OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Public Policy and Administration 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Blame avoidance, scapegoats and spin: Why Dutch politicians won’t evaluate ZBO-outcomes	29
Internal and external exploration for public service innovation–Measuring the impact of a climate for creativity and collaborative diversity on innovation	27
Towards AI-driven transformation and smart data management: Emerging technological change in the public sector value chain	26
Agency in multi-level governance systems: The implementation puzzle and the role of ‘intelligent’ local implementers	16
Happily unaccountable? Perceptions of accountability by public managers	16
Working for the future is more than foreseeing the future: Impact of the balanced organizational capabilities on the proactive policy orientation	14
Leading for public value in multi-agency collaboration	13
Public sector accountability styles in Europe comparing accountability and control of agencies in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK	12
The democratic quality of co-creation: A theoretical exploration	12
Varieties of governance versatility and institutions: Comparing the governance of primary care performance in six jurisdictions	12
Capable supervision, pragmatic engagement, and hands-off steering: Three preferences of Chinese government officials for governing non-profit organizations in public service delivery	12
Religion, spirituality, faith and public administration: A literature review and outlook	10
“From ‘it’s not possible’ to ‘how we can do it’”. Challenges, opportunities and proposals to adopt intersectionality in local administration	9
Linking representations and policy adoption: The effect of bureaucratic and political representations on policy outcomes	9
Appraising the philosophical influences on modern public administration research	9
Sustainable urban development: A scoping review of barriers to the public policy and administration	8
Bridging the theory-practice divide in public administration: A virtuous pragmatic approach of Wang Yangming and William James	8
Religion and representative bureaucracy: Does religion guide administrative discretion?	8
How street-level bureaucrats exercise their discretion to encourage clients’ political participation: A case study of Israeli LGBTQ+ teachers	7
The evolution of collaborative networks: A social network analysis of Chinese environmental protection policy	6
What can we learn from service model analysis? An application in the government export finance sector	6
Contours of a research programme for the study of the relationship of religion and public administration	6
Analyzing determinants of whistleblowing intention with the gamification method	5
Municipal performance management during the covid pandemic	5
Geoffrey Kingdon Fry and the British road to public sector reform	5

Scales of governance, polycentricity and the case of active travel infrastructure in West London	4
The marginalization of policy integration: Dynamics of integrated policymaking in the periphery of bureaucracy	4
Governance modes, mayoral leadership and transitions to public sector co-creation across Europe	4