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Papers

(The median citation count of Evaluation is 0. 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
Post-truth and pathways for evaluators	31
Editorial	29
Don’t you forget about me: Independence of evaluations from the perspective of US evaluation clients—An exploratory study	24
Preventing children’s death by heatstroke: How alternative accident theories affect policy design and evaluation	22
French language abstracts	13
Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice	12
Adapting ripple effects mapping for evaluating public health initiatives in complex systems: Reflections and recommendations from seven case studies	11
Editorial	11
Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation	9
French language abstracts	8
News from the community	8
Eliciting stories of gender-transformative change: Investigating the effectiveness of question prompt formulations in qualitative gender assessments	7
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research	6
Reflections on good practice in evaluating Violence Reduction Units: Experiences from across England and Wales	6
How can multi-criteria analysis support deliberative spatial planning? A critical review of methods and participatory frameworks	6
The curious case of the realist trial: Methodological oxymoron or unicorn?	5
French language abstracts	5
Categories of context in realist evaluation	5
Evaluating site selection at design in food systems interventions: A formative geospatial approach	5
A critical realist approach to systems thinking in evaluation	5
Editorial	5
Working with interviews in Process Tracing evaluation methods	5
Using systematic reviews to inform environmental policy-making	4
Editorial	4
What should evaluation learn from COP 26? Views of evaluation practitioners	4

Comprehensive evaluation framework building for integrated development program	4
Using environmental evaluation systems and their contribution to sustainable development	3
Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science	3
Development of a ‘real-world’ logic model through testing the feasibility of a complex healthcare intervention: the challenge of reconciling scalability and context-sensitivity	3
Applying a realist evaluation to an intervention in children’s social care: A worked example from the Safeguarding Family Group Conference study	3
Systems thinking concepts within a collaborative program evaluation methodology: The Hermes Program Evaluation	3
A theory-based approach to designing interventions for Planetary Health	3
The transformational power of evaluation: Exploring long-term perspectives in evaluations of impacts and outcomes from the standpoint of practitioners	3
Editorial	3
Editorial	2
Grounding evaluation capacity development in systems theory	2
Choosing a qualitative comparative analysis solution in multi-method impact evaluation	2
Realistic evaluation of social inclusion	2
Causal mapping for evaluators	2
Program, complexity, and system when evaluating sustainable development	2
Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically	2
Feasibility and desirability of a realist CMOC database: Lessons learned	2
French language abstracts	2
The unused potential of process tracing as evaluation approach: The case of cluster policy evaluation	2
Rethinking rigour to embrace complexity in peacebuilding evaluation	2
French language abstracts	2
Editorial	2
Digital-era evaluation: Automating and reconfiguring evaluation in the social service sector	2
Predictors of alignment between aid donors’ and recipients’ interests in evaluating the effectiveness of the Shelter.Ukraine initiative: Contribution analysis	1
Evaluating local system change using a comparative maturity matrix	1
Understanding the what, how, and why in advocacy: Assessing the applicability of participatory process evaluation methodology in an advocacy context	1
Methodological reflections on using qualitative research to explore the causal mechanisms of complex health interventions	1
Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems? How an advisory group contributed to policy change	1
Navigating the boundaries between evaluators and similar applied professionals	1
Toward a citizen science framework for public policy evaluation: Lessons from a field experiment on Freedom of Information laws in Belgium	1
Navigating competing demands in monitoring and evaluation: Five key paradoxes	1
What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation	1
Why is impact measurement abandoned in practice? Evidence use in evaluation and contracting for five European Social Impact Bonds	1
How to develop a realist programme theory using Margaret Archer’s structure–agency–culture framework: The case of adolescent accountability for sexual and reproductive health in urban resource-constra	1
How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation	1
The use of mediation analysis in evaluation of complex health interventions	1
Understanding evaluation use from an organisational perspective: A review of the literature and a research agenda	1
The sceptical turn in evaluation and what to do with it: Keynote presentation delivered by Peter Dahler-Larsen and Estelle Raimondo at the EES conference in Copenhagen, June 10, 2022	1
Giving critical theoretical and evaluation practice context to ‘Testing, Testing’ in Jamaica	1
Stakeholder involvement in realist evaluation: A scoping review and best fit framework synthesis	1
French language abstracts	0
EES Presidents Introduction to the special issue	0
Evaluating the impact of business coaching programmes by taking perceptions seriously	0
Theorizing how interventions work in evaluation: Process-tracing methods and theorizing process theories of change	0
Editorial	0
Artificial intelligence and big data-driven evaluation research and practices: A systematic literature review	0
The spontaneous theoreticians: How evaluators build and revise their knowledge of programs through experience	0
Promoting policy evaluation across government: The contribution of the OECD recommendation to public policy evaluation	0
Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of preventative early parenting interventions: A theory-based evaluation	0
Conducting focus groups in realist evaluation	0

