OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The European Semester as Goldilocks: Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and the Recovery and Resilience Facility	53
Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations^*	48
As Open as Possible, as Autonomous as Necessary: Understanding the Rise of Open Strategic Autonomy in EU Trade Policy	39
Fiscal Integration in an Experimental Union: How Path‐Breaking Was the EU's Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic?	38
The European Green Deal: More than an Exit Strategy to the Pandemic Crisis, a Building Block of a Sustainable European Economic Model*	37
European Integration and the New Global Disorder^*	33
Implementing the European Green Deal during the Evolving Energy Crisis	31
Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe: What Impact Do they Have on Development Policy?	30
Embedded Bilateralism, Integration Theory, and European Crisis Politics: France, Germany, and the Birth of the EU Corona Recovery Fund*	29
Party Politics and Radical Right Populism in the European Parliament: Analysing Political Groups as Democratic Actors	29
How ‘Smart’ Are Smart Specialization Strategies?	28
Sociotechnical Imaginaries of EU Defence: The Past and the Future in the European Defence Fund	27
The EU Institutional Architecture in the Covid‐19 Response: Coordinative Europeanization in Times of Permanent Emergency	27
A ‘Geopolitical Commission’: Supranationalism Meets Global Power Competition	26
The Legal Architecture of the Economic Responses to COVID‐19: EMU beyond the Pandemic*	25
Forging Unity: European Commission Leadership in the Brexit Negotiations	25
Pandemic Politics: The European Union in Times of the Coronavirus Emergency	25
Perpetuating Crisis as a Supply Strategy: The Role of (Nativist) Populist Governments in EU Policymaking on Refugee Distribution	22
A Decolonial Project for Europe	22
The Influence of the European Semester: Case Study Analysis and Lessons for its Post‐Pandemic Transformation^*	22
The Politicization of the Migration–Development Nexus: Parliamentary Discourse on the European Union Trust Fund on Migration	21
In Search of Digital Sovereignty and Strategic Autonomy: Normative Power Europe to the Test of Its Geopolitical Ambitions	21
The Juncker Commission as a Politicising Bricoleur and the Renewed Momentum in Social Europe	20
The EU Response to COVID‐19: From Reactive Policies to Strategic Decision‐Making	20
Building ‘Next Generation’ after the pandemic: The implementation and implications of the EU Covid Recovery Plan	20

The European Green Deal and the EU's Regulatory Power in Times of Crisis	20
The Hegemonic Politics of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and ‘Resilience’: COVID‐19 and the Dislocation of EU Trade Policy	20
Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration	19
An Introduction: “Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and Domestic Politics: Policy Coordination in the EU from the European Semester to the Covid‐19 Crisis”*	19
Europeanization and De‐Europeanization of Turkey's Gender Equality Policy: The Case of the Istanbul Convention	18
EU‐27 Public Opinion on Brexit^†	18
Policy Learning and European Integration	18
Blessing or Curse? The Rise of Tourism‐Led Growth in Europe's Southern Periphery	17
The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership	17
The Effect on Foreign Direct Investment of Membership in the European Union	16
‘Our European Friends and Partners’? Negotiating the Trade and Cooperation Agreement	16
From Market Liberalism to Public Intervention: Digital Sovereignty and Changing European Union Digital Single Market Governance	16
Contestation over Development Policy in the European Parliament	16
Politicizing Europe in Elections to the European Parliament (1994–2019): The Crucial Role of Mainstream Parties	15
Blessing or Curse for Congruence? How Interest Mobilization Affects Congruence between Citizens and Elected Representatives	15
The New EU Industrial Policy and Deepening Structural Asymmetries: Smart Specialisation Not So Smart	15
The Commission's Approach to Rule of Law Backsliding: Managing Instead of Enforcing Democratic Values?	14
Back to the Future in EU Social Policy? Endogenous Critical Junctures and the Case of the European Pillar of Social Rights	14
Towards a Reading of Black Lives Matter in Europe	14
The Effects of Absorptive Capacity on Innovation Performance: A Cross‐country Perspective*	13
Still Governing in the Shadows? Member States and the Political and Security Committee in the Post‐Lisbon EU Foreign Policy Architecture*	13
Politicization of EU Development Policy: The Role of EU External Perceptions (Case of Ukraine)	13
The Implementation of Economic Rules: From the Stability and Growth Pact to the European Semester	13
