Oliver James

6.1k total citations
88 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Oliver James is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver James has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Public Administration, 40 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Oliver James's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (47 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (15 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (12 papers). Oliver James is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (47 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (15 papers) and Political and Economic history of UK and US (12 papers). Oliver James collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Oliver James's co-authors include Colin Scott, Christopher Hood, Tony Travers, Nicolai Petrovsky, Gregg G. Van Ryzin, George A. Boyne, Martín Lodge, Alice Moseley, Peter John and George Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Administration Review, BMJ Open and The Journal of Politics.

In The Last Decade

Oliver James

86 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers

Oliver James
Comparison fields: 5 of 117
  • Public Administration 1.9k
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.6k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.0k
  • Strategy and Management 825
  • Economics and Econometrics 582
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Countries citing papers authored by Oliver James

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver James

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Oliver James. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Oliver James. The network helps show where Oliver James may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver James

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver James. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver James 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 Oliver James. Oliver James 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 5
2 0
3 4
4 12
5 3
6 7
7 46
8 37
9 1
10 35
11 15
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Britain on the couch : how keeping up with the Joneses has depressed us since 1950
4
13 173
14
Political and managerial succession and the performance of English local governments
6
15 23
16
Affluenza (,æflu'enza) : how to be successful and stay sane
26
17 20
18 1
19 5
20 8

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