Tom Christensen

13.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
227 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Tom Christensen is a scholar working on Public Administration, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Christensen has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Public Administration, 97 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 95 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Tom Christensen's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (125 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (49 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (26 papers). Tom Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (125 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (49 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (26 papers). Tom Christensen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, China and United States. Tom Christensen's co-authors include Per Lægreid, Joel D. Aberbach, Kjell Arne Røvik, Lise H. Rykkja, Liang Ma, Anne Lise Fimreite, Martin Painter, Francisco O. Ramírez, Lisheng Dong and Anders Grimsmo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Public Administration Review and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Tom Christensen

213 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

The Whole‐of‐Government Approach to Public Sector Reform

2007 646 citations Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid Public Administration Review profile →
Trust in Government – the Relative Importance of Service Satisfaction, Political Factors and Demography

2014 379 citations Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid Public Performance & Management Review profile →
Organizing for Crisis Management: Building Governance Capacity and Legitimacy

2016 297 citations Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid et al. Public Administration Review profile →
Balancing Governance Capacity and Legitimacy: How the Norwegian Government Handled the COVID‐19 Crisis as a High Performer

2020 271 citations Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid Public Administration Review profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The evolution of mandated coordination in policy implementation: Evidence from China's central government agencies 2025 ·Review of Policy Research ·Liang Ma, Bin Chen, Tom Christensen, Weixing Liu	3
2	Reforming a Public Personnel System – A Bounded Rational Layering Development in China, 1979–2019 2025 ·Public Organization Review ·(unknown), Tom Christensen	1
3	Does leadership gender representativeness improve policy outcomes? Evidence from local governments in China 2024 ·Public Administration ·(unknown), Liang Ma, Tom Christensen	7
4	Power Structure, Issue Priorities and Attention Dynamics of Leaders from 2001 to 2017 in China 2023 ·Public Organization Review ·Tao Peng, Tom Christensen, (unknown), Chun Chu	1
5	Policy attention and the adoption of public sector innovation 2022 ·Public Management Review ·(unknown), Tom Christensen, Liang Ma	33
6	Local Government Reform: Compromise Through Cross-Cutting Cleavages 2019 ·Political Studies Review ·Jan Erling Klausen, Jostein Askim, Tom Christensen	17
7	Hybridity in the Public Sector—Comparing Development Features in Municipalities in Japan and Norway 2018 ·International Journal of Public Administration ·Tom Christensen, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, (unknown)	1
8	Ambiguities of Accountability and Attention – Analyzing the Failure of a Preventive Security Project 2016 ·Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration ·Per Lægreid, Tom Christensen, Lise H. Rykkja	6
9	Ambiguities of Accountability and Attention – 2016 ·Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid, Lise H. Rykkja	6
10	Local Public Services Provision in China – An Institutional Analysis 2015 ·Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre) ·Lisheng Dong, (unknown), Tom Christensen	6
11	Trust in Government – the Relative Importance of Service Satisfaction, Political Factors and Demography breakdown → 2014 ·Public Performance & Management Review ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	379
12	Crisis Management Organization: Building Governance Capacity and Legitimacy 2014 ·Public Administration Review ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid, Lise H. Rykkja	3
13	Changing accountability relations in welfare state reforms: Lessons from Norway 2012 ·Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·Haldor Byrkjeflot, Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	2
14	Civil Servants' Perceptions Regarding ICT Use in Norwegian Central Government 2010 ·Journal of Information Technology & Politics ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	16
15	Public Management Reform in Norway: Reluctance and Tensions 2009 ·Chapters ·Tom Christensen, (unknown)	0
16	Autonomy and regulation : coping with agencies in the modern state 2006 ·E. Elgar eBooks ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	119
17	Enhancing Interdisciplinary Engineering and Marketing Skills 2006 ·(unknown), Kim McKeage, (unknown), Darrell W. Donahue, Tom Christensen	0
18	Transforming Administrative Policy 2003 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid, (unknown)	5
19	La nueva administración pública: el equilibrio entre la gobernanza política y la autonomía administrativa 2001 ·Gestión y Política Pública ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	2
20	New public management : the transformation of ideas and practice 2001 ·Ashgate eBooks ·Tom Christensen, Per Lægreid	484

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