Jan Olsson

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 724 citations indexed

About

Jan Olsson is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Olsson has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 724 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Public Administration, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jan Olsson's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (9 papers), Policy Transfer and Learning (4 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers). Jan Olsson is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (9 papers), Policy Transfer and Learning (4 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers). Jan Olsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Japan. Jan Olsson's co-authors include Erik Hysing, Ian Bache, Monika Berg, Eva Gustavsson, Karin Gustafsson, Maria Ojala, Benedict Singleton, Erik Andersson, Rolf Lidskog and Magnus Boström and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, AMBIO and Journal of European Public Policy.

In The Last Decade

Jan Olsson

30 papers receiving 660 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach
    2018 179 citations Magnus Boström, Erik Andersson et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Olsson Sweden 15 238 175 165 164 126 34 724
Karin Geuijen Netherlands 11 160 0.7× 113 0.6× 111 0.7× 202 1.2× 37 0.3× 20 641
Robert Henry Cox United States 11 704 3.0× 174 1.0× 92 0.6× 387 2.4× 93 0.7× 25 1.2k
Merlijn van Hulst Netherlands 15 289 1.2× 179 1.0× 81 0.5× 432 2.6× 58 0.5× 47 970
Katrin Uba Sweden 13 282 1.2× 55 0.3× 92 0.6× 475 2.9× 40 0.3× 44 798
Éric Montpetit Canada 18 318 1.3× 111 0.6× 114 0.7× 307 1.9× 18 0.1× 52 765
Susan Barrett Australia 6 165 0.7× 102 0.6× 46 0.3× 93 0.6× 62 0.5× 13 584
Ashley Jochim United States 8 405 1.7× 142 0.8× 96 0.6× 154 0.9× 64 0.5× 37 666
Gert Verschraegen Belgium 16 150 0.6× 36 0.2× 103 0.6× 359 2.2× 69 0.5× 76 755
Andrew Coulson United Kingdom 16 212 0.9× 80 0.5× 44 0.3× 229 1.4× 58 0.5× 47 864
Annika Agger Denmark 12 121 0.5× 148 0.8× 76 0.5× 179 1.1× 21 0.2× 43 561

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Olsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Olsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Olsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jan Olsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jan Olsson 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 Jan Olsson. Jan Olsson 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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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2021). Sustainability in Public Pension Funds? A Longitudinal Study of the Council on Ethics of the Swedish AP Funds. Sustainability. 13(1). 429–429. 2 indexed citations
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Åström, Joachim, Jan Olsson, & Erik Hysing. (2021). Does Policy Influence Hollow Out Public Managers’ Political Neutrality?. Administration & Society. 54(6). 1019–1044. 1 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2018). Considering (New Public) Civil Servants: Emerging Roles and Contexts. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 22(3). 3–16. 9 indexed citations
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Boström, Magnus, Erik Andersson, Monika Berg, et al.. (2018). Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach. Sustainability. 10(12). 4479–4479. 179 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2016). The role of civil servants. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 20(4). 119.
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2016). A Municipal Service Center – For What and For Whom? Understanding the political nature of public administration reform. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 20(3). 33–54. 1 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2016). Municipal Service Center – For What and For Whom?. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. 20(3). 33–54. 1 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2014). Calling Evidence-Based Practice into Question: Acknowledging Phronetic Knowledge in Social Work: Table 1. The British Journal of Social Work. 45(5). 1581–1597. 55 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2013). An evaluation paradox in social work? An empirical study of evaluation use in connection with temporary programmes in Swedish social work. European Journal of Social Work. 17(2). 175–191. 5 indexed citations
10.
Olsson, Jan & Erik Hysing. (2012). Theorizing Inside Activism: Understanding Policymaking and Policy Change from Below. Planning Theory & Practice. 13(2). 257–273. 60 indexed citations
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Hysing, Erik & Jan Olsson. (2012). Tjänstemän i politiken. 3 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan. (2009). Sustainable development from below: institutionalising a global idea-complex. Local Environment. 14(2). 127–138. 25 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan. (2009). The Power of the Inside Activist: Understanding Policy Change by Empowering the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Planning Theory & Practice. 10(2). 167–187. 28 indexed citations
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Hysing, Erik & Jan Olsson. (2008). Contextualising the Advocacy Coalition Framework: theorising change in Swedish forest policy. Environmental Politics. 17(5). 730–748. 48 indexed citations
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Åström, Joachim & Jan Olsson. (2006). Political science beyond orthodoxy. 55–73. 4 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan, et al.. (2006). From Government to eGovernance. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 9–26.
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Hysing, Erik & Jan Olsson. (2005). Sustainability through Good Advice? Assessing the Governance of Swedish Forest Biodiversity. Environmental Politics. 14(4). 510–526. 26 indexed citations
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Angelstam, Per, Grzegorz Mikusiński, Anders Östman, et al.. (2003). Two-dimensional Gap Analysis: A Tool for Efficient Conservation Planning and Biodiversity Policy Implementation. AMBIO. 32(8). 527–534. 37 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan & Joachim Åström. (2003). Why Regionalism in Sweden?. Regional & Federal Studies. 13(3). 66–89. 12 indexed citations
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Olsson, Jan. (2003). Democracy paradoxes in multi-level governance: theorizing on structural fund system research. Journal of European Public Policy. 10(2). 283–300. 42 indexed citations

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