Irvine Lapsley

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Irvine Lapsley is a scholar working on Public Administration, Management Information Systems and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Irvine Lapsley has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Public Administration, 49 papers in Management Information Systems and 31 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Irvine Lapsley's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (58 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (48 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (19 papers). Irvine Lapsley is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (58 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (48 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (19 papers). Irvine Lapsley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium. Irvine Lapsley's co-authors include Michela Arnaboldi, June Pallot, Noel Hyndman, Ileana Steccolini, Peter Miller, Liisa Kurunmäki, Riccardo Mussari, Gert Paulsson, Kath M. Melia and Bernd Helmig and has published in prestigious journals such as BMC Health Services Research, Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal and European Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Irvine Lapsley

170 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Accounting and the New Public Management: Instruments of ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 50 100 150 200 250

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irvine Lapsley United Kingdom 34 2.4k 2.4k 1.0k 994 983 173 5.0k
Jane Broadbent United Kingdom 37 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 505 0.5× 961 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 88 4.3k
Sven Modell United Kingdom 31 1.2k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 333 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 782 0.8× 70 3.6k
Geert Bouckaert Belgium 33 3.8k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 3.2k 3.1× 265 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 249 7.9k
Christopher Pollitt Belgium 49 5.4k 2.3× 1.8k 0.8× 4.3k 4.1× 407 0.4× 1.8k 1.9× 172 10.8k
Ileana Steccolini Italy 33 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 807 0.8× 612 0.6× 725 0.7× 104 3.1k
Rhys Andrews United Kingdom 39 2.1k 0.9× 655 0.3× 1.4k 1.4× 229 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 155 4.9k
Per Lægreid Norway 44 3.3k 1.4× 727 0.3× 2.9k 2.8× 197 0.2× 1.4k 1.4× 203 7.2k
Wai Fong Chua Australia 32 660 0.3× 2.8k 1.2× 168 0.2× 2.2k 2.2× 1.9k 1.9× 73 5.3k
Trish Reay Canada 33 698 0.3× 608 0.3× 264 0.3× 631 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 79 5.2k
Mick Marchington United Kingdom 34 1.3k 0.6× 711 0.3× 389 0.4× 212 0.2× 975 1.0× 105 4.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irvine Lapsley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hyndman, Noel, et al.. (2024). The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: Exploring resilience in the third sector. Financial Accountability and Management. 40(3). 247–259. 3 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine, et al.. (2020). NPM resistance: A political intervention. Financial Accountability and Management. 36(4). 376–400. 8 indexed citations
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Bergström, Tomas & Irvine Lapsley. (2017). On the elusive nature of modernisation in government. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 119(1). 7–22. 6 indexed citations
4.
Cucciniello, Maria, Irvine Lapsley, Greta Nasi, & Claudia Pagliari. (2015). Understanding key factors affecting electronic medical record implementation: a sociotechnical approach. BMC Health Services Research. 15(1). 268–268. 49 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine, et al.. (2010). Third Sector Research. 1 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine & Arthur Midwinter. (2010). The Modernization of the State: The Comprehensive Spending Review in the UK. 821–835. 1 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine. (2009). New Public Management: The Cruellest Invention of the Human Spirit?-super-1. Abacus. 45(1). 1–21. 1 indexed citations
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Arnaboldi, Michela & Irvine Lapsley. (2008). Making Management Auditable: The Implementation of Best Value in Local Government. Abacus. 44(1). 22–47. 20 indexed citations
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Hyndman, Noel, et al.. (2005). Conflict and Rationality: accounting in Northern Ireland's devolved assembly. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 38 indexed citations
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Arnaboldi, Michela & Irvine Lapsley. (2005). Activity Based Costing in Healthcare: A UK Case Study. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 10(1). 59–73. 32 indexed citations
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Helmig, Bernd, Marc Jegers, & Irvine Lapsley. (2004). Challenges in Managing Nonprofit Organizations: A Research Overview. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 15(2). 101–116. 10 indexed citations
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Paterson, Audrey & Irvine Lapsley. (2003). The Diffusion of Accounting Practices in the New 'Managerial' Public Sector. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Kurunmäki, Liisa, Irvine Lapsley, & Kath M. Melia. (2003). Accountingization v. Legitimation: A Comparative Study of the Use of Accounting Information in Intensive Care. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Currie, C T, et al.. (2003). HipMod: Development of a Multi-Agent Audit-Based Computer Simulation of Hip Fracture Care. Health Informatics Journal. 9(3). 183–197. 3 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine, et al.. (2000). Accounting, Management and Organisational Change: A Comparative Study of Local Government. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine, et al.. (1997). Explorations in financial control : essays in honour of John Perrin. 2 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine & Falconer Mitchell. (1996). Accounting and performance measurement : issues in the private and public sectors. 40 indexed citations
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Clark, Chris & Irvine Lapsley. (1996). Planning and costing community care. 5 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine, et al.. (1993). Purchasing palliative care: availability and cost implications.. PubMed. 51(6). 370–84. 1 indexed citations
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Lapsley, Irvine. (1983). The Influence of Financial Measures on UK Railway Policy. Journal of Public Policy. 3(3). 285–300. 2 indexed citations

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