OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evidence & Policy 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Enabling interactive knowledge mobilisation through the positive deviance (PD) approach for youth inclusion in Norway	166
The Midwifery Unit Self-Assessment (MUSA) Toolkit: embedding stakeholder engagement and co-production of improvement plans in European midwifery units	76
Corrigendum for ‘Leading research–policy engagement: an empirical analysis of the capabilities and characteristics of leaders of evidence intermediary organisations’ by Steve Martin	31
Strengthening the role of third sector intermediary bodies in democratic governance: developing strategies with state and non-state actors	23
Codesigning youth diversion programmes with community-led organisations: a case study	16
Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe	16
The disenchanted fairy godmother: comparing how and why evidence-based management and public service professionals influenced policy performance in public school and active labour market policy in Den	13
Supporting policy through research funding: how UK funders can use Areas of Research Interest to bridge evidence gaps	13
Pick of the crop: understanding the choice of scientific and experiential evidence in Swiss pesticide discourse	13
A comparative analysis of the roles and use of evidence in pharmacy policy in Australia	13
Towards an agnotology of policy studies: identifying, understanding and addressing knowledge limitations in real world policymaking	12
Breaking the Overton Window: on the need for adversarial co-production	12
‘Shooting in the dark’: implications of the research–practice gap for enhancing research use in adult social care	11
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): increasing evidence use and policy impact through an online data dashboard	11
Examining research systems and models for local government: a systematic review	11
How perceptions of voter control affect politicians’ evaluations of expertise in the news: a survey experiment on the role of accountability beliefs	10
Understanding brokers, intermediaries, and boundary spanners: a multi-sectoral review of strategies, skills, and outcomes	10
Bridging science and policy in the Global South: the Colombo Framework for Institutionalizing Science Advice	10
Contextual influences on the role of evidence in e-cigarette recommendations: a multi-method analysis of international and national jurisdictions	9
Issues arising from the study design, conduct, and promotion of clinical trials funded by opioid manufacturers: a review of internal pharmaceutical industry documents	8
Practical points of failure in police-university collaboration: reconceiving knowledge exchange	8
Use of research evidence in legislatures: a systematic review	8
Using community values and evidence to respond to homelessness together: a case for methodological flexibility	7
Meeting in brackets: how mental health policy travels through meetings	7
A constant learning curve in working towards integrated health policy: twelve years of practical experience at a Dutch municipality	7

Improving research impact: lessons from the infrastructure engagement excellence standards	7
The impact of knowledge brokering on nurses’ empathy with patients receiving cardiac care: an experimental study	6
Principles and related strategies for spinal cord injury research partnership approaches: a qualitative study	6
A gestalt shift? Reflections from researchers turned elected representatives on the real-world use of evidence in policy making	6
The Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) programme in England: a mixed methods evaluation	6
Developing policy capacities for evidence-informed policy making: civil servants’ learning perceptions from collaborative research projects	5
Designing the Contemporary Implementation of Traditional knowledge and Evidence (CITE) framework to guide the application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health contexts: a Delphi study	5
When academic impact is not enough: a concept mapping study characterising excellence in practice-based research	5
Mis-implementation of evidence-based behavioural health practices in primary care: lessons from randomised trials in Federally Qualified Health Centers	4
Facilitating knowledge transfer during Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: an examination of ‘Functional Dialogues’ as an approach to bridge the evidence–policy gap	4
Obstacles to co-producing evaluation knowledge: power, control and voluntary sector dynamics	4
Historical knowledge mobilisation in a post-factual era in the United States	3
Assessing the effectiveness of citizen participation: the development of an impact scheme	3
The production and utility of evidence synthesis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: perspectives of evidence synthesis producers	3
What works to promote research-policy engagement?	3
Measuring the health impact of Universal Basic Income as an upstream intervention: holistic trial design that captures stress reduction is essential	3
Consent, assent and randomised evaluations	3
How youth reference groups can contribute to amplify research findings to public discussions and potentially improve policy making	3
The policy impact of entrepreneurship research: challenging received wisdom	3
Compatible bedfellows? Engaged scholarship entrepreneurship and policy impact	3
Knowledge Utilisation Analysis: measuring the utilisation of knowledge sources in policy decisions	3
Breaking the glass in the ‘Overton Window’: the role of adversarial co-production	3
Behavioural science policy advice-making during COVID-19: lessons from the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Finland	3
The effects of youth participatory action research on education policy: a mixed methods study of three dozen high school projects	3