OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Policy Studies Journal is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Advocacy groups, policy subsidies, and policy change: The case of teacher evaluations	68
Can reducing learning costs improve public support for means‐tested benefit programs?	45
The particular and diffuse effects of negative interactions on participation: Evidence from responses to police killings	35
The place of social cohesion in policy design: Lessons from the evolution of pension policy instruments mix in OECD countries	33
Leveraging an Unhappiness Lens for Smarter Policies	29
AI for Persuasion? How Policy Endorsement From Large Language Models Increases Citizens' Compliance Willingness in China	28
A novel research method to detect punctuation and its application to bureaucratic decision‐making	26
The optimal group size of deliberative mini‐publics: A divide in perceptions	26
The adoption of culturally contentious innovations: The case of citizen oversight of police	26
“Protect the women!” Trans‐exclusionary feminist issue framing and support for transgender rights	25
Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective	25
Policy Feedback and the 2021 Advanced Child Tax Credit	23
How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence: The accountability regimes framework	22
Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel	21
Correction to “Learning in polycentric governance: Insights from the California Delta science enterprise”	19
Coproduction as a Causal Process	18
Issue Information	18
Editorial introduction: Punctuated equilibrium, multiple streams, environmental governance, and many more	17
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Measuring the stasis: Punctuated equilibrium theory and partisan polarization	16
The policy acknowledgement gap: Explaining (mis)perceptions of government social program use	15
Limits on Terms, Limits on Control: The Effect of Chief Executive Term Limits on Bureaucratic Responsiveness	14
Long‐Term Time Horizons and Support for Public Investment	14
Issue Information	14
Learning by proxy: How burdensome policies shape policy implementors' views of government	14

Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?	13
How Different Patterns of Policy Attention Drive Policy Diffusion: Evidence From China's River Chief System	13
Can overarching rules and coordination in polycentric governance help achieve pre‐identified institutional goals over time? Evidence from farmland governance in southeastern France	12
Resisting Democratic Backsliding From Within the State: Environmental Politics in Bolsonaro's Brazil	12
Issue Information	12
When sunshine gets you down: The role of transparency on public sentiment toward the amazon HQ2 competition	12
The soft channels of policy diffusion: Insights from local climate change adaptation policy	11
Linking policy design and policy diffusion to advance both theories: Evidence from the elements, attributes, and adoptions of Uniform Law Commission model legislation	11
The Inclusion Trade‐Off: Comparing the Design and Functionality of Collaborative Governance Forums	10
When “symbolic” policy is anything but: Policy design and feedbacks from California's human right to water law	10
Editorial introduction: An eclectic collection	10
Analyzing antimicrobial resistance as a series of collective action problems	10
A Natural Language Processing Approach to Identifying Partisan Framing of Climate Change Denialism, Fatalism, and Solutions in US Congressional Speec	10
Are bureaucrats' interactions with politicians linked to the bureaucrats' policy entrepreneurship tendencies?	10
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GPT models for text annotation: An empirical exploration in public policy research	9
Devil and angel shifts in collective action: A call for integration and improvements	9
Learning to avoid: The long‐term effects of adolescent welfare participation on voting habits in adulthood	9
Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?	8
Tradeoffs and Spillovers in U.S. Criminal Immigration Enforcement	8
Shifting narrative strategies: How monument advocates change their stories in response to conflict over time	8
Mixed messages & bounded rationality: The perverse consequences of realIDfor immigration policy	8
A postcode lottery in education? Explaining regional inequality in multilevel systems	8
Moving Beyond Third Generation Policy Implementation Research Towards a Fourth Generation: Synthesizing Across Policy Process Theories	7
Not just the nation's hostess: First Ladies as policy actors	7
Editorial Introduction: Institutions, Attention, Narratives, and Policy Outcomes in the Policy Process	7
Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers	7
Topics as Outcomes: Modeling the Influence of Intergovernmental Grants on Policy Diffusion	7
Can Money Buy Trust? Social Transfers and Trust During the Covid‐19 Pandemic	7
Advocacy coalitions or pragmatic coupling of streams? Explaining policy change in Mexico: The tax reforms of Vicente Fox and Enrique Peña (2001 and 2013)	7
More than just experts for hire: A conceptualization of the roles of consultants in public policy formulation	6
Rapid response and uncertain agendas: Senators' response to Dobbs	6
Examining emotional belief expressions of advocacy coalitions in Arkansas' gender identity politics	6
Whose water crisis? How policy responses to acute environmental change widen inequality	6
Issue Information	6
Building street‐level capacity. Evidence from a policy for problem gambling prevention	6
Repeated Modifications in Policy Diffusion: Evidence From River Management Regulations in China's Cities	6
Police unions and use‐of‐force reforms in American cities	6
Editorial introduction: Exploring policy theories, narratives, and policing	6
Bureaucratic Access in National Policy Agenda Setting Process: Participation, dispersion, and centrality	6
Narrative power in the narrative policy framework	6
Empirical research on polycentric governance: Critical gaps and a framework for studying long‐term change	6
Can Cash Incentives Reduce Syringe Litter? Evidence From Boston's 311 Service Requests	6
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Who are childcare subsidies for? Examining subsidy eligibility policy in two southwestern states	5
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The calm before the storm: A punctuated equilibrium theory of international politics	5
Coalition cascades: The politics of tipping points in clean energy transitions	5
Compliance in Regulatory Gray Areas: The Case of the Organic Seed Standard	5

Editorial Introduction: From Attention to Feedback: New Directions in Policy Process Research	5
Partisan political staff at the local level: A self‐assessment of the policymaking role of the chief of cabinet	5
Learning in polycentric governance: Insights from the California Delta science enterprise	5
Comparing Beyond (Just) the State? Examining Patterns of Policy Advice Externalization Across Policy Domains	5