‘Democracy without Politics’ in the European Commission's Response to Democratic Backsliding: From Technocratic Legalism to Democratic Pluralism	13
The European Semester in the North and in the South: Domestic Politics and the Salience of EU‐Induced Wage Reform in Different Growth Models*	13
Contesting Europe: Eurosceptic Dissent and Integration Polarization in the European Parliament	12
When Trust Fades, Facebook Is No Longer a Friend: Shifting Privatisation Dynamics in the Context of Cybersecurity as a Result of Disinformation, Populism and Political Uncertainty	12
Politicization of Aiding Others: The Impact of Migration on European Public Opinion of Development Aid	12
EU Aid Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: Politicization and its Limits	11
The Rise of Corporate Lobbying in the European Union: An Agenda for Future Research	11
Moving across Borders: The Work Life Experiences of Czech Cross‐border Workers during the COVID‐19 Pandemic	11
Governing Migration through Multi‐Level Governance? City Networks in Europe and the United States^*	11
Walking the Tightrope: Politicization and the Commission's Enforcement of the SGP*	11
External Contestations of Europe: Russia and Turkey as Normative Challengers?*	11
The Geoeconomic Turn of the Single European Market? Conceptual Challenges and Empirical Trends	11
Playing the Market Card: The Commission's Strategy to Shape EU Cybersecurity Policy	11
‘A Sovereign Europe’? Strategic Use of Discourse at the Service of French Economic Interests in EU Politics (2017–2022)	10
Decentring Norms in EU Relations with the Southern Neighbourhood	10
Community Resilience in Belarus and the EU response	10
Requesting Trade Sanctions? The European Parliament and the Generalized Scheme of Preferences	10
The Looming Refugee Crisis in the EU: Right‐Wing Party Competition and Strategic Positioning	10
Contesting Brexit Masculinities: Pro‐European Activists and Feminist EU Citizenship*	10
Are EU Institutions Still Green Actors? An Empirical Study of Green Public Procurement	10
The Politics of Normative Power Europe: Norm Entrepreneurs and Contestation in the Making of EU External Human Rights Policy	9
How to Reflexively Decentre EU Foreign Policy: Dissonance and Contrapuntal Reconstruction in Migration, Religious and Neighbourhood Governance	9
The Commission in EU Policy Preparation	9
To Democratize or to Protect? How the Response to Anti‐System Parties Reshapes the EU's Transnational Party System	9
The Role of Public Opinion in EU Integration: Assessing the Relationship between Elites and the Public during the Refugee Crisis	9
Co‐Producing Security: Platform Content Moderation and European Security Integration	9
The EU's Geoeconomic Turn: From Policy Laggard to Institutional Innovator	9

European Integration and the War in Ukraine: Just Another Crisis?	9
What to Do with the ECB's Secondary Mandate	9
Deal or no Deal: Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement and the Politics of (Non‐)Ratification	9
Elite‐Mass Linkages in the Preference Formation on Differentiated Integration	8
Differentiation in the European Union in Post‐Brexit and ‐Pandemic Times: Macro‐Level Developments with Meso‐Level Consequences	8
The Populist Vs Anti‐Populist Divide in the Time of Pandemic: The 2021 Czech National Election and its Consequences for European Politics*	8
This Time Wasn't Different: Responsiveness and Responsibility in the Eurozone between 2007 and 2019	8
The EU's CBAM and Its ‘Significant Others’: Three Perspectives on the Political Fallout from Europe's Unilateral Climate Policy Initiative	8
Explaining Sub‐Federal Variation in Trade Agreement Negotiations: The Case of CETA	8
Does Politicization Matter for EU Representation? A Comparison of Four European Parliament Elections^*	8
Constitutionalizing the EU in an Age of Emergencies	8
Gender and Crises in European Economic Governance: Is this Time Different?*	8
From Cohesion to Contagion? Populist Radical Right Contestation of EU Enlargement	8
The Latent Diffusion Network among National Parliaments in the Early Warning System of the European Union	8
Feeling the Heat: Emotions, Politicization, and the European Union	8
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy	8
What Does the EU Actually Mean to Citizens? An in‐Depth Study of Dutch citizens' Understandings and Evaluations of the European Union	8
EU Strategic Autonomy after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Europe's Capacity to Act in Times of War	7
United in Crisis: Abortion Politics in the European Parliament and Political Groups' Disputes over EU Values	7
The United Kingdom: Turning its Back on Influencing the EU?	7
The show must go on: The EU's quest to sustain multilateral institutions since 2016	7
