Christopher Pollitt

21.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
172 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher Pollitt is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Pollitt has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Public Administration, 45 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 17 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Christopher Pollitt's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (63 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (16 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (13 papers). Christopher Pollitt is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (63 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (16 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (13 papers). Christopher Pollitt collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Christopher Pollitt's co-authors include Geert Bouckaert, Gordon Marnoch, Sandra van Thiel, Peter Hupe, David J. Hunter, Sorin Dan, Vincent Homburg, Hilkka Summa, Amanda Smullen and Colin Talbot and has published in prestigious journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Public Administration Review and Omega.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Pollitt

164 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Public Management Reform 1993 2026 2004 2015 2004 2011 2003 1993 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Pollitt Belgium 49 5.4k 4.3k 2.2k 1.8k 1.8k 172 10.8k
Laurence J. O’Toole United States 50 4.9k 0.9× 3.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 978 0.5× 152 8.8k
George A. Boyne United Kingdom 59 4.6k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 189 9.4k
Donald P. Moynihan United States 59 6.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.8× 4.2k 1.9× 1.9k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 215 12.6k
Geert Bouckaert Belgium 33 3.8k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 249 7.9k
Kenneth J. Meier United States 69 7.1k 1.3× 5.5k 1.3× 5.3k 2.4× 2.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 340 15.9k
Christopher Hood United Kingdom 41 7.9k 1.4× 6.3k 1.5× 3.8k 1.7× 3.3k 1.8× 2.8k 1.5× 108 16.9k
Richard M. Walker Hong Kong 53 3.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 206 9.6k
Stephen P. Osborne United Kingdom 39 2.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 739 0.4× 154 8.7k
Keith G. Provan United States 40 3.9k 0.7× 2.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.8× 3.8k 2.1× 1.0k 0.6× 87 12.3k
James L. Perry United States 41 6.1k 1.1× 5.1k 1.2× 5.7k 2.6× 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 154 18.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Pollitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Pollitt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Pollitt

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All Works

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Pollitt, Christopher. (2015). Vers un monde nouveau : Des vérités qui dérangent pour l’administration publique de l’anglosphère. Revue Internationale des Sciences Administratives. Vol. 81(1). 5–20. 1 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (2014). Future trends in European public administration and management: an outside-in perspective. Lirias (KU Leuven). 4 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher & Sorin Dan. (2013). Searching for impacts in performance-oriented management reform: A review of the European literature. Lirias (KU Leuven). 62 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher & Geert Bouckaert. (2011). Public management reform : a comparative analysis - new public management, governance, and the Neo-Weberian State. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1041 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pollitt, Christopher & Peter Hupe. (2011). Talking About Government. Public Management Review. 13(5). 641–658. 223 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (2010). Performance management : a life. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher, et al.. (2010). Training top civil servants: a comparative analysis. Lirias (KU Leuven). 7 indexed citations
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Bouckaert, Geert & Christopher Pollitt. (2009). Special Issue: A Distinctive European Model The Neo-Weberian State. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy. 1(2). 1–103. 8 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher, et al.. (2007). Conceptualising the development of performance measurement systems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 6 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher, Sandra van Thiel, & Vincent Homburg. (2007). New public management in Europe : adaptation and alternatives. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 125 indexed citations
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Gray, Andrew & Christopher Pollitt. (2007). Academic advice to practitioners. Public Money & Management. 27(4). 231–232. 2 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (2005). Desde allá hasta acá, desde ahora hasta entonces: comprando y replicando las reformas de la gestión pública. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher & Geert Bouckaert. (1995). Quality improvement in European public services : concepts, cases and commentary. Sage eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Harrison, Stephen & Christopher Pollitt. (1994). Controlling health professionals : the future of work and organization in the National Health Service. Open University Press eBooks. 24 indexed citations
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Harrison, Stephen, David J. Hunter, & Christopher Pollitt. (1990). Dynamics of British Health Policy. Lirias (KU Leuven). 70 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (1988). Models of Staff Appraisal: Some Political Implications.. Higher education review. 20(2). 7–16. 7 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (1987). Capturing Quality?: The Quality Issue in British and American Health Policies. Journal of Public Policy. 7(1). 71–92. 13 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (1985). Performance indicators. Can practice be made perfect?. PubMed. 95(4951). 706–7. 3 indexed citations
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Pollitt, Christopher. (1984). Manipulating the machine : changing the pattern of ministerial departments, 1960-83. Allen & Unwin eBooks. 60 indexed citations
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Attenborough, Keith, Christopher Pollitt, & Andrew Porteous. (1977). Pollution : the professionals and the public. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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