OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Australian Journal of Public Administration is 1. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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From local innovation to national policy: Cross‐boundary policy entrepreneurship in China's health regulatory reform	32
Relational street‐level bureaucracy: Proximity policing and the construction of trust between citizens and municipal police officers in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	27
Activation through welfare conditionality and marketisation in active labour market policies: Evidence from Indonesia	19
Collaboration risk, vulnerability, and resource sharing in disaster management networks	18
Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach	16
Collaborating in future states—Contextual instability, paradigmatic remaking, and public policy	16
Best person or best mix? How public sector managers understand the merit principle	14
Issue Information ‐ TOC	13
Administrative burden and the Cashless Debit Card: Stripping time, autonomy, and dignity from social security recipients	13
An update from the Editors of the Australian Journal of Public Administration	12
Deliberate disproportionate policy outcomes and regulating deforestation in Queensland, Australia	10
Fiscal decentralisation and the attenuating effects of inter‐governmental transfers and economic development on corruption in China	9
Will return‐to‐office mandates prevent proximity bias for employees working from home?	9
‘We're trying to get out of here, that's what we're doing’: A Bourdieusian examination of ‘choice’ in the National Disability Insurance Scheme	9
Issue Information ‐ TOC	9
Religion and public administration at the micro level: The lens of street‐level bureaucracy theory in democracies	9
The role of authentic leadership on healthcare Street‐Level Bureaucrats’ well‐being during the pandemic	9
Why do politicians employ public–private partnerships? Results from a mixed‐method study	8
Do ‘humble’ leaders help employees to perform better? Evidence from the Chinese public sector	8
Reflecting on AJPA, 2015–2021: Revisiting the relationship between policy academics and public servants—Distances from learning	8
The development of the Australian Unemployed Workers Union Rating Scale (AUWURS) of employment service providers	7
A critical examination of data for market stewardship: The case of the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme	7
Hybrid governance and welfare standards for broiler chickens raised for human consumption	7
Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?	7

How can local government be better supported to collaborate for community health and wellbeing?	6
How an intermediary model manages the tension between low contractibility and probity when outsourcing human services	6
Issue Information ‐ TOC	6
Analysing the types of evidence used by Australian federal parliamentary committees	6
Who decides what works? Ethical considerations arising from the Australian Government's use of behavioural insights and Robodebt	6
Organisations adapting to dual aspirations of individualisation and collaboration in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) market	6
Behavioural change and cultural evolution, rather than cultural change: Insights for Australian Public Service Reform	6
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Issues of cross‐sector service delivery in complex settings: Does the ‘public policy–implementation’ framework help?	5
Policy success and failure in Australia	5
Fostering change: Using the co‐production of services by the state and non‐profits to combat violence within the Israeli Arab community	5
ChatGPT in public policy teaching and assessment: An examination of opportunities and challenges	5
Issue Information ‐ TOC	5
Can network analysis identify market problems in quasi‐markets? A proof‐of‐concept study on the National Disability Insurance Scheme	5
Administrative Burden Symposium: Introduction – Are we ‘administering inequality’ through our welfare systems?	4
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Reducing the gap between rhetoric and reality: Use of Digital Service Standards for public service innovation through digital transformation in Australia	4
Risk analysis in social housing delivery: A public–private partnerships approach	4
Not my debt: The institutional origins of Robodebt	4
From theory to practice: Value congruence in performance measures in U.S. federal agencies	4
Public sector innovation for sustainable development goals: A comparative study of innovation types in Thailand and Korea	4
The limits of voluntary measures: Packaging the plastic pollution problem in Australia	4
Issue Information ‐ TOC	4
Indigenous institutions and local government in the Torres Strait	4
Hybridised public management: Introduction to the special issue	4
Barriers to public sector innovation in Switzerland: A phase‐based investigation	4
E‐participation for combating corruption, increasing voice and accountability, and developing government effectiveness: A cross‐country data analysis	4
