OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Public Policy and Administration 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Working for the future is more than foreseeing the future: Impact of the balanced organizational capabilities on the proactive policy orientation	34
The democratic quality of co-creation: A theoretical exploration	32
Happily unaccountable? Perceptions of accountability by public managers	25
Capable supervision, pragmatic engagement, and hands-off steering: Three preferences of Chinese government officials for governing non-profit organizations in public service delivery	21
Agency in multi-level governance systems: The implementation puzzle and the role of ‘intelligent’ local implementers	17
Blame avoidance, scapegoats and spin: Why Dutch politicians won’t evaluate ZBO-outcomes	14
Internal and external exploration for public service innovation–Measuring the impact of a climate for creativity and collaborative diversity on innovation	14
Public sector accountability styles in Europe comparing accountability and control of agencies in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK	13
Varieties of governance versatility and institutions: Comparing the governance of primary care performance in six jurisdictions	12
Towards AI-driven transformation and smart data management: Emerging technological change in the public sector value chain	12
Religion, spirituality, faith and public administration: A literature review and outlook	12
Analyzing determinants of whistleblowing intention with the gamification method	10
Public administration reform and political will in cases of political instability: Insights from the Israeli experience	10
Scales of governance, polycentricity and the case of active travel infrastructure in West London	9
“From ‘it’s not possible’ to ‘how we can do it’”. Challenges, opportunities and proposals to adopt intersectionality in local administration	9
Contours of a research programme for the study of the relationship of religion and public administration	9
Exploring the influence of Islamic governance and religious regimes on sustainability and resilience planning: A study of public administration in Muslim-majority countries	9
Municipal performance management during the covid pandemic	8
The marginalization of policy integration: Dynamics of integrated policymaking in the periphery of bureaucracy	6
Linking representations and policy adoption: The effect of bureaucratic and political representations on policy outcomes	6
Religion and representative bureaucracy: Does religion guide administrative discretion?	6
Sustainable urban development: A scoping review of barriers to the public policy and administration	5
What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector	5
Geoffrey Kingdon Fry and the British road to public sector reform	5
How street-level bureaucrats exercise their discretion to encourage clients’ political participation: A case study of Israeli LGBTQ+ teachers	5

Appraising the philosophical influences on modern public administration research	4
Governance modes, mayoral leadership and transitions to public sector co-creation across Europe	4
Bridging the theory-practice divide in public administration: A virtuous pragmatic approach of Wang Yangming and William James	4
The evolution of collaborative networks: A social network analysis of Chinese environmental protection policy	4