Policy Sciences 56.3k citations
1.3k papers · indexed · active since 1950
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 45 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Policy Sciences
Comparison fields: 5 of 223 Public Administration 6.5k Political Science and International Relations 14.1k Global and Planetary Change 10.6k Strategy and Management 7.1k Management Science and Operations Research 5.6k Sociology and Political Science 16.2k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4.3k Management of Technology and Innovation 2.4k Development 1.2k General Decision Sciences 519 Urban Studies 1.7k Economics and Econometrics 7.3k Marketing 2.1k Communication 1.7k Business and International Management 458 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2.3k Information Systems and Management 1.4k General Energy 200 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.4k Finance 1.6k General Health Professions 3.0k Building and Construction 1.5k Human-Computer Interaction 665 Safety Research 937 Transportation 737 General Social Sciences 322 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 665 Education 2.6k Management Information Systems 838 Human Factors and Ergonomics 209 Geography, Planning and Development 487 Media Technology 746 Applied Psychology 378 Health 571 Architecture 115 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1.2k Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 334 Computer Science Applications 408 Demography 810 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 560 Gender Studies 616 Ocean Engineering 1.0k Pollution 721 Ecological Modeling 268 Environmental Engineering 826 Law 579 Social Psychology 1.1k Accounting 591 Modeling and Simulation 212 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 75 Nature and Landscape Conservation 572 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 582 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 406 Ecology 1.1k Emergency Medical Services 240 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 511 Information Systems 893 Water Science and Technology 523 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 386 Chemical Health and Safety 23 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 299 Developmental and Educational Psychology 443 Soil Science 314 Philosophy 387 Mechanical 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Medicine 12 Animal Science and Zoology 6 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 Computational Mechanics 11 Ophthalmology 4 Immunology 10 Surgery 19 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 Biotechnology 4 Catalysis 3 Cell Biology 6 Cancer Research 5 Neurology 5 Immunology and Allergy 2 Biochemistry 2 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 Parasitology 2 General Materials Science 1 Analytical Chemistry 3 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 Biomaterials 4 Geophysics 4 Hardware and Architecture 2 Classics 1 Inorganic Chemistry 3 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Hematology 2 Urology 1 Bioengineering 1 Microbiology 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 Oral Surgery 1 Rheumatology 2 Hepatology 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 Neurology 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 Dermatology 1 Radiation 1 Applied Mathematics 1 Condensed Matter Physics 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Organic Chemistry 2 Spectroscopy 1 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1
Public Administration 6.5k Political Science and International Relations 14.1k Global and Planetary Change 10.6k Strategy and Management 7.1k Management Science and Operations Research 5.6k Oxford Review of Economic Policy United Kingdom
Journal of the American Planning Association United States
The Journal of Law and Economics United States
Public Management Review United States
Annual Review of Sociology United States
Sociological Methods & Research United States
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory United States
Administration & Society United States
Social Studies of Science 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 56.3k indexed citations . Papers published in Policy Sciences usually cover Public Administration (176 papers), Political Science and International Relations (422 papers), Management Science and Operations Research (160 papers), Economics and Econometrics (242 papers) and Strategy and Management (135 papers) specifically the topics of Policy Transfer and Learning (232 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (172 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (104 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 (45 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Policy Sciences are Melvin M. Webber , Horst W. J. Rittel , Paul Sabatier , Michael Howlett , James Meadowcroft , Maarten A. Hajer , Baruch Fischhoff , Magali A. Delmas , Reinhard Steurer and Ronald D. Brunner .
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