Hiding in plain sight: Vulnerability, public administration, and the case of Covid‐19 hotel quarantine	4
Research use and publishing diversity: The role of organisation research publishing for policy and practice	3
Modelling the determinants of electronic tax filing services’ continuance usage intention	3
Issue Information ‐ TOC	3
Cabinetisation or a Westminster solution? Understanding the employment of public servants in Australian ministers’ offices	3
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Fear of missing out? Linking workplace changes and presenteeism	3
Opportunities and challenges of using workforce big data: Insights from a mixed methods study on flexible working	3
Explaining citizens’ pro‐environmental behaviours in public and private spheres: The mediating role of willingness to sacrifice for the environment	3
The Iranian policy advisory system: Contained politicisation and emerging technicisation	3
Citizen satisfaction with public services: A multi‐province study in Vietnam	3
Leadership skills for regulators	3
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes	3
What do ministers and their advisers say to the critics of Public–Private Partnerships? Results from a mixed‐methods study	3
Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study	2
Public servants working from home during the pandemic: Who gained and who lost?	2
How do street‐level organisations adapt to a new policy framework? Evidence from a Swiss canton	2
Benchmarking government: Report on government services (RoGS) – 25 years on	2
The role of Australian local government in economic development: Building international engagement capacity	2

Combining project and process management in PPP network: Relationship between management style and outcome	2
Co‐generated knowledge as a path for establishing research impact	2
Back to the future: Reflections and predictions	2
The influence of religious institutional logic in frontline work	2
Preferred policy options to assist post‐COVID‐19 mental health recovery: A population study	2
Hybridity as a governmental technique for designing and delivering NAPLAN in Australian schools	2
Co‐design or top‐down welfare conditionality? An analysis of the impact of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander submissions to six parliamentary inquiries into the Cashless Debit Card	2
Issue Information ‐ TOC	2
Vale Gemma Carey: Warrior, scholar, friend	2
The values dimension of policy success and failure: Considering two Australian rural adjustment policies	2
Assessing immigration policy success in Australia	1
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Innovating for the greater good: Examining innovation champions and what motivates them	1
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Children, COVID, and confusion: How frontline workers cope with the challenges of vaccine mandates	1
Examining organisational subcultures: Machinery of Government mergers and emerging organisational microcultures	1
A cogwheel model of dynamic capabilities: Evidence from an Australian university	1
Trusted institutions: Expertise, gender, and legitimacy on planning panels	1
Collective action and co‐production of public services as alternative politics: The case of public transportation in Israel	1
What influences public decision‐makers? An Australian case study	1
Governmental implementation of information and communication technology at the local level: Digital co‐production during a crisis	1
What is in a form? Examining the complexity of application forms and administrative burden	1
Value co‐destruction in complex public service networks: Exploring the dynamics of value creation and destruction	1
Public management in turbulent times: COVID‐19 as an ecosystem disruptor	1
Understanding the costs of co‐commissioning: Early experiences with co‐commissioning in Australia	1
Rights‐based accountability in aged care organisations: The roles of beliefs and boundary controls	1
South Australia's quiet multiculturalism: Elite perspectives of the policy success of immigrant multiculturalism from 2007 to 2017	1
Governing hybrid organisations: Lessons from the provision of local sports facility services in 2020s Finland	1
Why are individuals unwilling to report corruption? An inquiry into perception‐based definitions of corruption and employment‐related factors	1
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Issue Information ‐ TOC	1
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: A case study of Queensland, Australia	1
The other side of the local government ledger—The association between revenue growth and population growth	1
How the political elite make decisions	1
At a cost: A review of the public accountability risks of Social Impact Bonds	1
U.S. against the world: Authoritarianism among American public servants	1
The concept of the strategic state: An assessment after 30 years	1
A ‘fair go’ values framework for public policy	1
How Green Banks can create multiple types of value in the transition to net zero emissions	1
Administering inequality? The National Disability Insurance Scheme and administrative burdens on individuals	1