Marcel Thaens

893 total citations
22 papers, 540 citations indexed

About

Marcel Thaens is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Thaens has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 540 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 7 papers in Public Administration and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Marcel Thaens's work include E-Government and Public Services (13 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (7 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (3 papers). Marcel Thaens is often cited by papers focused on E-Government and Public Services (13 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (7 papers) and Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (3 papers). Marcel Thaens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands and Ireland. Marcel Thaens's co-authors include Albert Meijer, Victor Bekkers, S. Zouridis, Vincent Homburg, Frank Bannister, Sandra Groeneveld, Pieter Wagenaar and Sudjito Soeparman and has published in prestigious journals such as Government Information Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review and Public Performance & Management Review.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Thaens

17 papers receiving 477 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel Thaens Netherlands 11 318 155 142 107 94 22 540
Sara Hofmann Germany 8 326 1.0× 177 1.1× 194 1.4× 85 0.8× 66 0.7× 25 587
Meghan Cook United States 9 507 1.6× 97 0.6× 172 1.2× 130 1.2× 96 1.0× 24 675
Aroon Manoharan United States 14 414 1.3× 156 1.0× 133 0.9× 139 1.3× 103 1.1× 47 626
James Melitski United States 13 399 1.3× 124 0.8× 100 0.7× 96 0.9× 106 1.1× 25 556
Yueping Zheng China 12 394 1.2× 148 1.0× 134 0.9× 174 1.6× 50 0.5× 27 582
Isis Gutiérrez-Martínez Mexico 8 230 0.7× 168 1.1× 90 0.6× 46 0.4× 59 0.6× 20 427
Christian Østergaard Madsen Denmark 8 230 0.7× 52 0.3× 157 1.1× 81 0.8× 69 0.7× 15 439
Jean Damascene Twizeyimana Sweden 3 345 1.1× 61 0.4× 98 0.7× 117 1.1× 52 0.6× 6 543
Willem Jan Pieterson Netherlands 13 411 1.3× 167 1.1× 154 1.1× 145 1.4× 47 0.5× 33 564
Mete Yıldız Türkiye 9 701 2.2× 191 1.2× 182 1.3× 195 1.8× 141 1.5× 27 818

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Thaens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Thaens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Thaens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Thaens 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 Marcel Thaens. Marcel Thaens 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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Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2020). The Dark Side of Public Innovation. Public Performance & Management Review. 44(1). 136–154. 50 indexed citations
2.
Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2017). Quantified street: Smart governance of urban safety. Information Polity. 23(1). 29–41. 18 indexed citations
3.
Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2016). Urban Technological Innovation: Developing and Testing a Sociotechnical Framework for Studying Smart City Projects. Urban Affairs Review. 54(2). 363–387. 77 indexed citations
4.
Homburg, Vincent, et al.. (2013). Diffusion of Personalised Services among Dutch Municipalities: Evolving Channels of Persuasion. Local Government Studies. 40(3). 429–450. 14 indexed citations
5.
Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2013). Social media strategies: Understanding the differences between North American police departments. Government Information Quarterly. 30(4). 343–350. 171 indexed citations
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Thaens, Marcel, et al.. (2012). The 'Publicness-puzzle' in public leadership. A theoretical exploration of leadership in public organizations. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Meijer, Albert, Frank Bannister, & Marcel Thaens. (2012). ICT, Public Administration and Democracy in the Coming Decade. Information Polity. 17(3,4). 201–207. 6 indexed citations
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Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2010). Alignment 2.0: Strategic use of new internet technologies in government. Government Information Quarterly. 27(2). 113–121. 52 indexed citations
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Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2009). Public information strategies: Making government information available to citizens. Information Polity. 14(1-2). 31–45. 35 indexed citations
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Meijer, Albert & Marcel Thaens. (2008). What should government agencies do with information that is relevant for citizens. 153–161. 1 indexed citations
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Thaens, Marcel, et al.. (2008). ICT-driven innovation and the culture of public administration: A contradiction in terms?. Information Polity. 13(3,4). 213–232. 31 indexed citations
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Bekkers, Victor, et al.. (2006). Information And Communication Technology And Public Innovation: Assessing the Ict-driven Modernization of Public Administration (Innovation and the Public ... Sector) (Innovation and the Public Sector). 5 indexed citations
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Soeparman, Sudjito, et al.. (2006). Informatization as a catalyst to horizontalization in the Dutch police system. Research portal (Tilburg University). 159–171. 1 indexed citations
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Thaens, Marcel. (2006). Verbroken verbindingen hersteld. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS).
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Bekkers, Victor, et al.. (2006). Information and Communication Technology and Public Innovation: Assessing the ICT-driven Modernization of Public Administration. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 20 indexed citations
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Zouridis, S. & Marcel Thaens. (2005). Reflections on the Anatomy of E-Government. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 8 indexed citations
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Thaens, Marcel, et al.. (2004). De buurt in het web, het web in de buurt. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Bekkers, Victor & Marcel Thaens. (2003). Interconnected Networks and the Governance of Risk. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Bekkers, Victor & Marcel Thaens. (2002). E-GOVERNMENT OP EEN KRUISPUNT VAN WEGEN. RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Bekkers, Victor, et al.. (1995). Business Process Redesign and Public Administration: a Perfect Match?. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 15–36. 8 indexed citations

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