OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Public Policy and Administration is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
When GenAI writes public foresight reports: Effects on convincing citizens	94
Analyzing determinants of whistleblowing intention with the gamification method	47
Religion and representative bureaucracy: Does religion guide administrative discretion?	43
Perceiving policy entrepreneurship: A Q-methodology study on the attitudes of mid-level managers in developing countries	41
Deconstructing complexity: A comparative study of government collaboration in national digital platforms and smart city networks in Europe	35
When citizens meet the chatbot: Evidence from a survey vignette experiment in Estonia	30
The role of values in the interorganizational network response to wicked problems	30
Network structure, network mechanism, and network effectiveness and legitimacy: A configurational analysis of 26 cases	23
Governance principles and regulatory needs for a national digital education platform	20
Parental co-production in public higher education during the COVID-19 crisis: A mixed methods study	17
Systematic and axiological capacities in artificial intelligence applied in the public sector	16
Dissecting the organization matters: Gauging the effect of unit-level and organization-level factors on perceived innovation outcomes	15
Digital transformation in governance: Preconditions for achieving good governance	14
The dark side of public-private partnerships: Enforced hybridity and power dynamics in fighting financial crime	14
How does population size influence administrative performance? Evidence from Malta, Samoa, and Suriname	12
Geoffrey Kingdon Fry and the British road to public sector reform	12
Internal and external exploration for public service innovation–Measuring the impact of a climate for creativity and collaborative diversity on innovation	12
Contours of a research programme for the study of the relationship of religion and public administration	11
Talking at parties: Bureaucratic language in response to party control changes	11
Collegiality and efficiency in bureaucracy	10
Who should (not) participate? Public service organisations’ attitudes towards participation in policy-making modes	9
Street-level bureaucrats’ non-compliance in policy transfer: How to assess the success and failure of policy transfer and outcomes	9
Affective governmentality and gendered labour in education policy: Sites of non-traditional coproduction	9
Navigating co-production with disadvantaged service users: Local heritage as an agent of value co-creation	9
Problem structuring, wrong-problem problems and metagovernance as the strategic management of intractable positions: The case of the EU GM Crop Regulatory Framework controversy	8

The long and winding road towards the EU policy of support to Member States public administration reform: History (2000–2021) and prospects	8
Beyond specific case responses: Accountability, public service motivation, and bureaucrats’ policy responsiveness	8
Data science, artificial intelligence and the third wave of digital era governance	8
Exploring the functions and role of social impact measurement in enhancing the social value of public-private partnerships: A systematic literature review	8
Mundane dynamics: Understanding collaborative governance approaches to ‘big’ problems through studying ‘small’ practices	8
The shifting political-administrative interface under Westminster: Australia’s prime ministerial views from Fraser to Morrison	7
Mission invisible? Managing boundaries for flood protection	7
The moral inversion of administrative AI: A critical interpretation on regime values	7
Stable roles and agile structures: Temporal robustness in public administration networks	7
Capable supervision, pragmatic engagement, and hands-off steering: Three preferences of Chinese government officials for governing non-profit organizations in public service delivery	6
Assessing stringency: A survey experiment of energy saving policies across five EU countries	6
Religion, spirituality, faith and public administration: A literature review and outlook	6
Policy initiatives for Artificial Intelligence-enabled government: An analysis of national strategies in Europe	6
Crisis decision-making inside the core executive: Rationality, bureaucratic politics, standard procedures and the COVID-19 lockdown	6
Public sector accountability styles in Europe comparing accountability and control of agencies in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK	6
The role of legitimacy in robust crisis governance. Examining the failed European response to the turbulence of the 2015-16 refugee crisis	6
Why are organisational professionals expanding in the Swedish public sector? The role of accountability	6
Enhancing organizational commitment through dynamic capabilities: Evidence from municipal mergers	5
Varieties of governance versatility and institutions: Comparing the governance of primary care performance in six jurisdictions	5
Theoretical-methodological aspects of researching the area of religion and public administration	5
Public opinion on morality policy: The moderating role of local context	5
Legal certainty in automated decision-making in welfare services	5
Governance modes, mayoral leadership and transitions to public sector co-creation across Europe	5
Intent vs impact: Ramifications of digitalization on the administrative burden	4
Epistemic environmentalism: Nudging and epistemic externalities	4
Artificial intelligence and public administration: Understanding actors, governance, and policy from micro, meso, and macro perspectives	4
Seeking mechanisms underlying accountability in crises: A qualitative comparative analysis of 29 cases in China	4
The illiberal transformation of government bureaucracies: Patterns and dynamics	4
Generalist and specialist roles of policy actors: Insights from preferences on AI regulation	4
Breaking barriers for breaking ground: A categorisation of public sector challenges to smart city project implementation	3
Making sense of each other: Relations between social enterprises and the municipality	3
In Memoriam – Dr Fabienne Maron	3
Towards AI-driven transformation and smart data management: Emerging technological change in the public sector value chain	3
Bridging the theory-practice divide in public administration: A virtuous pragmatic approach of Wang Yangming and William James	3
Facing NPG implementation problems in municipal organizations: The wickedness of combined value systems	3
Collaborating and co-creating the digital transformation: Empirical evidence on the crucial role of stakeholder demand from Swiss municipalities	3
Economics, ideas or institutions? Agencification through government-owned enterprises in illiberal contexts: The case of Hungary	3
How street-level bureaucrats exercise their discretion to encourage clients’ political participation: A case study of Israeli LGBTQ+ teachers	3
Eastern and western philosophies: Rethinking the foundations of public administration	3
Logics of categorization at the frontline: Stereotyped and investigative categorization	3
Digital transformation amidst inertia: Implementing digitalization reforms in the public sector	3
Co-created public value: The strategic management of collaborative problem-solving	3
Agency in multi-level governance systems: The implementation puzzle and the role of ‘intelligent’ local implementers	3
Religion and social sustainability in Mauritius: Exploring the relationships	3
Engaging professionals in the strategic renewal of public services: A literature review and research agenda	3