Outside‐in Politicization of EU–Western Africa Relations: What Role for Civil Society Organizations?	7
Plan B for Europe: The Birth of ‘Disobedient Euroscepticism’?	7
The Differentiation Paradox of European Integration: Why Going it Alone Produces Suboptimal Results¹	7
The Changing Face of Mercosur: Legitimacy and the Politics of Scale in South American Regionalism	7
Narrating Europe: (Re‐)constructed and Contested Visions of the European Project in Citizens' Discourse	7
Ego versus Alter: Internal and External Perceptions of the EU's Role in Global Environmental Negotiations	7
Populist Capture of Foreign Policy Institutions: The Orbán Government and the De‐Europeanization of Hungarian Foreign Policy	7
Stillborn Banking Union: Explaining Ineffective European Union Bank Resolution Rules^†	7
Issue Politicization in the European Parliament. An Analysis of Parliamentary Questions for Oral Answer (2004–19)*	7
Kirchberg Salami Lost in Bosphorus: The Multiplication of Judicial Independence Standards and the Future of the Rule of Law in Europe	6
Towards Categorical Visibility? The Political Making of a Third Sex in Germany and the Netherlands	6
Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain	6
Dead Ends and Blind Spots in the European Semester: The Epistemological Foundation of the Crisis in Social Reproduction	6
Leveraging the European Refugee Crisis: Forced Displacement and Bargaining in Greece's Bailout Negotiations	6
The Role of EEAS Chairs in Council Negotiations on Foreign and Security Policy Post‐Lisbon	6
The EU Energy Crisis and a New Geopolitics of Climate Transition	6
The EU's International Investment Policy ten years on: the Policy‐Making Implications of Unintended Competence Transfers	6
Sectoral Governance under the EU's Bilateral Agreements and the Limits of Joint Institutional Frameworks: Insights from EU‐Swiss Bilateralism for Post‐Brexit Relations with the UK	6
Populist Radical Right Parties' Impact on European Foreign Aid Spending	6
Bureaucrats or Ideologues? EU Merger Control as Market‐centred Integration*	6
The Politics of the European Minimum Wage: Overcoming Ideological, Territorial and Institutional Conflicts in the EU Multi‐level Arena	6
The EU's New Economic Governance Framework and Budgetary Decision‐Making in the Member States: Boon or Bane for Throughput Legitimacy?*	6
The Ideational Power of Strategic Autonomy in EU Security and External Economic Policies	6
Spot the Difference: Differentiated Co‐operation and Differentiated Integration in the European Union	6
The Rise and Stall of EU Macro‐Prudential Policy. An Empirical Analysis of Policy Conflicts over Financial Stability, Market Integration, and National Discretion*	6
EU Sport Diplomacy: An Idea Whose Time Has Nearly Come	6
The Impossibility of Constitutionalizing Emergency Europe¹	6
Shocks and Time: The Development of the European Financial Assistance Regime	6
Catalytic Power Europe: Blended Finance in European External Action	6
NextGenerationEU and the Future of the European Monetary Union: Shifting Interests and New Fractures in the German Power Bloc	6
Seeking Legitimacy Through Knowledge Production: The Politics of Monitoring and Evaluation of the EU Trust Fund for Africa	6
Old Wine in New Bottles? The European Union's Organizational Response to Reforming EU–African Migration Cooperation	5
Problematising EU Cybersecurity: Exploring How the Single Market Functions as a Security Practice	5
Pan‐Africanism, Participation and Legitimation in the African Governance Architecture	5
The Power and Performance of ‘Association Bodies’ under the EU's Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine	5
No More Gouda in Moscow? Distributive Effects of the Imposition of Sanctions	5
Is the Governance of Europe's Transnational Party System Contributing to EU Democracy?*	5
Networked Health Cooperation in the European Union: Horizontal or Hierarchical?	5
The Politics of Emigration in Europe: A Research Agenda*	5
Beyond Downloading: Venues for Associated Neighbouring Countries to Influence EU Law and Policies	5
Joint Institutional Frameworks in EU Bilateral Agreements: Joint Bodies, Rules and Principles, and Special Procedures	5
Right‐Wing Sovereignism in the European Union: Definition, Features and Implications	5
Power or Luck? The Limitations of the European Commission's Agenda Setting Power and Autonomous Policy Influence	5
(De‐)politicization Discourse Strategies: The Case of Trade	5
Understanding the European Union's Perception of the Threat of Cyberterrorism: A Discursive Analysis	5
Talkin' Bout a Revolution? Institutional Change in the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility: The Case of Climate Policy	5
Capital and Closure in the EU Field. Advancement in the European Economic and Social Committee	5
