Jacob Torfing

17.9k total citations · 11 hit papers
168 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Jacob Torfing is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Torfing has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Public Administration, 53 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 34 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Jacob Torfing's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (64 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (34 papers) and E-Government and Public Services (19 papers). Jacob Torfing is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (64 papers), Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (34 papers) and E-Government and Public Services (19 papers). Jacob Torfing collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Jacob Torfing's co-authors include Eva Sørensen, Christopher Ansell, Jon Pierre, Jean Hartley, David Howarth, Asbjørn Roiseland, Peter Triantafillou, Paul ‘t Hart, Jens Peter Frølund Thomsen and Barbara C. Crosby and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Forces and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Torfing

158 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

MAKING GOVERNANCE NETWORK... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2011 2012 2013 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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. MAKING GOVERNANCE NETWORKS EFFECTIVE AND DEMOCRATIC THROUGH METAGOVERNANCE
    2009 596 citations Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing Public Administration profile →
  2. Enhancing Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector
    2011 567 citations Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing profile →
  3. Interactive GovernanceAdvancing the Paradigm
    2012 451 citations Jacob Torfing, Jon Pierre et al. profile →
  4. Collaborative Innovation: A Viable Alternative to Market Competition and Organizational Entrepreneurship
    2013 444 citations Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing et al. profile →
  5. Transforming the Public Sector Into an Arena for Co-Creation: Barriers, Drivers, Benefits, and Ways Forward
    2016 369 citations Jacob Torfing, Eva Sørensen et al. profile →
  6. The COVID-19 pandemic as a game changer for public administration and leadership? The need for robust governance responses to turbulent problems
    2020 351 citations Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen et al. Public Management Review profile →
  7. Collaborative innovation in the public sector: the argument
    2018 307 citations Jacob Torfing Public Management Review profile →
  8. Public value creation through collaborative innovation
    2016 266 citations Jacob Torfing et al. Public Management Review profile →
  9. Strengthening political leadership and policy innovation through the expansion of collaborative forms of governance
    2016 153 citations Jacob Torfing, Christopher Ansell Public Management Review profile →
  10. Public administration and politics meet turbulence: The search for robust governance responses
    2022 84 citations Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen et al. Public Administration profile →
  11. Robust Governance in Turbulent Times
    2024 25 citations Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jacob Torfing 3.3k 3.2k 2.8k 1.5k 1.4k 168 9.2k
Eva Sørensen 2.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 157 7.0k
Christopher Ansell 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 770 0.5× 96 9.9k
Erik‐Hans Klijn 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.2× 3.0k 1.1× 2.9k 1.9× 527 0.4× 141 10.1k
John M. Bryson 1.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 2.2k 1.4× 740 0.5× 101 8.7k
Victor Bekkers 2.0k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 834 0.5× 961 0.7× 131 6.1k
Stephen P. Osborne 2.0k 0.6× 2.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 154 8.7k
B. Guy Peters 6.2k 1.9× 4.1k 1.3× 3.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.5× 325 0.2× 247 12.8k
Gerry Stoker 4.6k 1.4× 2.9k 0.9× 3.9k 1.4× 1.1k 0.7× 273 0.2× 226 10.9k
Jon Pierre 3.9k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 246 0.2× 132 8.3k
Tina Nabatchi 1.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 843 0.6× 327 0.2× 68 5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Torfing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jacob Torfing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jacob Torfing 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 Jacob Torfing. Jacob Torfing 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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Ansell, Christopher, Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2025). Theorizing the political dimension of collaborative governance. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 8(3). 158–171. 1 indexed citations
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Roiseland, Asbjørn, Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2024). Advancing Co-creation in Local Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Metagovernance of co‐creation in city–university partnerships: How to avoid being stuck in the middle?. Public Administration. 102(4). 1711–1727. 4 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob, Christopher Ansell, & Eva Sørensen. (2024). Metagoverning the Co-Creation of Green Transitions: A Socio-Political Contingency Framework. Sustainability. 16(16). 6776–6776. 3 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob, Eva Sørensen, & Mitja Dečman. (2023). Reaping the fruits of co-creation through design experiments. Public Policy and Administration. 4 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob. (2023). Rethinking Public Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Peters, B. Guy, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2022). Bringing political science back into public administration research. Governance. 35(4). 962–982. 40 indexed citations
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Carstensen, Martin B., Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2022). Why we need bricoleurs to foster robust governance solutions in turbulent times. Public Administration. 101(1). 36–52. 41 indexed citations
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Ansell, Christopher, Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2022). Public administration and politics meet turbulence: The search for robust governance responses. Public Administration. 101(1). 3–22. 84 indexed citations breakdown →
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Torfing, Jacob, et al.. (2021). Constructing a joint university-municipality platform for networked co-creation of innovative urban solutions: A Norwegian experience. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 1 indexed citations
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Cristofoli, Daniela, Scott Douglas, Jacob Torfing, & Benedetta Trivellato. (2021). Having it all: can collaborative governance be both legitimate and accountable?. Public Management Review. 24(5). 704–728. 39 indexed citations
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Ansell, Christopher, Eva Sørensen, & Jacob Torfing. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic Demonstrates the Need for Robust Governance Responses to Turbulent Problems. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 1 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Eva & Jacob Torfing. (2020). Co‐creating ambitious climate change mitigation goals: The Copenhagen experience. Regulation & Governance. 16(2). 572–587. 21 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob, Daniela Cristofoli, Peter A. Gloor, Albert Meijer, & Benedetta Trivellato. (2020). Taming the snake in paradise: combining institutional design and leadership to enhance collaborative innovation. Policy and Society. 39(4). 592–616. 44 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Eva & Jacob Torfing. (2018). The democratizing impact of governance networks: From pluralization, via democratic anchorage, to interactive political leadership. Public Administration. 96(2). 302–317. 56 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob, Anders Lidström, & Asbjørn Roiseland. (2015). Scandinavian Regional Model:. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 19(4). 7–28. 6 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob & Christopher Ansell. (2014). Collaboration and design: new tools for public innovation. RUCforsk (Roskilde University). 1 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob. (2005). governance network theory: towards a second generation. European Political Science. 4(3). 305–315. 96 indexed citations
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Torfing, Jacob. (2005). symposium: governance networks. European Political Science. 4(3). 301–304. 2 indexed citations

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