Bart Vanhercke

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 591 citations indexed

About

Bart Vanhercke is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bart Vanhercke has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 591 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 9 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Bart Vanhercke's work include Social Policy and Reform Studies (23 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (14 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (7 papers). Bart Vanhercke is often cited by papers focused on Social Policy and Reform Studies (23 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (14 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (7 papers). Bart Vanhercke collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Canada. Bart Vanhercke's co-authors include Jonathan Zeitlin, Amy Verdun, Gert Verschraegen, Rita Baeten, Minna van Gerven, Frank Vandenbroucke, Philippe Pochet, Jennifer Zeitlin, Anne-Cathérine Guio and Jean-Michel Decroly and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of European Public Policy, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies and Journal of European Social Policy.

In The Last Decade

Bart Vanhercke

41 papers receiving 521 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Socializing the European Semester: EU social and economic policy co-ordination in crisis and beyond

2017 161 citations Jonathan Zeitlin, Bart Vanhercke Journal of European Public Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bart Vanhercke Netherlands	12	444	97	97	92	90	44	591
David Natali Italy	14	442 1.0×	188 1.9×	63 0.6×	132 1.4×	69 0.8×	59	562
Jonah D. Levy United States	8	309 0.7×	84 0.9×	83 0.9×	98 1.1×	105 1.2×	16	435
Niamh Hardiman Ireland	13	356 0.8×	100 1.0×	107 1.1×	140 1.5×	138 1.5×	53	552
Stella Ladi United Kingdom	12	438 1.0×	42 0.4×	76 0.8×	64 0.7×	129 1.4×	35	599
Georg Menz United Kingdom	15	387 0.9×	117 1.2×	50 0.5×	74 0.8×	268 3.0×	31	594
Olaf van Vliet Netherlands	13	342 0.8×	267 2.8×	199 2.1×	74 0.8×	146 1.6×	47	613
Amandine Crespy Belgium	15	545 1.2×	43 0.4×	76 0.8×	93 1.0×	80 0.9×	52	654
Margaret Weir United States	12	260 0.6×	81 0.8×	88 0.9×	70 0.8×	221 2.5×	43	541
Achim Kemmerling Germany	14	369 0.8×	89 0.9×	251 2.6×	38 0.4×	90 1.0×	37	575
Magnus Ryner United Kingdom	18	566 1.3×	56 0.6×	110 1.1×	267 2.9×	191 2.1×	37	768

Countries citing papers authored by Bart Vanhercke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bart Vanhercke

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bart Vanhercke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bart Vanhercke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bart Vanhercke based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bart Vanhercke. Bart Vanhercke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vanhercke, Bart & Amy Verdun. (2021). The European Semester as Goldilocks: Macroeconomic Policy Coordination and the Recovery and Resilience Facility. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. 60(1). 204–223. 65 indexed citations

Vanhercke, Bart, et al.. (2017). Connecting entrepreneurship with policy experimentation? The EU framework for social innovation. Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research. 30(2). 147–167. 34 indexed citations

Vanhercke, Bart, et al.. (2017). Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe. A study of national policies. Lirias (KU Leuven). 24 indexed citations

Zeitlin, Jonathan & Bart Vanhercke. (2017). Socializing the European Semester: EU social and economic policy co-ordination in crisis and beyond. Journal of European Public Policy. 25(2). 149–174. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

Vanhercke, Bart. (2016). Inside the Social Open Method of Coordination: The hard politics of ‘soft’ governance. Lirias (KU Leuven). 4 indexed citations

Zeitlin, Jonathan & Bart Vanhercke. (2015). Economic governance in Europe 2020: socializing the European Semester against the odds?. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 65–95. 9 indexed citations

Natali, David, et al.. (2015). Introduction The EU and the social legacy of the crisis: piecemeal adjustment or room for a paradigm shift?. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 13–31. 2 indexed citations

Vanhercke, Bart, et al.. (2014). About the Baby and the Bathwater: Assessing the European Platform Against Poverty. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Gerven, Minna van, et al.. (2014). Policy learning, aid conditionality or domestic politics? The Europeanization of Dutch and Spanish activation policies through the European Social Fund. Journal of European Public Policy. 21(4). 509–527. 15 indexed citations

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Vanhercke, Bart, et al.. (2012). Inside the Social OMC's Learning Tools: How 'Benchmarking Social Europe' really works. Lirias (KU Leuven). 4 indexed citations

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Vanderborght, Yannick, Bart Vanhercke, & Gert Verschraegen. (2011). L'Europe sociale en Belgique: emploi et inclusion sociale au prisme de l'européanisation. Digital Access to Libraries. 53. 745–774. 1 indexed citations

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Vanderborght, Yannick, et al.. (2011). L’Europe en Belgique, la Belgique dans l’Europe. Configuration et appropriation des politiques sociales.. Digital Access to Libraries. 2 indexed citations

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Vanhercke, Bart. (2011). Is 'The Social Dimension of Europe 2020’ an Oxymoron?. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Vanhercke, Bart. (2009). Against the Odds - The Open Method of Coordination as a Selective Amplifier for Reforming Belgian Pension Policies. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 13(1). 12. 6 indexed citations

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Vanhercke, Bart. (2009). Against the odds: the OMC as a selective amplifier for reforming Belgian pension policies. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations

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Vanhercke, Bart, et al.. (2009). Activerende sociale insluiting via het Europees Sociaal Fonds. Lirias (KU Leuven). 65–78. 1 indexed citations

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Vranken, Jan, et al.. (1998). 20 jaar OCMW : naar een actualisering van het maatschappijproject. 2 indexed citations

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Kesteloot, Christian, et al.. (1998). La dimension spatiale de la pauvreté à Bruxelles. Indicateurs, causes et stratégies locales de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 199(4). 123–153. 2 indexed citations

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Pochet, Philippe & Bart Vanhercke. (1998). Social challenges of Economic and Monetary Union. 6 indexed citations

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Kesteloot, Christian, et al.. (1998). De ruimtelijke dimensie van de armoede in Brussel: indicatoren, oorzaken en buurtgebonden bestrijdingsstrategieën. Lirias (KU Leuven). 125–155. 2 indexed citations

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