness? Specifying the criteria for target groups constructions in public policy	6
Heading for health policy reform: transforming regions of care from geographical place into governance object	6
The politics of anger: emotional appraisal mechanisms and the French pension reform protests	6
Evaluating punctuated equilibrium dynamics within a crisis context	5
Intended and unintended effects of cannabis regulation in Uruguay	5
What types of health evidence persuade policy actors in a complex system?	5
Why policy failure is a prerequisite for innovation in the public sector	5
Not yet partisan: Cultural Theory explains attitudes about solar radiation management in the US	5
How cultural world views moderate policy framing on Universal Basic Income	5
Explaining the policy advisory success of non-governmental organisations in unlikely settings: a complexity-oriented approach	5
Policy learning from crises: lessons learned from the Italian food stamp programme	5
Exploring civic engagement dynamics during emergencies: an empirical study into key drivers	5
Self-interest within the Advocacy Coalition Framework: how material beliefs affect change in German munitions policy	5
Inferential reasoning in policy analysis: knowledge use under uncertainty and complexity	5
Integrating evidence and public engagement in policy work: an empirical examination of three UK policy organisations	4
Analysing the stability of advocacy coalitions and policy frames in Ghana’s oil and gas governance	4
Policy windows and criminal justice reforms: a Multiple Streams Framework analysis	4
Social identities, emotions and policy preferences	4
The dynamics of municipal contestation: responses from local government to perceived policy threats from higher authorities	4