OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Public Management 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The effectiveness of anti-corruption reforms in a region of Europe: the role of social empowerment	31
Public sector innovation: Sources, benefits, and leadership	29
The dynamics of governance capacity and legitimacy: the case of a digital tracing technology during the COVID-19 pandemic	29
Sit it out or dance: Representative bureaucracy contagion effects in health care	29
Institutional pressures, discretion, and bureaucratic responses to clients: An experimental study of school-based law enforcement officers	28
Understanding the nomological network of red tape: Synthesis and research agenda	28
Municipal corporations in national and disciplinary contexts: A systematic literature review and future research agenda	26
Handbook on measuring governance	26
Strategic management in the public sector - the case of the Swedish transport administration	19
Coproduction encouragement can backfire: evidence from randomized controlled trials	18
Public value and the digital economy	18
Controversies in employee-driven innovation: Exploring the Danish public healthcare	15
Accounting capacity on accrual accounting adoption in Vietnamese public sector organizations—a moderated moderation model of leadership quality and digital transformation	15
Representation and high-risk clients: an empirical examination of gender effects in healthcare	13
Choir of believers? Experimental and longitudinal evidence on survey participation, response bias, and public service motivation	12
Antecedents of employee intrapreneurship in the public sector: a proactive motivation approach	12
Race, gender, and rules: How intersectionality and congruence shape leadership perceptions	12
How a manager’s background shapes perceived leader credibility: A survey experiment among teachers and civil servants in The Netherlands	11
Personality traits and the endorsement of competing leadership roles: evidence from officer cadets enrolled in the Danish Defense College	11
Strategizing in public management: The concept and its measurement	10
Disentangling the notion of value in public services: evidence and future directions from a systematic literature review	10
Beyond the hassle: how favorable outcomes reduce the subjective experience of administrative burden	10
Exploring the trickle-down effect of public service motivation from supervisors to their subordinates	9
Information processing and the transparency–trust link: Political affiliation, values, and information search behaviors in China	9
Machine learning in public administration research: review and prospects	9

Through the looking glass: Extending the “satisfaction mirror” in thirty-nine countries	9
Balancing speed and coordination: Senior leaders’ perspectives on civil service transformation during and after the pandemic	9
Stakeholder engagement-as-practice in public sector innovation	8
Understanding the role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the “central government-local government-society” framework: a case study on public crisis management during the pandemic in China	8
Deviating from the course: How presentational strategies and leadership investments affect leader credibility and collaborative engagement	8
Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management Concept, Theories and Case Studies Cultural Competency for Emergency and Crisis Management Concept, Theories and Case Studies	7
Linking innovation climate to innovative behavior in public organizations: Exploring the role of psychological needs	7
The climatization of global politics	7
Deliberative Democracy, Public Policy, and Local Government	7
Problem-Solving and Learning for Public Services and Public Management	7
Value propositions and facilitating promises of value—The case of the Swedish Public Employment Service	6
Smart government: practical uses of artificial intelligence in local government	6
Popular financial reporting increases understanding, interest, and trust: Experimental evidence	6
Easier said than done. Do defaults and reminders affect public workers’ knowledge of guidelines?	6
Rising to the challenge: Job stress, role overload, and change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior in the public sector	6
Karma chameleon: Exploring the leadership complexities of middle managers in the public sector	6
Letter from the editor	6
Letter from the editors	6
The Curious Public Administrator	6
Benefits, blame, and budgets: Citizen responses to cutback management strategies in public education	5
Prior beliefs and the biased interpretation of performance information: the mediating role of attention	5
Red tape reform, transaction costs, and corporate social performance: A natural quasi-experiment in China	5
How and when servant leadership fosters employee voice behavior: Evidence from Chinese local governments	5
The Politics of Collaborative Public Management A Primer	5
Can transparency promote citizen compliance in China? The role of justice and social identification	5
Effective co-production in local government networks: A story of structure	5
Regional bombs and public labor obligations	5
Managing public-private collaboration: extensive and intensive accountability	5