OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Public Administration is 10. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Public management: A research overview. By TomEntwistle, London: Routledge. 2022. pp. 114. USD 25.59 (paperback) ISBN: 9781032064031	78
Fiscal easing in local governments facing potential merger: Visible in budgets or hidden in overruns?	73
Gaming country rankings: Consultancies as knowledge brokers for global benchmarks	63
Permanently provisional: An ethnographic analysis of responsive governance practices in and through meetings	53
Coproduction of core and complementary tasks in times of service decline: Experimental evidence	48
The impact of service separation on value: A longitudinal study of user and provider experiences in a mental health service	46
Meet all changes with constancy: The dynamic adaptation process of county governments in China	45
Are public spaces welcoming to all? A conjoint experiment on cultural representation and inclusionary practices in museums	43
Ignoring by complying: How public officials handle hybridity to pursue the goals of new public governance	40
Evaluating Conflict, Interest Advancement, and Representation in Collaborative Governance	40
Regional network‐building for complexity: A region‐oriented policy response to increasing and varied demands for older person care in the Netherlands	37
Collaborating with the competition? A study of interlocal partnership choices	36
A Replication of “Explaining Why the Computer Says No: Algorithmic Transparency Affects the Perceived Trustworthiness of Automated Decision‐Making”	32
How governments borrow: Partisan politics, constrained institutions, and sovereign debt in emerging markets. By BenCormier, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2024. pp. 192. £90.00 (hbk). ISBN	31
Correction to “Public value creation and appropriation mechanisms in public–private partnerships: How does it play a role?”	30
Paths to trust: Explaining citizens' trust to experts and evidence‐informed policymaking during the COVID‐19 pandemic	30
A replication of “the effects of making public service employees aware of their prosocial and societal impact”	29
The effect of institutional support and relational capital on knowledge mobilization in public administration research	29
The way the money goes: The fiscal constitution and public spending in the UK. By ChristopherHood, MaiaKing, IainMcLean, Barbara MariaPiotrowska. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp.	28
Leveraging normative power in co‐production to redress power imbalances	28
Ministerial Leadership: Practice, Performance and PowerBy LeightonAndrews, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. 553 pp. £99.99 (hardcover); £79.50 (ebook). ISBN: 10 3031500075; ISBN:	27
Performance Rewards and Job Satisfaction in More and Less Developed Countries: Multi‐Level Evidence From Bureaucrats in 10 Countries	27
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How to extend pilot innovation in public services: A case of children's social care innovation	25

Which managerial reforms facilitate public sector innovation?	24
Issue Information	23
Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states	22
Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria's Federal Character Principle	21
Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements	20
Unpacking the effects of burdensome state actions on citizens' policy perceptions	20
“Success” in policy piloting: Process, programs, and politics	20
Issue Information	20
Anticipated administrative burdens: How proximity to upcoming compulsory meetings affect welfare recipients' experiences of administrative burden	20
Auditing, the State and Democracy in a “New” Machine Age of Digitalization: The UK Supreme Audit Institution	19
Public Perceptions of the Administrative Values Tradeoff: Bureaucratic and Democratic Ethos	19
A long road: Patterns and prospects for social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public administration	19
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Representative bureaucracy in property assessment appeals administration: A group level analysis	18
Achieving collaborative innovation by controlling or leveraging network complexities through complexity leadership	18
A review of classical thoughts on contemporary public administration in developing countries	18
Experiences of Administrative Burden in Context: Exploring Differences Across Countries, Policy Domains, and Socio‐Demography	18
CORRIGENDUM	17
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“Let's organize”: The organizational basis for stable public governance	17
Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights From Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China	16
Overlooking the front line: Impacts of front‐line worker inclusion on implementation and outcomes of collaborative innovation	16
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How does ethnic diversity shape the design of intergovernmental fiscal relations? Evidence from China	15
Why do public agencies seek accountability? The role of audiences	15
Can Cross‐Sector Collaboration Contribute to Boundaries Reshaping of Digital Government Platforms? Empirical Evidence Based on Machine Learning and Text Analysis	15
A century of Public Administration: Traveling through time and topics	15
Issue Information	15
Metagovernance of co‐creation in city–university partnerships: How to avoid being stuck in the middle?	15
Measuring civil service politicization with career data: Backstage and frontstage political experience of top civil servants in the German ministerial administration	15
Professional development leadership in turbulent times: Public administration symposium: Robust politics and governance in turbulent times	15
Citizen participation matters. Bureaucratic discretion matters more	14
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How legal scholars facilitate tax avoidance: Case study on the power of tax consultancy firms	14
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Civil servant tactics for realizing transition tasks understanding the microdynamics of transformative government	14
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Performance appraisal justice and employees' work engagement in the public sector: Making the most of performance appraisal design	13
Reversing Government Reforms: Radical Change or Adaptive Adjustments?	13
From big data to higher bureaucratic capacity: Poverty alleviation in China	13
Exploring the foundational origins of public service motivation through the lens of behavioral genetics	13
Emotional labor and employee outcomes: A meta‐analysis	12
Organizing e‐participation: Challenges stemming from the multiplicity of actors	12
Why we need bricoleurs to foster robust governance solutions in turbulent times	12
Rebel with a cause: The effects of leadership encouragement and psychological safety on professionals' prosocial rulebreaking behavior	12
Governance and Renegotiation in Public‐Private Partnerships During Crises: An Examination of the Resulting Tensions in a Private Partner Consortium	11
Policy advocacy of nongovernmental organizations in China: A quasi‐replication of Zhan and Tang (2013, 2016)	11
Issue Information	11
Member duality and policy tourism: Learning in interlocal policy networks	11
All you need is … a network: The rise of interpretive public administration	11

Public Service Motivation and Public Opinion: Examining Antecedents and Attitudes (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration), Piatak, Jaclyn and Holt, Stephen, Cambridge: Cambridge University P	11
Nodality Dynamics and Network Evolution in Multi‐Actor Cooperation: Insights Into Community Conflict Resolution	11
Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value	11
Administrative intensity and local resident satisfaction in Victorian local government	11
Credible signaling to promote local compliance: Evidence from China's multiwave inspection of environmental protection	11
Opening the “black box” of public administration: The need for interpretive research	10
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The association between public managers' type of education and prioritizing core service provision and communication	10
Issue Information	10
What's in a name? The politics of name changes inside bureaucracy	10
Hambleton, Robin. Cities and communities beyond Covid‐19. Great Britain: Bristol University Press. 2020. pp. 177. ISBN: 9781529215854	10
Robust emergency management: The role of institutional trust in organized volunteers	10
What matters the most in curbing early COVID‐19 mortality? A cross‐country necessary condition analysis	10
How rediscovering nodality can improve democratic governance in a digital world	10
“One, none, and a hundred thousand” recipes for a robust response to turbulence	10