Robert D. Behn

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Behn is a scholar working on Public Administration, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Behn has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Public Administration, 8 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 7 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Behn's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (11 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (6 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 papers). Robert D. Behn is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (11 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (6 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (5 papers). Robert D. Behn collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. Robert D. Behn's co-authors include Alan A. Altshuler, Yu‐Chi Ho, James W. Vaupel, Mark Winer, Mark A. Abramson, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski, Colin Campbell, Laurence E. Lynn and Elizabeth K. Keating and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Public Administration Review and Political Science Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Behn

41 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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2003 822 citations Robert D. Behn Public Administration Review profile →
Rethinking Democratic Accountability

2001 502 citations Robert D. Behn Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert D. Behn United States	23	1.6k	801	725	723	522	41	3.0k
Ted Gaebler United States	5	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	411 0.6×	758 1.0×	655 1.3×	12	3.2k
Janet A. Weiss United States	16	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	448 0.6×	993 1.4×	727 1.4×	32	4.1k
Donald F. Kettl United States	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	345 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	650 1.2×	83	3.6k
Marc Holzer United States	21	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	506 0.7×	525 0.7×	264 0.5×	114	2.3k
Kaifeng Yang United States	34	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.7×	436 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	601 1.2×	92	3.8k
Gregory Streib United States	18	893 0.6×	653 0.8×	416 0.6×	788 1.1×	321 0.6×	40	2.2k
Koen Verhoest Belgium	31	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	338 0.5×	781 1.1×	1.5k 2.9×	183	3.7k
Chris Skelcher United Kingdom	28	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	256 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	832 1.6×	70	4.1k
Patrick Kenis Netherlands	22	1.2k 0.7×	873 1.1×	293 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	1.2k 2.2×	70	4.3k
H. George Frederickson United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	177 0.2×	980 1.4×	459 0.9×	98	2.8k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Behn, Robert D.. (2014). The PerformanceStat Potential: A Leadership Strategy for Producing Results. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 65 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2014). O novo paradigma da gestão pública e a busca da accountability democrática. Revista do Serviço Público. 49(4). 5–45. 13 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2010). Collaborating for Performance: Or Can There Exist Such a Thing as CollaborationStat?. International Public Management Journal. 13(4). 429–470. 14 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2008). Designing Performancestat: Or What Are the Key Strategic Choices that a Jurisdiction or Agency Must Make When Adapting the CompStat/CitiStat Class of Performance Strategies?. Public Performance & Management Review. 32(2). 206–235. 24 indexed citations

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Abramson, Mark A. & Robert D. Behn. (2006). The Varieties of CitiStat. Public Administration Review. 66(3). 332–340. 35 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2005). The Core Drivers of CitiStat: It's Not Just About the Meetings and the Maps. International Public Management Journal. 8(3). 295–319. 13 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2004). Performance Leadership: 11 Better Practices That Can Ratchet Up Performance. 30 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2002). The Psychological Barriers to Performance Management. Public Performance & Management Review. 26(1). 5–25. 94 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (2001). Rethinking Democratic Accountability. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 502 indexed citations breakdown →

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Behn, Robert D., et al.. (1999). Strategies for Avoiding the Pitfalls of Performance Contracting. Public Productivity & Management Review. 22(4). 470–470. 129 indexed citations

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Altshuler, Alan A. & Robert D. Behn. (1997). Innovation in American Government : Challenges, Opportunities, and Dilemmas. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 79 indexed citations

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Lynn, Laurence E., Robert D. Behn, Colin Campbell, & Margaret Jane Wyszomirski. (1993). Leadership Counts: Lessons for Public Managers from the Massachusetts Welfare, Training, and Employment Program. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 12(1). 203–203. 34 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1992). Management and the Neutrino: The Search for Meaningful Metaphors. Public Administration Review. 52(5). 409–409. 13 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1990). Governors on Governing. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1989). Leadership Counts. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 8(3). 494–494. 5 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1982). LEADERSHIP FOR CUT-BACK MANAGEMENT. Journal of Library Administration. 3(2). 89–105. 5 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1979). The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease, by Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg. Political Science Quarterly. 94(4). 680–681. 67 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D.. (1978). Closing a Government Facility. Public Administration Review. 38(4). 332–332. 35 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D. & James W. Vaupel. (1977). Quick Analysis*. Policy Studies Journal. 6(2). 325–333. 2 indexed citations

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Behn, Robert D. & James W. Vaupel. (1976). Teaching Analytical Thinking.. 5 indexed citations

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