OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Policy and Politics 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Reviewer Acknowledgements	50
How young people can shape environmental policy in urban spaces	44
Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance: from values to valuations	25
How do populist discourses influence policy termination?	24
The policy process of adopting environmental standards for coal plants in India: accommodating transnational politics in the Multiple Streams Framework	23
Identifying proactive and reactive policy entrepreneurs in collaborative networks in flood risk management	22
Emotions and anti-carceral advocacy in Canada: ‘All of the anger this creates in our bodies is also a tool to kill us’	22
Can policy instruments shape the policy problems they aim to solve? How interest registers redefined conflicts of interest	22
An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking	20
Policy coordination and integration in local government: perspectives on barriers	19
The democratic qualities of regulatory agencies	18
The inefficiency of centralised control and political short-termism: the case of the Prison Service in England and Wales	17
Tracing 25 years of ‘initiativitis’ in central government attempts to join up local public services in England	15
Advocacy coalitions, power and policy change	14
The impact of self-reinforcing and self-undermining policy feedback on Mexican social policy: the end of the conditional cash transfer programme	14
Calibration in policy design: rethinking targets of energy-efficiency rebates	13
The role of charitable funding in the provision of public services: the case of the English and Welsh National Health Service	13
What kind of political agency can foster radical transformation towards ecological sustainability?	13
Applying collective action frameworks to analyse local-level collaboration for electric vehicle-related policies	13
Patterns in the use of problem- and solution-oriented evidence in legislative discourse: the case of pesticide policy in Switzerland	13
Embracing policy innovations from abroad: the role of learning in Chile’s anti-cartel reforms	12
The effects of policy dismantling on the policy-making process	12
The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy: the case of Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)	12
A systematic review of conflict within collaborative governance	11
Policy processes in China: a systematic review of the multiple streams framework	11

Examining policy feedback effects from COVID-19 on social welfare support: developing an outcome distance dimension	11
Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices	11
Analysing the ‘follow the science’ rhetoric of government responses to COVID-19	11
The influence of conflict on agenda setting in the US Congress	10
Investigating stakeholder rationales for participating in collaborative interactions at the policy–science nexus	10
Welfare solidarity in multi-ethnic societies: can social investment reduce the anti-immigrant bias?	10
Evidence-based policymaking in the legislatures: timeliness and politics of evidence in Finland	9
Expert perspectives on the changing dynamics of policy advisory systems: the COVID-19 crisis and policy learning in Belgium and Australia	9
Advocacy coalitions, soft power, and policy change in Mexican electricity policy: a discourse network analysis	9
Brexit implications for sustainable energy in the UK	9
Crisis management in English local government: the limits of resilience	8
The performance of accountability and the treatment of experts by politicians: UK parliamentary select committees during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Do policy actors have different views of what constitutes evidence in policymaking?	8
A new measurement model and database of the democratic qualities of regulatory bodies	8
Stories told before: intertextuality in policy narratives on men’s violence against women	8
Policy feedback and the politics of trade agreements	8
How crisis discourse shapes UK asylum governance: from framing to administrative practice	8
Organisation, information processing, and policy change in US federal bureaucracies	7
Externalising policy advice within subnational governments	7
Does HIV status affect attitudes on welfare deservingness? A survey experiment on welfare policy in the US	7
Legitimising policy knowledge in autocratising contexts: the case of Hungary	7
Between win–win and the manufacturing of consent: collaborative governance as a lightning rod in cannabis policy	7
How do governments learn from ad hoc groups during crises? From SARS to COVID-19	7
Policy learning governance: a new perspective on agency across policy learning theories	7
The role of causal mechanisms in policy diffusion: assisted voluntary return policies in Germany	7
The promise and performance of data ecosystems: Australia’s COVID-19 response	7
What types of health evidence persuade policy actors in a complex system?	6
Lessons from policy theories for the pursuit of equity in health, education and gender policy	6
Intended and unintended effects of cannabis regulation in Uruguay	6
Heading for health policy reform: transforming regions of care from geographical place into governance object	6
Fostering innovation through collaboration: a comparison of collaborative approaches to policy design	6
Design of services or designing for service? The application of design methodology in public service settings	6
Explaining the policy advisory success of non-governmental organisations in unlikely settings: a complexity-oriented approach	5
Not yet partisan: Cultural Theory explains attitudes about solar radiation management in the US	5
How cultural world views moderate policy framing on Universal Basic Income	5
Self-interest within the Advocacy Coalition Framework: how material beliefs affect change in German munitions policy	5
Policy learning from crises: lessons learned from the Italian food stamp programme	5
Inferential reasoning in policy analysis: knowledge use under uncertainty and complexity	5
Exploring civic engagement dynamics during emergencies: an empirical study into key drivers	5
What defines deservingness? Specifying the criteria for target groups constructions in public policy	5
Social identities, emotions and policy preferences	5
Evaluating punctuated equilibrium dynamics within a crisis context	5
Why policy failure is a prerequisite for innovation in the public sector	5
The politics of anger: emotional appraisal mechanisms and the French pension reform protests	5
Policy windows and criminal justice reforms: a Multiple Streams Framework analysis	4
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis	4
Reviewer acknowledgements	4
Transformational change through Public Policy	4
The dynamics of municipal contestation: responses from local government to perceived policy threats from higher authorities	4
Uncovering motivations behind open government policy: a policy diffusion approach	4

Integrating evidence and public engagement in policy work: an empirical examination of three UK policy organisations	4
Analysing the stability of advocacy coalitions and policy frames in Ghana’s oil and gas governance	4
Policy responsiveness and media attention	4