Michael W. Bauer

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael W. Bauer is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael W. Bauer has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 21 papers in Public Administration and 18 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael W. Bauer's work include European Union Policy and Governance (48 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (20 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (17 papers). Michael W. Bauer is often cited by papers focused on European Union Policy and Governance (48 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (20 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (17 papers). Michael W. Bauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Norway. Michael W. Bauer's co-authors include Stefan Becker, Christoph Knill, Jörn Ege, Jarle Trondal, Andrew Jordan, Christoffer Green‐Pedersen, Rahel Schomaker, Christian Adam, Sara Connolly and Hussein Kassim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Public Administration Review and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

In The Last Decade

Michael W. Bauer

90 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The Unexpected Winner of the Crisis: The European Commission’s Strengthened Role in Economic Governance

2014 212 citations Michael W. Bauer, Stefan Becker Journal of European Integration profile →
The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding

2024 30 citations Kutsal Yesilkagit, Michael W. Bauer et al. Public Administration Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael W. Bauer Germany	25	1.4k	394	393	344	230	102	1.8k
Klaus H. Goetz Germany	21	1.2k 0.9×	333 0.8×	325 0.8×	202 0.6×	124 0.5×	62	1.5k
Víctor Lapuente Giné Sweden	3	1.4k 1.0×	425 1.1×	488 1.2×	111 0.3×	174 0.8×	6	2.0k
Beate Kohler‐Koch Germany	23	1.4k 1.0×	764 1.9×	288 0.7×	194 0.6×	80 0.3×	73	1.7k
Simón Bulmer United Kingdom	26	1.6k 1.2×	438 1.1×	263 0.7×	118 0.3×	101 0.4×	62	1.9k
Giovanni Capoccia United Kingdom	11	1.1k 0.8×	164 0.4×	762 1.9×	91 0.3×	127 0.6×	18	1.7k
Philipp Genschel Germany	26	1.4k 1.0×	412 1.0×	347 0.9×	74 0.2×	143 0.6×	72	2.0k
Sabine Saurugger France	21	921 0.7×	415 1.1×	295 0.8×	109 0.3×	62 0.3×	90	1.2k
Tulia G. Falleti United States	13	972 0.7×	134 0.3×	578 1.5×	105 0.3×	137 0.6×	34	1.5k
Berthold Rittberger Germany	25	1.8k 1.3×	744 1.9×	347 0.9×	109 0.3×	142 0.6×	74	2.1k
Patrick Weller Australia	21	901 0.7×	204 0.5×	477 1.2×	713 2.1×	83 0.4×	102	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael W. Bauer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael W. Bauer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bauer, Michael W.. (2025). Authoritarian Drift, Variegated Paths: Mapping Administrative Transformation Strategies Under Illiberal Rule. Public Administration Review. 85(6). 1598–1610. 1 indexed citations

Schomaker, Rahel, et al.. (2024). Public-private partnerships caught in a trust-trap and the potential role of information: the burden of divergent rationales. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 5–28. 1 indexed citations

Jörgens, Helge, Michael W. Bauer, Thomas Hickmann, et al.. (2024). International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Yesilkagit, Kutsal, Michael W. Bauer, B. Guy Peters, & Jon Pierre. (2024). The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding. Public Administration Review. 84(3). 414–425. 30 indexed citations breakdown →

Bauer, Michael W.. (2023). Public Administration Under Populist Rule: Standing Up Against Democratic Backsliding. International Journal of Public Administration. 47(15). 1019–1031. 36 indexed citations

Bauer, Michael W.. (2023). Administrative responses to democratic backsliding: When is bureaucratic resistance justified?. Regulation & Governance. 18(4). 1104–1117. 14 indexed citations

Tatham, Michaël & Michael W. Bauer. (2021). Hungry for power? Regional elites and the architecture of government. Governance. 34(3). 621–642. 4 indexed citations

Adam, Christian, et al.. (2019). Taking the EU to Court. Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation). 3 indexed citations

Bauer, Michael W., et al.. (2018). Domestic resistance against EU policy implementation: member states motives to take the Commission to Court. Journal of European Integration. 40(6). 667–682. 3 indexed citations

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Adam, Christian & Michael W. Bauer. (2018). Policy and Organizational Termination. 7 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W. & Jörn Ege. (2016). Bureaucratic autonomy of international organizations’ secretariats. Journal of European Public Policy. 23(7). 1019–1037. 96 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W. & Stefan Becker. (2014). The Unexpected Winner of the Crisis: The European Commission’s Strengthened Role in Economic Governance. Journal of European Integration. 36(3). 213–229. 212 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tatham, Michaël & Michael W. Bauer. (2013). Support from below? Supranational institutions, regional élites and governance preferences. Journal of Public Policy. 34(2). 237–267. 7 indexed citations

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Jordan, Andrew, Michael W. Bauer, & Christoffer Green‐Pedersen. (2013). POLICY DISMANTLING. Journal of European Public Policy. 20(5). 795–805. 94 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W., et al.. (2011). The Arab World in transition: prospects and challenges for a revitalized relationship between Europe and North Africa. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 57.

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Bauer, Michael W.. (2010). L'acceptation du changement au sein de la Commission européenne. Revue française d administration publique. n° 133(1). 81–98. 3 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W. & Miriam Hartlapp. (2009). Much ado about money and how to spend it! Analysing 40 years of annulment cases against the European Union Commission. European Journal of Political Research. 49(2). 202–222. 11 indexed citations

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Knill, Christoph, Christian Adam, & Michael W. Bauer. (2008). Ausmaß und Ursachen von Organisationsabbau in der deutschen Verwaltung : Eine empirische Analyse der unmittelbaren Bundesverwaltung. 99(2). 153–173. 3 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W.. (2002). Reforming the European Commission - A (Missed?) Academic Opportunity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6(6). 8. 3 indexed citations

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Bauer, Michael W. & Philippe C. Schmitter. (2001). Dividend, Birth-Grant or Stipendium? A Reply to Van Parijs & Vanderborght and Matsaganis. Journal of European Social Policy. 11. 62–72. 2 indexed citations

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