Policy Studies

1.1k papers and 12.2k indexed citations i.

About

The 1.1k papers published in Policy Studies in the last decades have received a total of 12.2k indexed citations. Papers published in Policy Studies usually cover Political Science and International Relations (490 papers), Sociology and Political Science (303 papers) and Public Administration (182 papers) specifically the topics of Social Policy and Reform Studies (167 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (138 papers) and Policy Transfer and Learning (122 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Policy Studies are Mark Evans, David Marsh, Diane Stone, J. C. Sharman, Vivien Lowndes, Patsy Healey, Jale Tosun, Achim Lang, Claire A. Dunlop and Jeroen Candel.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Policy Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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.

Countries where authors publish in Policy Studies

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