Top Public Administration Researchers

1. 1 🇺🇸 William Diebold United States · #33 worldwide 3.8k citations · 208 works
2. 2 🇺🇸 Herbert A. Simon United States · #65 worldwide 4.2k citations · 188 works
3. 3 🇺🇸 Gordon Tullock United States · #73 worldwide 3.2k citations · 169 works
4. 4 🇺🇸 Rob Knight United States · #97 worldwide 4.9k citations · 202 works
5. 5 🇺🇸 Richard N. Cooper United States · #109 worldwide 2.7k citations · 185 works
6. 6 🇺🇸 Rosabeth Moss Kanter United States · #169 worldwide 2.6k citations · 132 works
7. 7 🇺🇸 Martha C. Nussbaum United States · #279 worldwide 1.6k citations · 260 works
8. 8 🇺🇸 Элинор Остром United States · #503 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
9. 9 🇺🇸 George Loewenstein United States · #577 worldwide 3.9k citations · 115 works
10. 10 🇺🇸 Robert M. Solow United States · #1,301 worldwide 1.7k citations · 117 works
11. 11 🇮🇹 Donatella della Porta Italy · #1,775 worldwide 1k citations · 157 works
12. 12 🇺🇸 Robert T. Golembiewski United States · #1,852 worldwide 2.4k citations · 83 works
13. 13 🇬🇧 Gerry Stoker United Kingdom · #1,855 worldwide 1k citations · 108 works
14. 14 🇺🇸 Roger J. Davis United States · #1,890 worldwide 2.7k citations · 142 works
15. 15 🇺🇸 Michael Burawoy United States · #2,029 worldwide 922 citations · 85 works
16. 16 🇬🇧 Stephen J. Ball United Kingdom · #2,268 worldwide 1.4k citations · 128 works
17. 17 🇬🇧 John Rex United Kingdom · #2,306 worldwide 937 citations · 101 works
18. 18 🇺🇸 Thomas A. Kochan United States · #2,336 worldwide 826 citations · 102 works
19. 19 🇫🇷 Bruno Palier France · #3,071 worldwide 457 citations · 131 works
20. 20 🇺🇸 Joan Wallach Scott United States · #3,074 worldwide 643 citations · 76 works
21. 21 🇩🇪 Wolfgang Streeck Germany · #3,133 worldwide 838 citations · 198 works
22. 22 🇦🇺 Lesley Hughes Australia · #3,137 worldwide 1.5k citations · 70 works
23. 23 🇺🇸 David F. Larcker United States · #3,245 worldwide 1.6k citations · 70 works
24. 24 🇺🇸 Arne L. Kalleberg United States · #3,466 worldwide 1.2k citations · 69 works
25. 25 🇺🇸 Sidney Tarrow United States · #3,494 worldwide 687 citations · 77 works
26. 26 🇬🇧 R. A. W. Rhodes United Kingdom · #3,559 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
27. 27 🇺🇸 Patrícia Hill Collins United States · #3,688 worldwide 4.5k citations · 62 works
28. 28 🇺🇸 Kenneth J. Meier United States · #3,704 worldwide 1.1k citations · 115 works
29. 29 🇺🇸 Paul S. Adler United States · #4,006 worldwide 1.5k citations · 67 works
30. 30 🇬🇧 Bob Jessop United Kingdom · #4,009 worldwide 1k citations · 163 works
31. 31 🇩🇪 Frank Fischer Germany · #4,027 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
32. 32 🇩🇪 David Knoke Germany · #4,538 worldwide 827 citations · 104 works
33. 33 🇺🇸 B. Guy Peters United States · #4,708 worldwide 895 citations · 126 works
34. 34 🇬🇧 E. J. Hobsbawm United Kingdom · #5,032 worldwide 456 citations · 70 works
35. 35 🇺🇸 Lars G. Svensson United States · #5,192 worldwide 1.5k citations · 197 works
36. 36 🇺🇸 Peter M. Blau United States · #5,232 worldwide 4.1k citations · 57 works
37. 37 🇦🇺 Ian McAllister Australia · #5,245 worldwide 985 citations · 132 works
38. 38 🇺🇸 Eli Ginzberg United States · #5,270 worldwide 669 citations · 164 works
39. 39 🇳🇱 Marijn Janssen Netherlands · #5,574 worldwide 1.6k citations · 171 works
40. 40 🇺🇸 Barry Bozeman United States · #5,811 worldwide 1.1k citations · 90 works
41. 41 🇬🇧 David Guest United Kingdom · #5,878 worldwide 914 citations · 72 works
42. 42 🇺🇸 Todd Sandler United States · #6,213 worldwide 1k citations · 119 works
43. 43 🇺🇸 Robert J. Adams United States · #6,308 worldwide 641 citations · 71 works
44. 44 🇩🇪 Colin Crouch Germany · #6,423 worldwide 637 citations · 138 works
45. 45 🇺🇸 Nancy Folbre United States · #6,481 worldwide 701 citations · 66 works
46. 46 🇺🇸 Orley Ashenfelter United States · #6,671 worldwide 1.1k citations · 102 works
47. 47 🇺🇸 David Neumark United States · #6,691 worldwide 1.1k citations · 129 works
48. 48 🇺🇸 Michael Hechter United States · #6,866 worldwide 996 citations · 56 works
49. 49 🇺🇸 George J. Borjas United States · #7,501 worldwide 1.1k citations · 94 works
50. 50 🇬🇧 Sylvia Walby United Kingdom · #7,520 worldwide 613 citations · 77 works
51. 51 🇫🇷 Alain Touraine France · #7,721 worldwide 363 citations · 149 works
