Lawrence Pratchett

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Lawrence Pratchett is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence Pratchett has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Public Administration and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Lawrence Pratchett's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (11 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and E-Government and Public Services (7 papers). Lawrence Pratchett is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (11 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and E-Government and Public Services (7 papers). Lawrence Pratchett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Türkiye. Lawrence Pratchett's co-authors include Vivien Lowndes, Gerry Stoker, David Wilson, Ismael Blanco, Rabia Karakaya Polat, Catherine Durose, Corinne Wales, Graham Smith, Mark Evans and Steve Leach and has published in prestigious journals such as Injury, Public Administration and Political Studies.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence Pratchett

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Local Governance under the Coalition Government: Austerit... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200 250
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. Local Governance under the Coalition Government: Austerity, Localism and the ‘Big Society’
    2011 268 citations Vivien Lowndes, Lawrence Pratchett Local Government Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence Pratchett United Kingdom 16 844 649 605 265 228 40 1.8k
Gianpaolo Baiocchi United States 21 823 1.0× 393 0.6× 886 1.5× 355 1.3× 88 0.4× 65 1.9k
Victor Pestoff Sweden 17 527 0.6× 736 1.1× 868 1.4× 171 0.6× 347 1.5× 53 2.3k
Alessandro Sancino United Kingdom 20 551 0.7× 673 1.0× 509 0.8× 111 0.4× 150 0.7× 67 2.0k
Brian Wampler United States 23 1.1k 1.3× 525 0.8× 620 1.0× 231 0.9× 90 0.4× 60 1.8k
Peter K. Eisinger United States 18 805 1.0× 277 0.4× 1.2k 2.0× 273 1.0× 108 0.5× 43 2.1k
Bram Verschuere Belgium 23 720 0.9× 1.1k 1.7× 914 1.5× 81 0.3× 193 0.8× 109 2.6k
John Halligan Australia 20 744 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 487 0.8× 80 0.3× 121 0.5× 67 2.0k
Janine O’Flynn Australia 18 670 0.8× 940 1.4× 498 0.8× 75 0.3× 163 0.7× 66 2.0k
Gordon P. Whitaker United States 14 572 0.7× 512 0.8× 678 1.1× 94 0.4× 95 0.4× 27 1.7k
Yannis Papadopoulos Switzerland 22 1.1k 1.3× 461 0.7× 490 0.8× 101 0.4× 126 0.6× 78 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Lawrence Pratchett

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lawrence Pratchett

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lawrence Pratchett

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lawrence Pratchett. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lawrence Pratchett 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 Lawrence Pratchett. Lawrence Pratchett 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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Polat, Rabia Karakaya & Lawrence Pratchett. (2013). Citizenship in the age of the Internet: a comparative analysis of Britain and Turkey. Citizenship Studies. 18(1). 63–80. 16 indexed citations
2.
Blanco, Ismael, Vivien Lowndes, & Lawrence Pratchett. (2011). Policy Networks and Governance Networks: Towards Greater Conceptual Clarity. Political Studies Review. 9(3). 297–308. 74 indexed citations
3.
Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (2010). Preventing support for violent extremism through community interventions: A review of the evidence. 5 indexed citations
4.
Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (2009). A new vision for local government: rhetoric or reality?. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University).
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Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (2009). Preventing Support for Violent Extremism through Community Interventions: A Review of the Evidence - Rapid Evidence Assessment Full Final Report. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 4 indexed citations
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Lowndes, Vivien & Lawrence Pratchett. (2009). Factores que explican la participación: comparando recursos, relaciones y normas en cinco países europeos. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 101–120. 1 indexed citations
7.
Lowndes, Vivien, Lawrence Pratchett, & Gerry Stoker. (2006). LOCAL POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: THE IMPACT OF RULES‐IN‐USE. Public Administration. 84(3). 539–561. 112 indexed citations
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Lowndes, Vivien, Lawrence Pratchett, & Gerry Stoker. (2006). Locality Matters: Making Participation Count in Local Politics. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 8 indexed citations
9.
Pratchett, Lawrence & Robert Krimmer. (2005). The coming of e-democracy. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 5 indexed citations
10.
Rogerson, Simon, et al.. (2005). The data protection decade 1995-2005. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University).
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Pratchett, Lawrence. (2005). Barriers to e-democracy: local government experiences and responses. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 12 indexed citations
12.
Pratchett, Lawrence. (2004). Local Government: Choice within Constraint. Parliamentary Affairs. 57(2). 366–379. 9 indexed citations
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Lowndes, Vivien, Lawrence Pratchett, & Gerry Stoker. (2001). Trends In Public Participation: Part 1 – Local Government Perspectives. Public Administration. 79(1). 205–222. 223 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Lawrence. (1999). New fashions in public participation: towards greater democracy?. Parliamentary Affairs. 52(4). 616–633. 71 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (1998). Modern local government guidance on enhancing public participation. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5 indexed citations
16.
Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (1998). Enhancing public participation in local government. Injury. 46(11). 2142–5. 48 indexed citations
17.
Pratchett, Lawrence & David Wilson. (1997). The rebirth of local democracy?. Local Government Studies. 23(1). 16–31. 1 indexed citations
18.
Pratchett, Lawrence & David Wilson. (1996). Local Democracy and Local Government. 54 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Lawrence, et al.. (1996). PETTY BUREAUCRACY AND WOOLLYMINDED LIBERALISM? THE CHANGING ETHOS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS. Public Administration. 74(4). 639–656. 124 indexed citations
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Pratchett, Lawrence. (1994). OPEN SYSTEMS AND CLOSED NETWORKS: POLICY NETWORKS AND THE EMERGENCE OF OPEN SYSTEMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Public Administration. 72(1). 73–93. 8 indexed citations

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