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Papers

(The median citation count of Evaluation is 0. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Participatory systems mapping for complex energy policy evaluation	34
Building a system-based Theory of Change using Participatory Systems Mapping	26
Unpacking context in realist evaluations: Findings from a comprehensive review	24
A critical realist approach to systems thinking in evaluation	20
Methodological reflections on using qualitative research to explore the causal mechanisms of complex health interventions	20
Conducting focus groups in realist evaluation	19
Tensions of evaluating innovation in a living lab: Moving beyond actionable knowledge production	15
Policy evaluation for a complex world: Practical methods and reflections from the UK Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity across the Nexus	14
The coronavirus response: Boxed in by models	11
Development of a ‘real-world’ logic model through testing the feasibility of a complex healthcare intervention: the challenge of reconciling scalability and context-sensitivity	10
How can multi-criteria analysis support deliberative spatial planning? A critical review of methods and participatory frameworks	10
Evaluation for planetary health	10
Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically	10
A theory-based approach to evaluations intended to inform transitions toward sustainability	10
What should evaluation learn from COP 26? Views of evaluation practitioners	9
Accountability versus learning in aid evaluation: A practice-oriented exploration of persistent dilemmas	8
Categories of context in realist evaluation	7
How does the commissioning process hinder the uptake of complexity-appropriate evaluation?	6
Improving a framework for evaluating participatory science	6
Surviving the Anthropocene: How evaluation can contribute to knowledge and better policymaking	6
Don’t panic: Bringing complexity thinking to UK Government evaluation guidance	6
Developing an ethical rationale for collaborative approaches to evaluation	5
Ethics of evaluation for socio-ecological transformation: Case-based critical systems analysis of motivation, power, expertise, and legitimacy	5
From abstract to ideal–The limits of models. A reply to Pawson’s ‘boxed in by models’	5
How to normalize reflexive evaluation? Navigating between legitimacy and integrity	5

Including multiple perspectives in participatory multi-criteria analysis: A framework for investigation	5
Clarifying realist analytic and interdisciplinary consensus processes in a complex health intervention: A worked example of Judgemental Rationality in action	5
Diagnostic evaluation and Bayesian Updating: Practical solutions to common problems	5
Cased-based modelling and scenario simulation for ex-post evaluation	5
Re-purposing evaluation to learn about social justice: Reconfiguring epistemological politics through the regulative ideal of ‘participatory parity’	4
The constitutive effects of social investment evaluation	4
Grounding evaluation capacity development in systems theory	4
Power in and of evaluation: A framework of analysis	4
How can climate change and its interaction with other compounding risks be considered in evaluation? Experiences from Vietnam	4
Evaluating the impact of policy research: Evidence from the evaluation of rural policy research in developing countries	4
Using environmental evaluation systems and their contribution to sustainable development	4
Developing a theory of change methodology to support the evaluation of place-based systems change interventions to support child and adolescent mental health and well-being	3
Evaluation through narratives: A practical case of Participatory Narrative Inquiry in women empowerment evaluation in Niger	3
The unused potential of process tracing as evaluation approach: The case of cluster policy evaluation	3
Theorizing how interventions work in evaluation: Process-tracing methods and theorizing process theories of change	3
How to develop a realist programme theory using Margaret Archer’s structure–agency–culture framework: The case of adolescent accountability for sexual and reproductive health in urban resource-constra	3
A theory-based approach to designing interventions for Planetary Health	3
Theory building from qualitative evaluation	3
Why is impact measurement abandoned in practice? Evidence use in evaluation and contracting for five European Social Impact Bonds	3
Program, complexity, and system when evaluating sustainable development	3
Causal mapping for evaluators	3
Strengthening evaluation capacity in Government: Why institutionalisation matters and why it is not sufficient	2
Worlds apart or coproduction? Investigating the relationship between knowledge users and producers	2
Eliciting stories of gender-transformative change: Investigating the effectiveness of question prompt formulations in qualitative gender assessments	2
How and how well do workplace assessments work? Using contextual variations in a theory-based evaluation with a large N	2
Understanding evaluation use from an organisational perspective: A review of the literature and a research agenda	2
Systems thinking concepts within a collaborative program evaluation methodology: The Hermes Program Evaluation	2
Navigating the boundaries between evaluators and similar applied professionals	2
Choosing a qualitative comparative analysis solution in multi-method impact evaluation	2
Don’t you forget about me: Independence of evaluations from the perspective of US evaluation clients—An exploratory study	2
The potential of consecutive qualitative comparative analysis as a systematic strategy for configurational theorizing	1
ParEvo: A methodology for the exploration and evaluation of alternative futures	1
A model for effective partnership working to support programme evaluation	1
How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation	1
Realistic evaluation of social inclusion	1
Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation	1
Editorial	1
Understanding the theoretical underpinnings of preventative early parenting interventions: A theory-based evaluation	1
Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems? How an advisory group contributed to policy change	1
The use of mediation analysis in evaluation of complex health interventions	1
Applying the eight principles of developmental evaluation: Complex Care Hub as a case example	1
Pivoting to online: The benefits, challenges and possibilities for international programme evaluations	1
The spontaneous theoreticians: How evaluators build and revise their knowledge of programs through experience	1
DOME: A mixed-method evaluation of the impacts of complex programmes against educational poverty	1
Evaluating local system change using a comparative maturity matrix	1
Editorial	1
Using systematic reviews to inform environmental policy-making	1
Principles and methods to advance value for money	0
Reflections on good practice in evaluating Violence Reduction Units: Experiences from across England and Wales	0
French language abstracts	0