Conditional Generosity and Deservingness in Public Support for European Unemployment Risk Sharing*	5
Third Country Influence on EU Law and Policy‐making: Setting the Scene	5
Eternal Friends or Jubilant Brexiteers? The Impact of Brexit on UK MEPs' Parliamentary Work in the European Parliament	5
Arrival of Normative Power in Planetary Politics	5
Evading Vetoes: Exiting the Politicized Decision Trap in EU Trade Policy	5
Christian Europe Redux	4
Enforcing European Privacy Regulations from Below: Transnational Fire Alarms and the General Data Protection Regulation^*	4
‘A Force for Good’: The Narrative Construction of Ethical EU–Vietnam Trade Relations	4
Regional Technological Capabilities and the Access to H2020 Funds	4
Coordination and Control in European Council Centred Governance. The Netherlands and the Covid Recovery Fund	4
Par le Haut Ou Par les Pays‐Bas? French and Dutch Approaches to European Social Policy Coordination Compared*	4
That's an Order! How the Quest for Efficiency Is Transforming Judicial Cooperation in Europe	4

Third Country Access to EU Agencies: Exploring Spaces for Influence	4
Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote	4
Conceptualizing the Regulator‐Buyer State in the European Union for the Exercise of Socially Responsible Public Procurement in Global Production Networks	4
The Neglected Integration Crisis: France, Germany and Lacking European Co‐operation During the 1973/1974 Oil Shock	4
Theorizing and Testing Cross‐Loading: The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy and Polish Concessions to Germany's Russia Policy	4
Turkey's Influence as a Third Country on the European Union: From Association to a Key Partner	4
The Trade Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: Early Empirical Insights from Panel Data*	4
National Parties as Multilevel Organizations in the EU. A Comparative Case Study of Flanders, Denmark and the Netherlands	4
National Differentiation Experience and Citizen Support for Differentiated Integration	4
The Impact of Cohesion Policy on Regional Differences in Support for the European Union*	4
The Role of the Commission in Intergovernmental Agreements in the Field of Energy. A Foot in the Door Technique?	4
COVID‐19 and European Multi‐Level Democracy	4
Remaking the Regional: Legitimacy and Political Participation in Regional Integration	4
Attendance at the Interparliamentary Conference on the CFSP/CSDP: Fostering the Emergence of a Parliamentary Epistemic Community in the EU?	4
The Politics of Labour that Underlies European Monetary Integration	4
Fundamental Change Beneath the Surface: The Supranationalisation of Rule of Law Protection in the European Union	4
Conditionality as an Instrument of European Governance – Cases, Characteristics and Types	4
Uncovering Power Dynamics: Feeling Rules in European Policy‐making	4
Governing by Enabling in Multilevel Systems: Capacity Building and Local Climate Action in the European Union	4
When Foreign Policy Becomes Trade Policy: The EU's Anti‐Coercion Instrument	4
From an Ordoliberal idea to a Social‐Democratic ideal? The European Parliament and the institutionalization of ‘social market economy’ in the European Union (1957‐2007)	4
The Tools of External Migration Policy in the EU Member States: The Case of Italy	4
Awakening the Europhile Giant: EU Issue Voting in Western and Central‐Eastern Europe	4
How a Conversation Between EU Studies and Critical‐Constructivist IR Norm Research Illuminates a Union in Crisis: A Research Note	4
Geoeconomic Power Europe: When Global Power Competition Drives EU Integration	4
Explaining Non‐compliance in the EU Differentiated Integration: The Case of Transport and Infrastructure Obligations under the EU‐Ukraine Association Agreement	4
Euroscepticism, Anti‐Nostalgic Nostalgia and the Past Perfect Post‐Brexit Future	4
The Powers of the Presidency of the Council of the EU to Shape the Rule of Law Enforcement Agenda: The Article 7 Case	4
Council Checks of the Commission under the European Semester: Does Member State Power and Euroscepticism Still Matter?*	4
The EU and Third Countries: Consequences for Democracy and the Political Order	4
Controversial Developments of EU–China Relations: Main Drivers and Geopolitical Implications of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments	4
Regulating Disinformation and Big Tech in the EU: A Research Agenda on the Institutional Strategies, Public Spheres and Analytical Challenges	4
EU Geoeconomic Power in the Clean Energy Transition	4
Supranational Entrepreneurship Through the Administrative Backdoor: The Commission, the Green Deal and the CAP 2023–2027	4
Opportunity, Presence and Entrepreneurship: Why the EU Acts Externally on Higher Education*	4