Policy Sciences

Papers
(The H4-Index of Policy Sciences is 15. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Policy’s role in democratic conflict management57
The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell52
Environmental identity and perceived salience of policy issues in coastal communities: a moderated-mediation analysis50
Public contestation over agricultural pollution: a discourse network analysis on narrative strategies in the policy process43
(Un)usual advocacy coalitions in a multi-system setting: the case of hydrogen in Germany35
Policy integration as a political process30
Hijacking or helping?—How political actors use the COVID-19 pandemic in the climate discourse to advocate their policy beliefs and preferences27
The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico25
Assessing evidence based on scale can be a useful predictor of policy outcomes25
Consultancy firms’ roles in policy diffusion: a systematic review from the environmental governance field22
Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food21
The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell19
Beyond evidence-based policymaking? Exploring knowledge formation and source effects in US migration policymaking19
Understanding EU forest policy governance through a cultural theory lens17
Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries15
Peak policy lab or chasing windmills? The overlooked issue of misaligned policy design15
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