Principles and methods to advance value for money	0
Methodological bricolage, data pattern detection and realist explanation: A portfolio analysis of inclusive business support	0
In memoriam	0
French language abstracts	0
Editorial	0
French language abstracts	0
French language abstracts	0
The potential of consecutive qualitative comparative analysis as a systematic strategy for configurational theorizing	0
News from the community	0
Editorial	0
A graphical method for causal program attribution in theory-based evaluation	0
Unpacking context in realist evaluations: Findings from a comprehensive review	0
Theory building from qualitative evaluation	0
Editorial	0
Evaluation blogs, podcasts, and webinars in 2023: A roundup review	0
Personas for program evaluation: Insights from a gender-focused evaluation in Cambodia	0
Editorial	0
Ethics of evaluation for socio-ecological transformation: Case-based critical systems analysis of motivation, power, expertise, and legitimacy	0
Erratum to “Participatory systems mapping for complex energy policy evaluation”	0
Postcolonialism, culture, and values in evaluating scientific collaborations with minority-serving institutions	0
Strengthening evaluation capacity in Government: Why institutionalisation matters and why it is not sufficient	0
French language abstracts	0
Clarifying realist analytic and interdisciplinary consensus processes in a complex health intervention: A worked example of Judgemental Rationality in action	0
Accountability versus learning in aid evaluation: A practice-oriented exploration of persistent dilemmas	0
Pivoting to online: The benefits, challenges and possibilities for international programme evaluations	0
A contingency-oriented discussion of complexity in programme theories	0
ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures	0
From abstract to ideal–The limits of models. A reply to Pawson’s ‘boxed in by models’	0
How evaluation is understood and practised in the European Parliament	0
Developing a theory of change methodology to support the evaluation of place-based systems change interventions to support child and adolescent mental health and well-being	0
Using digital technology to enhance youth participatory evaluation	0
What role should we play to be effective evaluators? – practitioner reflections	0
Editorial	0
Editor’s Note	0
Capturing the emergence of change in complex systems: The ‘Atawhai’ study in Aotearoa, New Zealand	0
French language abstracts	0
Evaluation through narratives: A practical case of Participatory Narrative Inquiry in women empowerment evaluation in Niger	0
Culturally responsive data analysis for evaluations in contexts of fragility, conflict, and violence	0
A model for effective partnership working to support programme evaluation	0
Power in and of evaluation: A framework of analysis	0
Evaluation blogs, podcasts and webinars in 2024: A mid-year review	0
French language abstracts	0
DOME: A mixed-method evaluation of the impacts of complex programmes against educational poverty	0
New challenges for the evaluation community: Impactful contributions in times of urgency	0
Testing mechanisms using large-N qualitative comparative analysis in realistic evaluations	0
A framework for evaluating women’s leadership programmes	0
Speaking truth to power: Exploring a Ministry’s evaluation department through evaluators’ and policymakers’ eyes	0
Surviving the Anthropocene: How evaluation can contribute to knowledge and better policymaking	0
Interorganizational evaluation capacity building in the public, health and community sectors	0
Evaluation blogs, podcasts and webinars in the second half of 2024: Roundup Review III	0
Applying SCALE 3D for evaluating transformative social innovation	0
Challenges and strategies for implementers and evaluators working in conflict settings	0
Co-creation and societal impact: Toward a generic framework for research impact assessment	0
How can climate change and its interaction with other compounding risks be considered in evaluation? Experiences from Vietnam	0
French language abstracts	0
Piloting text-mining in a mixed-method evaluation on human rights: Management propositions for small public administrations	0
The forgotten contexts of evaluation	0
Developing middle-range theories within a realist evaluation of how health committees support community capacity for health	0
Contribution of practical wisdom to resolving ethical issues	0
French language abstracts	0
Including multiple perspectives in participatory multi-criteria analysis: A framework for investigation	0
French language abstracts	0
Breakthroughs, advocacies and a return to validity in programme evaluation	0
Using co-creation to address monitoring and evaluation challenges: The experience of South Africa’s evaluation hackathon	0
Editorial	0
French language abstracts	0
Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools	0
Contribution tracing for organisational-wide planning, improved collaboration and evaluative thinking	0
Editorial	0