Eugene Bardach

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Eugene Bardach is a scholar working on Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Eugene Bardach has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Administration, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Eugene Bardach's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (10 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (2 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (2 papers). Eugene Bardach is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (10 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (2 papers) and Team Dynamics and Performance (2 papers). Eugene Bardach collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Eugene Bardach's co-authors include Sara McLanahan, Robert A. Kagan, M. Gordon Wolman, Eric M. Patashnik, Thomas Keating, Cara S. Lesser, Thomas J. Anton, Peter deLeon, Lawrence S. Bacow and Rodney Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, PLoS ONE and Administrative Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Eugene Bardach

42 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Going by the Book, the Problem of Regulatory Unreasonable... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1983 1979 2019 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Going by the Book, the Problem of Regulatory Unreasonableness
    1983 492 citations Eugene Bardach et al. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management profile →
  2. The Implementation Game: What Happens after a Bill becomes a Law.
    1979 434 citations Eugene Bardach et al. profile →
  3. A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving
    2019 163 citations Eugene Bardach, Eric M. Patashnik profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eugene Bardach United States 20 784 653 649 604 397 47 2.6k
Laurence E. Lynn United States 26 716 0.9× 659 1.0× 971 1.5× 331 0.5× 236 0.6× 91 2.2k
Peter deLeon United States 22 945 1.2× 647 1.0× 613 0.9× 360 0.6× 259 0.7× 76 2.3k
Jan‐Erik Lane Sweden 23 1.6k 2.0× 711 1.1× 676 1.0× 591 1.0× 521 1.3× 192 3.1k
Ted Gaebler United States 5 1.2k 1.5× 758 1.2× 1.4k 2.1× 655 1.1× 407 1.0× 12 3.2k
Renate Mayntz Germany 26 1.5k 1.9× 1.5k 2.3× 491 0.8× 558 0.9× 360 0.9× 203 3.9k
Fred Thompson United States 17 782 1.0× 489 0.7× 681 1.0× 444 0.7× 441 1.1× 120 2.1k
Rosemary O’Leary United States 24 868 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 1.4k 2.1× 549 0.9× 263 0.7× 91 2.9k
Barbara S. Romzek United States 25 798 1.0× 957 1.5× 1.5k 2.3× 776 1.3× 322 0.8× 40 2.8k
Derick W. Brinkerhoff United States 31 715 0.9× 1.2k 1.9× 478 0.7× 586 1.0× 543 1.4× 96 3.3k
H. George Frederickson United States 23 1.1k 1.4× 980 1.5× 1.4k 2.2× 459 0.8× 342 0.9× 98 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Eugene Bardach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eugene Bardach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eugene Bardach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Eugene Bardach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Eugene Bardach 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 Eugene Bardach. Eugene Bardach 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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Bardach, Eugene & Eric M. Patashnik. (2019). A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving. 163 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bardach, Eugene. (2015). Networks, Hierarchies, and Hybrids. International Public Management Journal. 20(4). 560–585. 16 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (2004). Matching students to project groups using the “elimination auction” program. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 23(4). 927–928. 4 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (2004). What if …?. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 23(4). 889–890. 2 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (2002). Policy analysis and public participation. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 22(1). 115–117. 2 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (2000). A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis. 84 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene & Cara S. Lesser. (1996). Accountability in Human Services Collaboratives--For What? and To Whom?. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 6(2). 197–224. 114 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1994). Can Network Theory Illuminate Interagency Collaboration. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62619–e62619. 10 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1994). Comment: The Problem of "Best Practice" Research. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 13(2). 260–260. 24 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1993). Improving the Productivity of JOBS Programs. Papers for Practitioners.. 1 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1987). Regulating Government: The Positive-Sum Solution, by Dwight R. Lee and Richard B. McKenzie. Political Science Quarterly. 102(3). 514–515. 3 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1985). Relief or Reform? Reagan's Regulatory Dilemma, by George C. Eads and Michael Fix. Political Science Quarterly. 100(1). 161–162. 28 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1981). On Representing the Public Interest. Ethics. 91(3). 486–490. 6 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene, et al.. (1981). Does big business rule America? : Critical commentaries on Charles E. Lindblom's "Politics and markets". Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene, et al.. (1978). The buyback strategy: An alternative to container deposit legislation. 3(2). 151–164. 1 indexed citations
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Keating, Thomas & Eugene Bardach. (1977). The Implementation Game: What Happens after a Bill Becomes a Law. The Western Political Quarterly. 30(4). 593–593. 141 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1974). Subformal warning systems in the species Homo politicus. Policy Sciences. 5(4). 415–431. 2 indexed citations
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Bardach, Eugene. (1972). The Skill Factor in Politics. 40 indexed citations
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Braybrooke, David, et al.. (1969). Book reviews. Trans-action. 6(11). 51–59. 1 indexed citations

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