Ben Worthy

1.4k total citations
50 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

Ben Worthy is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Worthy has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Ben Worthy's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (13 papers), E-Government and Public Services (13 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (11 papers). Ben Worthy is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (13 papers), E-Government and Public Services (13 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (11 papers). Ben Worthy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and Italy. Ben Worthy's co-authors include Robert Hazell, Paul ‘t Hart, Albert Meijer, Peter John, Mark Bennister, Matia Vannoni, Mark Glover, Gregory Michener, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen and Marlen Heide and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Government Information Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Ben Worthy

40 papers receiving 792 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Worthy United Kingdom 15 577 383 261 124 85 50 847
Jenny de Fine Licht Sweden 11 268 0.5× 245 0.6× 192 0.7× 169 1.4× 90 1.1× 23 767
S. Zouridis Netherlands 8 357 0.6× 246 0.6× 222 0.9× 78 0.6× 52 0.6× 31 703
Marcia Grimes Sweden 11 330 0.6× 377 1.0× 113 0.4× 86 0.7× 68 0.8× 17 668
Christine Bellamy United Kingdom 14 442 0.8× 258 0.7× 232 0.9× 53 0.4× 169 2.0× 35 745
Andreas Ladner Switzerland 16 761 1.3× 236 0.6× 143 0.5× 103 0.8× 152 1.8× 74 1.0k
Harald Baldersheim Norway 14 507 0.9× 147 0.4× 149 0.6× 63 0.5× 76 0.9× 36 800
Wesley Kaufmann Netherlands 15 127 0.2× 230 0.6× 205 0.8× 185 1.5× 49 0.6× 27 665
Dong Chul Shim South Korea 11 227 0.4× 286 0.7× 134 0.5× 94 0.8× 62 0.7× 22 688
Monika Bauhr Sweden 17 368 0.6× 492 1.3× 78 0.3× 127 1.0× 33 0.4× 32 874
Katharine Dommett United Kingdom 15 332 0.6× 231 0.6× 87 0.3× 82 0.7× 275 3.2× 63 699

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Worthy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Worthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Worthy

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Worthy. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Worthy 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 Ben Worthy. Ben Worthy is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cicatiello, Lorenzo, Elina De Simone, Fabrizio Di Mascio, et al.. (2024). Response, awareness and requester identity in FOI law: Evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 220. 12–30. 4 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben, et al.. (2024). More open, more democratic or better at hiding? Two decades of local government transparency in the UK. Local Government Studies. 50(6). 1062–1073.
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Cicatiello, Lorenzo, Elina De Simone, Fabrizio Di Mascio, et al.. (2022). Exploring FOI publicity patterns: The case of Italian municipalities. Government Information Quarterly. 39(2). 101678–101678. 6 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben, et al.. (2022). Accountability, analysis and avoidance: how PMO data impacts on Westminster. Journal of Legislative Studies. 31(1). 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Seaton, Jean, et al.. (2020). Fact Checking and Information in the Age of Covid. The Political Quarterly. 91(3). 578–584. 11 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben & Marlen Heide. (2019). Donald Trump: openness, secrets and lies. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben, et al.. (2018). Rebels Leading London: the mayoralties of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson compared. British Politics. 14(1). 23–43. 6 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2017). The politics of freedom of information: How and why governments pass laws that threaten their power. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 17 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2017). The politics of freedom of information. Manchester University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2017). Brexit and Open Government in the UK: 11 Months of May. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben & Robert Hazell. (2016). Disruptive, Dynamic and Democratic? Ten Years of FOI in the UK. Parliamentary Affairs. 70(1). 22–42. 17 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2016). Ending in Failure? The Performance of ‘Takeover’ Prime Ministers 1916–2016. The Political Quarterly. 87(4). 509–517. 16 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben & Robert Hazell. (2015). Disruptive, Dynamic and Democratic? Ten Years of Freedom of Information in the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2013). “Some are More Open than Others”: Comparing the Impact of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on Local and Central Government in the UK. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice. 15(5). 395–414. 50 indexed citations
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Bennister, Mark, Paul ‘t Hart, & Ben Worthy. (2013). Leadership Capital: Measuring the Dynamics of Leadership. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2013). David Cameron's Transparency Revolution? The Impact of Open Data in the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Michener, Gregory & Ben Worthy. (2013). From Fishing to Experimentation: Transparency as Information-Gathering a Typology and Framework for Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2012). Book Review: Freedom of Information in Scotland in Practice, by Kevin Dunion.. Information Polity. 17. 197–199. 1 indexed citations
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Hazell, Robert, Mark Glover, & Ben Worthy. (2010). Does Freedom of Information Work? The impact of FOI on central government in the UK. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Worthy, Ben. (2007). John Major's Information Revolution? The 1994 Code of Access ten years on. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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