Rob Watts
Impact in
- Public Administration top 2%
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Labor Movements and Unions
- General Social Sciences top 2%
Papers in
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- Social Policy and Reform Studies 15
- Higher Education Governance and Development 6
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- Youth, Politics, and Society 6
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics 5
- Australian History and Society 4
- Co-authors
- Judith Bessant (40 shared papers)Francis G. Castles (1 shared paper)Greg Marston (3 shared papers)Rys Farthing (3 shared papers)Philip Mendes (1 shared paper)Tony Dalton (5 shared papers)Mark Considine (2 shared papers)Peter Beilharz (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Critical Studies in Education (5 papers)Labour History (4 papers)Australian Social Work (3 papers)Journal of Youth Studies (2 papers)Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaUnited KingdomSpain
In The Last Decade
Rob Watts
74 papers receiving 948 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 81
- Public Administration 127
- General Social Sciences 47
- Political Science and International Relations 359
- Sociology and Political Science 446
- Safety Research 94
Countries citing papers authored by Rob Watts
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Fields of papers citing papers by Rob Watts
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Co-authors
The 20 scholars most cited alongside Rob Watts, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1986 | 200 | |
| 2 | Tampering with the evidence: a critical appraisal of evidence-based policy-making | 2003 | 182 |
| 3 | 2017 | 118 | |
| 4 | 2017 | 66 | |
| 5 | 1988 | 34 | |
| 6 | 2016 | 33 | |
| 7 | Government and modernity: An essay in thinking governmentality | 1994 | 28 |
| 8 | 1994 | 27 | |
| 9 | Talking Policy: How social policy is made | 2005 | 27 |
| 10 | 2008 | 25 | |
| 11 | 2015 | 24 | |
| 12 | 1994 | 21 | |
| 13 | 2014 | 20 | |
| 14 | 2000 | 19 | |
| 15 | «Discovering» Risk: Social Research and Policy Making | 2003 | 19 |
| 16 | 2019 | 19 | |
| 17 | 1980 | 17 | |
| 18 | 2014 | 16 | |
| 19 | 1997 | 14 | |
| 20 | History, myth making and young people in a time of change | 1998 | 14 |
About Rob Watts
Rob Watts is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Law, Public Administration and Safety Research, having authored 92 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (15 papers), Youth, Politics, and Society (6 papers), Higher Education Governance and Development (6 papers), Criminal Justice and Penology (6 papers), Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 papers), Australian History and Society (4 papers), Legal and Social Justice Studies (4 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (127 citations), General Social Sciences (47 citations), Political Science and International Relations (359 citations), Sociology and Political Science (446 citations) and Safety Research (94 citations). Rob Watts has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Judith Bessant, Francis G. Castles, Greg Marston, Rys Farthing, Philip Mendes, Tony Dalton, Mark Considine, Peter Beilharz, Sheila Shaver and Paul Smyth. Their work appears in journals such as Critical Studies in Education, Labour History, Australian Social Work, Journal of Youth Studies and Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology.
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