Policy Sciences 55.4k citations
1.3k papers · indexed · active since 2016
Impact in Public Policy and Administration Research Policy Transfer and Learning Social Policy and Reform Studies Papers in i Public Policy and Administration Research 172 Policy Transfer and Learning 232 Social Policy and Reform Studies 97 Electoral Systems and Political Participation 54 Local Government Finance and Decentralization 46 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Policy Sciences
Comparison fields: 5 of 221 Public Administration 6.4k Political Science and International Relations 13.8k Global and Planetary Change 10.5k Strategy and Management 6.8k Management Science and Operations Research 5.4k Sociology and Political Science 15.9k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4.2k Management of Technology and Innovation 2.3k Development 1.1k General Decision Sciences 489 Urban Studies 1.6k Economics and Econometrics 7.0k Communication 1.6k Marketing 2.1k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2.2k Business and International Management 437 Information Systems and Management 1.4k General Energy 197 Finance 1.5k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.3k General Health Professions 3.0k Human-Computer Interaction 662 Safety Research 900 Building and Construction 1.5k Transportation 720 General Social Sciences 322 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 665 Education 2.6k Human Factors and Ergonomics 208 Management Information Systems 791 Geography, 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Public Administration 6.4k Political Science and International Relations 13.8k Global and Planetary Change 10.5k Strategy and Management 6.8k Management Science and Operations Research 5.4k The Canadian Journal of Sociology Canada
Oxford Review of Economic Policy United Kingdom
Journal of the American Planning Association United States
Public Management Review United States
Annual Review of Sociology United States
Sociological Methods & Research United States
The Journal of Law and Economics United States
Progress in Human Geography United Kingdom
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory United States
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About Policy Sciences The 1.3k papers published in Policy Sciences in the last decades have received a total of 55.4k indexed citations . Papers published in Policy Sciences usually cover Public Administration (176 papers), Political Science and International Relations (419 papers), Management Science and Operations Research (160 papers), Economics and Econometrics (243 papers) and Strategy and Management (134 papers) specifically the topics of Policy Transfer and Learning (232 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (172 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (106 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (97 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (94 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (72 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (54 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (46 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Policy Sciences are Melvin M. Webber , Horst W. J. Rittel , Paul Sabatier , Michael P. Howlett , James Meadowcroft , Maarten A. Hajer , Baruch Fischhoff , Magali A. Delmas , Ronald D. Brunner and Reinhard Steurer .
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