Policy Studies 16.2k citations
1.2k papers · indexed · active since 1980
Impact in Public Policy and Administration Research Policy Transfer and Learning Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Theory and Democracy Regional Development and Policy Papers in i Public Policy and Administration Research 203 Policy Transfer and Learning 127 Social Policy and Reform Studies 76 Political Theory and Democracy 71 Electoral Systems and Political Participation 39 Public Administration and Political Analysis 31 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Policy Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 165 Public Administration 1.9k Political Science and International Relations 6.2k Urban Studies 999 Development 355 General Social Sciences 285 Sociology and Political Science 3.1k Geography, Planning and Development 427 Strategy and Management 957 Economics and Econometrics 1.4k Safety Research 608 Management of Technology and Innovation 338 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 428 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 465 General Health Professions 742 Global and Planetary Change 654 Information Systems and Management 302 Communication 285 Law 450 General Energy 45 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 252 Industrial relations 33 Demography 311 Gender Studies 306 Finance 287 Management Science and Operations Research 394 Transportation 148 Education 768 Health 182 Media Technology 152 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 148 Linguistics and Language 77 Marketing 108 Human Factors and Ergonomics 46 Accounting 126 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 37 General Decision Sciences 30 Business and International Management 11 Cultural Studies 102 Management Information Systems 99 Health Information Management 66 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 9 Applied Psychology 37 Pollution 80 Occupational Therapy 44 Health Informatics 15 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 14 Anthropology 87 Information Systems 155 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 50 Social Psychology 128 Water Science and Technology 91 Environmental Engineering 67 Building and Construction 80 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 74 Museology 23 Emergency Medical Services 28 Archeology 51 Waste Management and Disposal 28 Philosophy 71 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 38 Clinical Psychology 84 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 10 Computer Science Applications 20 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 120 Ocean Engineering 49 Leadership and Management 6 Human-Computer Interaction 24 Nature and Landscape Conservation 32 Modeling and Simulation 15 Research and Theory 10 History and Philosophy of Science 31 Epidemiology 83 Chemical Health and Safety 2 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 6 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 Ecology 55 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 24 Religious studies 23 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 25 Pharmacy 8 Library and Information Sciences 6 Plant Science 75 Soil Science 24 Horticulture 1 Life-span and Life-course Studies 2 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 22 Literature and Literary Theory 31 History 30 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 26 Speech and Hearing 7 Environmental Chemistry 13 Food Science 28 Reproductive Medicine 15 Architecture 7 Artificial Intelligence 49 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 18 Forestry 5 Geochemistry and Petrology 8 Physiology 32 Automotive Engineering 11 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 20 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 3 Nutrition and Dietetics 13 Developmental and Educational Psychology 15 Language and Linguistics 15 Music 5 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 Conservation 4 Computational Theory and Mathematics 13 Archeology 1 Genetics 20 Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 Pharmacology 6 Infectious Diseases 11 Software 3 Toxicology 3 Agronomy and Crop Science 6 Pharmacology 8 General Arts and Humanities 1 Psychiatry and Mental health 9 Statistics and Probability 6 Biomedical Engineering 16 Family Practice 1 Oncology 9 Mechanical Engineering 15 Molecular Biology 25 Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 Emergency Medicine 3 Computer Networks and Communications 8 Small Animals 3 Civil and Structural Engineering 8 Cognitive Neuroscience 6 Control and Systems Engineering 7 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 Earth-Surface Processes 2 Aerospace Engineering 6 Virology 1 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 Cell Biology 3 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 Nephrology 2 Sensory Systems 1 Mechanics of Materials 4 Biomaterials 2 Biochemistry 1 Periodontics 1 Parasitology 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Spectroscopy 2 Materials Chemistry 5 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 Signal Processing 1 Insect Science 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Hematology 1 Atmospheric Science 1 Neurology 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 Surgery 2 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 Computational Mechanics 1
Public Administration 1.9k Political Science and International Relations 6.2k Urban Studies 999 Development 355 General Social Sciences 285 International Social Science Journal United States
Review of Policy Research United States
Capital & Class United Kingdom
Community Development Journal United Kingdom
Globalizations United Kingdom
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning United Kingdom
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas Spain
Sociologie du Travail France
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy United States
International Sociology United States
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International Social Science Journal · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Policy Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Policy Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Policy Studies more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Policy Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Policy Studies.
About Policy Studies The 1.2k papers published in Policy Studies in the last decades have received a total of 16.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Policy Studies usually cover Public Administration (218 papers), Political Science and International Relations (588 papers), General Social Sciences (30 papers), Urban Studies (48 papers) and Economics and Econometrics (142 papers) specifically the topics of Public Policy and Administration Research (203 papers), Policy Transfer and Learning (127 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (76 papers), Political Theory and Democracy (71 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (39 papers), Urban Planning and Governance (34 papers), Public Administration and Political Analysis (31 papers) and Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies (30 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Policy Studies are Mark Evans , Diane Stone , David D. Marsh , J. C. Sharman , Vivien Lowndes , Jale Tosun , Patsy Healey , Achim Lang , Jeroen Candel and Claire A. Dunlop .
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