Co-creation and societal impact: Toward a generic framework for research impact assessment	0
Editor’s Note	0
What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation	0
Contribution of practical wisdom to resolving ethical issues	0
Feasibility and desirability of a realist CMOC database: Lessons learned	0
French language abstracts	0
Rethinking rigour to embrace complexity in peacebuilding evaluation	0
Interorganizational evaluation capacity building in the public, health and community sectors	0
Editorial	0
Erratum to “Participatory systems mapping for complex energy policy evaluation”	0
French language abstracts	0
Applying SCALE 3D for evaluating transformative social innovation	0
New challenges for the evaluation community: Impactful contributions in times of urgency	0
Editorial	0
Editorial	0
Comprehensive evaluation framework building for integrated development program	0
How evaluation is understood and practised in the European Parliament	0
News from the community	0
News from the community	0
Diagnostic evaluation with simulated probabilities	0
Editorial	0
Predictors of alignment between aid donors’ and recipients’ interests in evaluating the effectiveness of the Shelter.Ukraine initiative: Contribution analysis	0
Contribution tracing for organisational-wide planning, improved collaboration and evaluative thinking	0
Post-truth and pathways for evaluators	0
Editorial	0
Editor’s Note	0
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research	0
Using co-creation to address monitoring and evaluation challenges: The experience of South Africa’s evaluation hackathon	0
Using digital technology to enhance youth participatory evaluation	0
Preventing children’s death by heatstroke: How alternative accident theories affect policy design and evaluation	0
Giving critical theoretical and evaluation practice context to ‘Testing, Testing’ in Jamaica	0
Speaking truth to power: Exploring a Ministry’s evaluation department through evaluators’ and policymakers’ eyes	0
French language abstracts	0
News from the community	0
Navigating competing demands in monitoring and evaluation: Five key paradoxes	0
Challenges and strategies for implementers and evaluators working in conflict settings	0
Planetary health: Creating rapid impact assessment tools	0
French language abstracts	0
What role should we play to be effective evaluators? – practitioner reflections	0
In memoriam	0
Evaluating the impact of business coaching programmes by taking perceptions seriously	0
Developing middle-range theories within a realist evaluation of how health committees support community capacity for health	0
French language abstracts	0
French language abstracts	0
French language abstracts	0
A graphical method for causal program attribution in theory-based evaluation	0
French language abstracts	0
French language abstracts	0
Toward a citizen science framework for public policy evaluation: Lessons from a field experiment on Freedom of Information laws in Belgium	0
French language abstracts	0
Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice	0
Understanding the what, how, and why in advocacy: Assessing the applicability of participatory process evaluation methodology in an advocacy context	0
EES Presidents Introduction to the special issue	0
French language abstracts	0
The sceptical turn in evaluation and what to do with it: Keynote presentation delivered by Peter Dahler-Larsen and Estelle Raimondo at the EES conference in Copenhagen, June 10, 2022	0
A contingency-oriented discussion of complexity in programme theories	0
Editorial	0
Editorial	0
Editorial	0
Postcolonialism, culture, and values in evaluating scientific collaborations with minority-serving institutions	0
The transformational power of evaluation: Exploring long-term perspectives in evaluations of impacts and outcomes from the standpoint of practitioners	0
French language abstracts	0
French language abstracts	0
Editorial	0
French language abstracts	0
News from the community	0
Promoting policy evaluation across government: The contribution of the OECD recommendation to public policy evaluation	0
French language abstracts	0
Editorial	0
Editorial	0
Evaluating site selection at design in food systems interventions: A formative geospatial approach	0
Culturally responsive data analysis for evaluations in contexts of fragility, conflict, and violence	0
Editorial	0
The curious case of the realist trial: Methodological oxymoron or unicorn?	0
Evaluation blogs, podcasts, and webinars in 2023: A roundup review	0