Policy Studies Journal 53.8k citations
2.3k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Public Policy and Administration Research Policy Transfer and Learning Electoral Systems and Political Participation Social Policy and Reform Studies Local Government Finance and Decentralization Papers in i Public Policy and Administration Research 452 Policy Transfer and Learning 483 Electoral Systems and Political Participation 278 Local Government Finance and Decentralization 227 Social Policy and Reform Studies 148 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Policy Studies Journal
Comparison fields: 5 of 205 Public Administration 10.5k Political Science and International Relations 22.2k Strategy and Management 9.1k Global and Planetary Change 8.0k Sociology and Political Science 16.3k Economics and Econometrics 8.1k Development 1.1k Communication 2.1k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2.8k Management Science and Operations Research 3.0k Urban Studies 1.3k Gender Studies 1.8k Business and International Management 361 Marketing 1.6k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.7k Finance 1.4k General Health Professions 3.1k General Energy 148 Safety Research 1.1k Management of Technology and Innovation 1.0k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 990 General Social Sciences 368 Health 808 Transportation 634 Law 944 Information Systems and Management 624 Education 2.5k Demography 972 Ocean Engineering 1.1k Accounting 761 Management Information Systems 615 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 524 Building and Construction 829 Geography, Planning and Development 324 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 87 General Decision Sciences 102 Applied Psychology 222 Social Psychology 976 Pollution 522 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 713 Media Technology 377 Clinical Psychology 805 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 42 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 315 Nature and Landscape Conservation 448 Environmental Engineering 499 Emergency Medical Services 199 Water Science and Technology 445 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 395 Soil Science 269 Ecology 699 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 335 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 173 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 109 Ecological Modeling 98 Computer Science Applications 126 Human Factors and Ergonomics 53 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 514 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 184 Modeling and Simulation 87 Philosophy 218 Literature and Literary Theory 200 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 51 Information Systems 380 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 306 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 251 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 21 Plant Science 546 Reproductive Medicine 104 Statistics and Probability 106 Civil and Structural Engineering 277 Anthropology 130 Pharmacy 52 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 124 Nutrition and Dietetics 167 Speech and Hearing 67 Environmental Chemistry 107 Cultural Studies 92 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 136 Developmental and Educational Psychology 131 Linguistics and Language 49 Artificial Intelligence 321 Health Information Management 40 Cognitive Neuroscience 171 History 98 Automotive Engineering 103 Epidemiology 249 Library and Information Sciences 12 Occupational Therapy 30 General Psychology 10 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 12 Food Science 121 Forestry 27 Human-Computer Interaction 40 Museology 24 History and Philosophy of Science 32 Atmospheric Science 110 Life-span and Life-course Studies 5 Visual Arts and 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About Policy Studies Journal The 2.3k papers published in Policy Studies Journal in the last decades have received a total of 53.8k indexed citations . Papers published in Policy Studies Journal usually cover Public Administration (479 papers), Political Science and International Relations (1.0k papers), Strategy and Management (348 papers), Economics and Econometrics (455 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (531 papers) specifically the topics of Policy Transfer and Learning (483 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (452 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (278 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (227 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (213 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (148 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (114 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (95 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Policy Studies Journal are Elinor Ostrom , Michael D. Jones , Christopher M. Weible , Paul Sabatier , Michael D. McGinnis , Mark Lubell , Richard C. Feiock , Michael Mintrom , Mark K. McBeth and Dara O’Rourke .
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