52. 52 🇬🇧 Linda McDowell United Kingdom · #7,813 worldwide 709 citations · 86 works
53. 53 🇦🇺 John Braithwaite Australia · #7,853 worldwide 968 citations · 153 works
54. 54 🇺🇸 Bonnie Nardi United States · #7,879 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
55. 55 🇺🇸 Michael J. Piore United States · #8,036 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
56. 56 🇬🇧 Jamie Peck United Kingdom · #8,047 worldwide 705 citations · 58 works
57. 57 🇬🇧 Celia Roberts United Kingdom · #8,486 worldwide 569 citations · 81 works
58. 58 🇬🇧 Andrew J. Oswald United Kingdom · #8,524 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
59. 59 🇦🇺 John McCallum Australia · #8,677 worldwide 529 citations · 59 works
60. 60 🇺🇸 William Julius Wilson United States · #8,689 worldwide 646 citations · 106 works
61. 61 🇩🇪 Horst Feldmann Germany · #8,727 worldwide 715 citations · 60 works
62. 62 🇫🇷 Patrick Le Galès France · #8,754 worldwide 374 citations · 100 works
63. 63 🇪🇸 Lourdes Torres Spain · #8,990 worldwide 462 citations · 70 works
64. 64 🇺🇸 Jane E. Dutton United States · #9,550 worldwide 2.3k citations · 49 works
65. 65 🇺🇸 Vivien A. Schmidt United States · #9,609 worldwide 462 citations · 66 works
66. 66 🇨🇦 Bryan D. Palmer Canada · #9,663 worldwide 258 citations · 106 works
67. 67 🇬🇧 Mary Kaldor United Kingdom · #9,669 worldwide 360 citations · 70 works
68. 68 🇺🇸 Kevin Lang United States · #9,705 worldwide 974 citations · 68 works
69. 69 🇬🇧 Claudio M. Radaelli United Kingdom · #10,115 worldwide 519 citations · 75 works
70. 70 🇦🇺 Sharon K. Parker Australia · #10,141 worldwide 1.1k citations · 81 works
71. 71 🇸🇪 Barbara Czarniawska Sweden · #10,194 worldwide 585 citations · 91 works
72. 72 🇺🇸 W. Richard Scott United States · #10,409 worldwide 2.5k citations · 47 works
73. 73 🇬🇧 John Purcell United Kingdom · #10,713 worldwide 441 citations · 56 works
74. 74 🇬🇧 Peter Ackers United Kingdom · #10,865 worldwide 442 citations · 71 works
75. 75 🇺🇸 Ronald G. Ehrenberg United States · #10,899 worldwide 857 citations · 127 works
76. 76 🇺🇸 Harris Chaiklin United States · #10,912 worldwide 357 citations · 62 works
77. 77 🇺🇸 Lionel S. Lewis United States · #11,077 worldwide 536 citations · 51 works
78. 78 🇦🇺 Alexander Newman Australia · #11,091 worldwide 940 citations · 57 works
79. 79 🇺🇸 Ulf Zimmermann United States · #11,391 worldwide 241 citations · 64 works
80. 80 🇺🇸 Paul Sabatier United States · #11,843 worldwide 920 citations · 51 works
81. 81 🇺🇸 Arnold M. Rose United States · #12,012 worldwide 321 citations · 79 works
82. 82 🇺🇸 Robert M. Adams United States · #12,236 worldwide 494 citations · 75 works
83. 83 🇺🇸 John Pencavel United States · #12,518 worldwide 576 citations · 55 works
84. 84 🇺🇸 Stuart S. Nagel United States · #12,600 worldwide 569 citations · 57 works
85. 85 🇩🇪 Karl Ulrich Mayer Germany · #12,634 worldwide 417 citations · 115 works
86. 86 🇬🇧 Glenn Morgan United Kingdom · #12,719 worldwide 526 citations · 61 works
87. 87 🇧🇪 Marthe Nyssens Belgium · #12,782 worldwide 309 citations · 63 works
88. 88 🇺🇸 Peter Cappelli United States · #12,895 worldwide 730 citations · 65 works
89. 89 🇨🇦 Thomas Lemieux Canada · #13,154 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
90. 90 🇺🇸 Linda L. Putnam United States · #13,247 worldwide 592 citations · 55 works
91. 91 🇬🇧 Asa Briggs United Kingdom · #13,292 worldwide 231 citations · 96 works
92. 92 🇬🇧 Chris Brewster United Kingdom · #13,547 worldwide 720 citations · 119 works
93. 93 🇺🇸 Joseph G. Altonji United States · #13,820 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
94. 94 🇺🇸 Barbara A. Gutek United States · #13,867 worldwide 803 citations · 62 works
95. 95 🇩🇰 Paul du Gay Denmark · #13,947 worldwide 1.3k citations · 44 works
96. 96 🇺🇸 Henry S. Farber United States · #14,045 worldwide 607 citations · 51 works
97. 97 🇳🇿 John Griffiths New Zealand · #14,106 worldwide 375 citations · 107 works
98. 98 🇩🇪 Grégory Jackson Germany · #14,189 worldwide 583 citations · 51 works
99. 99 🇬🇧 Jean Hartley United Kingdom · #14,403 worldwide 3.1k citations · 42 works
100. 100 🇺🇸 Mayer N. Zald United States · #14,495 worldwide 692 citations · 44 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Public Administration, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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