Jens Steffek

3.2k total citations
47 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jens Steffek is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Steffek has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Jens Steffek's work include International Development and Aid (11 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (9 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (9 papers). Jens Steffek is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (11 papers), European Union Policy and Governance (9 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (9 papers). Jens Steffek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Canada. Jens Steffek's co-authors include Patrizia Nanz, Claudia Kissling, Maria Paola Ferretti, Achim Hurrelmann, Steffen Schneider, Jeffrey McGee, Frank Gadinger, Jan Aart Scholte, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek and Maria Koinova and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of European Public Policy, Public Administration and Forest Policy and Economics.

In The Last Decade

Jens Steffek

41 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jens Steffek Germany	16	668	452	367	348	158	47	1.3k
Thomas Sommerer Sweden	16	737 1.1×	395 0.9×	365 1.0×	472 1.4×	104 0.7×	35	1.3k
Mathias Koenig‐Archibugi United Kingdom	19	687 1.0×	425 0.9×	318 0.9×	272 0.8×	63 0.4×	47	1.2k
Ole Elgström Sweden	20	1.1k 1.6×	457 1.0×	226 0.6×	280 0.8×	96 0.6×	85	1.5k
Rasmus Brun Pedersen Denmark	10	756 1.1×	629 1.4×	216 0.6×	100 0.3×	92 0.6×	36	1.4k
Michael W. Bauer Germany	25	1.4k 2.0×	393 0.9×	394 1.1×	230 0.7×	70 0.4×	102	1.8k
Wolfgang H. Reinicke	9	391 0.6×	331 0.7×	176 0.5×	214 0.6×	96 0.6×	18	855
Clifford Bob United States	10	473 0.7×	775 1.7×	199 0.5×	253 0.7×	32 0.2×	30	1.2k
Bernhard Zangl Germany	19	675 1.0×	316 0.7×	283 0.8×	298 0.9×	49 0.3×	55	1.0k
Ole Jacob Sending Norway	16	582 0.9×	598 1.3×	112 0.3×	234 0.7×	71 0.4×	44	1.1k
Giovanni Capoccia United Kingdom	11	1.1k 1.7×	762 1.7×	164 0.4×	127 0.4×	62 0.4×	18	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jens Steffek

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Heinelt, Hubert & Jens Steffek. (2025). Narratives in a nutshell: capturing the communicative effects of topoi in political research. Critical Policy Studies. 20(1). 113–126. 2 indexed citations

Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2024). Salient discourses in international society: When and how have United Nations global conferences acted as catalysts?. Journal of International Relations and Development. 27(3). 283–314.

Koinova, Maria, et al.. (2021). It's Ordered Chaos: What Really Makes Polycentrism Work. International Studies Review. 23(4). 1988–2018. 15 indexed citations

Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2020). The Darmstadt International Relations Corpus (DIReC). TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt).

Steffek, Jens. (2018). The limits of proceduralism: Critical remarks on the rise of ‘throughput legitimacy’. Public Administration. 97(4). 784–796. 26 indexed citations

McGee, Jeffrey & Jens Steffek. (2016). The Copenhagen Turn in Global Climate Governance and the Contentious History of Differentiation in International Law. Journal of Environmental Law. 28(1). 37–63. 17 indexed citations

Steffek, Jens. (2015). The output legitimacy of international organizations and the global public interest. International Theory. 7(2). 263–293. 44 indexed citations

Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2015). Comprehensive Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: An Emerging International Norm?. The Nonproliferation Review. 22(3-4). 401–420. 5 indexed citations

Steffek, Jens. (2014). The democratic output legitimacy of international organizations. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 33. 2 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2014). Jenseits der Anarchie: Weltordnungsentwürfe im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. 1 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2010). Evaluating Transnational NGOs: Legitimacy, Accountability, Representation. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 30 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens. (2010). Public Accountability and the Public Sphere of International Governance. Ethics & International Affairs. 24(1). 45–67. 49 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens, et al.. (2010). Civil Society in World Politics: How Accountable are Transnational CSOs?. Journal of Civil Society. 6(3). 237–258. 20 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens & Maria Paola Ferretti. (2009). Accountability or Good Decisions. Global Society. 23(1). 2 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens, Claudia Kissling, & Patrizia Nanz. (2008). Civil society participation in European and global governance : a cure for the democratic deficit?. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 96 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens, Claudia Kissling, & Patrizia Nanz. (2008). Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 109 indexed citations

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Hurrelmann, Achim, Steffen Schneider, & Jens Steffek. (2007). Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 76 indexed citations

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Steffek, Jens. (2006). Embedded Liberalism and its Critics: Justifying Global Governance in the American Century. Cadmus - EUI Research Repository (European University Institute). 13 indexed citations

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Nanz, Patrizia & Jens Steffek. (2005). Assessing the Democratic Quality of Deliberation in International Governance: Criteria and Research Strategies. Acta Politica. 40(3). 368–383. 52 indexed citations

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Nanz, Patrizia & Jens Steffek. (2004). Global Governance, Participation and the Public Sphere. Government and Opposition. 39(2). 314–335. 160 indexed citations

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