Marleen Brans

1.3k total citations
75 papers, 662 citations indexed

About

Marleen Brans is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Management Science and Operations Research and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Marleen Brans has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 662 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 16 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 16 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Marleen Brans's work include Evaluation and Performance Assessment (16 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (16 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers). Marleen Brans is often cited by papers focused on Evaluation and Performance Assessment (16 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (16 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers). Marleen Brans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Marleen Brans's co-authors include Valérie Pattyn, Lieven De Winter, Wilfried Swenden, Frank Moulaert, Gonçalo Santinha, Gianluca Ferraro, Bart Maddens, Jan Van Damme, Annie Hondeghem and Sonja Blum and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Management and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

In The Last Decade

Marleen Brans

66 papers receiving 589 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marleen Brans Belgium 14 296 162 159 90 74 75 662
Mark van Twist Netherlands 14 146 0.5× 117 0.7× 200 1.3× 141 1.6× 81 1.1× 46 565
Martijn Groenleer Netherlands 15 445 1.5× 213 1.3× 154 1.0× 259 2.9× 33 0.4× 61 854
Martijn van der Steen Netherlands 15 100 0.3× 121 0.7× 157 1.0× 159 1.8× 116 1.6× 67 705
Karl Löfgren New Zealand 16 209 0.7× 157 1.0× 133 0.8× 127 1.4× 59 0.8× 61 758
Joris Voets Belgium 13 168 0.6× 171 1.1× 238 1.5× 158 1.8× 44 0.6× 64 588
Joshua Newman Australia 15 327 1.1× 170 1.0× 225 1.4× 56 0.6× 178 2.4× 35 803
Ashley Jochim United States 8 405 1.4× 154 1.0× 142 0.9× 137 1.5× 32 0.4× 37 666
Jonathan Craft Canada 16 585 2.0× 222 1.4× 461 2.9× 126 1.4× 132 1.8× 34 912
Elin Wihlborg Sweden 13 171 0.6× 134 0.8× 54 0.3× 42 0.5× 33 0.4× 79 435
Annika Agger Denmark 12 121 0.4× 179 1.1× 148 0.9× 34 0.4× 23 0.3× 43 561

Countries citing papers authored by Marleen Brans

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marleen Brans

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marleen Brans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marleen Brans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marleen Brans 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 Marleen Brans. Marleen Brans 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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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the impact of Public Administration programs on governance competencies in Ethiopia. Journal of Public Affairs Education. 31(3). 297–321.
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Public Administration Education on Individual Policy Capacity of Federal Civil Servants in Ethiopia. Public Administration and Development. 1 indexed citations
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Blum, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe. Evidence & Policy. 21(3). 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2023). Factors affecting learning outcomes achievement of public administration bachelor students in Ethiopia. Teaching Public Administration. 42(3). 331–351. 1 indexed citations
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Craft, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Ministerial Advisers as Power Resources: Exploring Expansion, Stability and Contraction in Westminster Ministers’ Offices. Parliamentary Affairs. 77(2). 305–327. 5 indexed citations
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Pattyn, Valérie, et al.. (2019). Academic policy advice in consensus-seeking countries: the cases of Belgium and Germany. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 88(1). 26–42. 36 indexed citations
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Maddens, Bart, et al.. (2017). Determinants of legislative turnover in Western Europe, 1945–2015. European Journal of Political Research. 57(3). 637–661. 29 indexed citations
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Aubin, David & Marleen Brans. (2015). Comparative Public Policy in Europe. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice. 17(1). 77–82.
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Pattyn, Valérie & Marleen Brans. (2014). Explaining Organizational Variety in Evaluation Quality Assurance: Which Conditions Matter?. International Journal of Public Administration. 37(6). 363–375. 1 indexed citations
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Pattyn, Valérie & Marleen Brans. (2013). Outsource Versus In-House? An Identification of Organizational Conditions Influencing the Choice for Internal or External Evaluators. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 28(2). 43–63. 7 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2013). Policy-oriented foresight as evidence for policy making: conditions of (mis)match. Evidence & Policy. 9(4). 473–492. 7 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2012). The use of PA knowledge and skills in the practice of PA: a view from alumni. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2011). Policy-oriented foresight as a tool for strategic policy-making. An assessment of opportunities and difficulties. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen. (2011). Continuity and Change in Belgium's Caretaker Administration. European Political Science. 11(1). 102–107. 6 indexed citations
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Damme, Jan Van, et al.. (2011). Balancing Expertise, Societal Input and Political Control in the Production of Policy Advice. 12(2). 126–145. 5 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Gianluca, et al.. (2011). The Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in Senegal: Untangling the Interactions Between International Institutions and National Actors. Environmental Management. 47(4). 564–572. 6 indexed citations
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Ferraro, Gianluca & Marleen Brans. (2009). Policy reforms and the politics of nature. The case of marine fisheries in China and Senegal. Lirias (KU Leuven). 3 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2006). Administrative Reform in Belgium : Maintenance or Modernization ?. West European Politics. 979–998. 2 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Dirk, et al.. (2004). Vlaams beleid en onderzoek aangaande participatie van allochtonen op de ardbeidsmarkt: een verkenning. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 267–285. 1 indexed citations
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Brans, Marleen, et al.. (2003). Beleidsvoorbereiding in een lerende overheid: stand van zaken in en uitdagingen voor de Belgische federale overheid. Lirias (KU Leuven). 5 indexed citations

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