Walter Kickert

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Walter Kickert is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Kickert has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 20 papers in Public Administration and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Walter Kickert's work include Public Policy and Administration Research (18 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (10 papers). Walter Kickert is often cited by papers focused on Public Policy and Administration Research (18 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (10 papers). Walter Kickert collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Estonia and United Kingdom. Walter Kickert's co-authors include Joop Koppenjan, Erik‐Hans Klijn, H.R. van Nauta Lemke, Тийна Рандма-Лийв, Ben Kuipers, Lars Tummers, Joris van der Voet, Jolien Grandia, Malcolm Higgs and Henk Koppelaar and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Automatica and Journal of the Operational Research Society.

In The Last Decade

Walter Kickert

72 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Managing Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2013 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Managing Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector
    1997 1.1k citations Walter Kickert, Erik‐Hans Klijn et al. profile →
  2. THE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: A LITERATURE REVIEW
    2013 327 citations Ben Kuipers, Malcolm Higgs et al. Public Administration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Kickert Netherlands 24 1.3k 1.2k 679 594 469 74 3.7k
Nils Brunsson Sweden 31 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 1.7k 2.9× 88 0.2× 91 5.8k
Christopher G. Reddick United States 34 534 0.4× 2.5k 2.1× 1.1k 1.6× 290 0.5× 538 1.1× 160 4.4k
Luis F. Luna‐Reyes United States 27 317 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 689 1.0× 355 0.6× 352 0.8× 170 3.1k
Ines Mergel United States 35 944 0.7× 2.3k 1.9× 1.3k 2.0× 634 1.1× 316 0.7× 101 5.1k
Helen Margetts United Kingdom 33 682 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.7× 256 0.4× 581 1.2× 123 4.0k
John Leslie King United States 33 152 0.1× 745 0.6× 1.4k 2.1× 1.0k 1.8× 347 0.7× 146 4.7k
Barry Wilkinson United Kingdom 27 443 0.3× 234 0.2× 648 1.0× 841 1.4× 80 0.2× 93 3.0k
Taewoo Nam South Korea 20 141 0.1× 1.5k 1.2× 761 1.1× 151 0.3× 310 0.7× 75 5.5k
Patrick Kenis Netherlands 22 1.2k 0.9× 873 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 1.9× 55 0.1× 70 4.3k
Anthony M. Cresswell United States 20 235 0.2× 807 0.7× 483 0.7× 172 0.3× 186 0.4× 48 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Kickert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Kickert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Kickert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Kickert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Kickert 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 Walter Kickert. Walter Kickert 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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Kickert, Walter & Edoardo Ongaro. (2019). Influence of the EU (and the IMF) on domestic cutback management: a nine-country comparative analysis. Public Management Review. 21(9). 1348–1367. 7 indexed citations
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Рандма-Лийв, Тийна & Walter Kickert. (2017). The Impact of Fiscal Crisis on Public Administration Reforms in Europe. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice. 19(2). 91–99. 14 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter, Тийна Рандма-Лийв, & Riin Savi. (2015). Politics of fiscal consolidation in Europe: a comparative analysis. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 81(3). 562–584. 39 indexed citations
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Kuipers, Ben, Malcolm Higgs, Walter Kickert, et al.. (2014). The Management of Change in Public Organisations: A Literature Review. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter. (2008). The Study of Public Management in Europe and the United States. A Comparative Analysis of National Distinctiveness. dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy Recht und Management. 1(1). 221–234. 5 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Bill, et al.. (2006). ANNUAL REPORT 2005. Public Administration. 84(4). 1077–1083. 1 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & Richard J. Stillman. (2004). The Future of European Public Administration. Part I: Denmark. Public Administration. 82(1). 123–125. 2 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter. (2002). PUBLIC GOVERNANCE IN SMALL CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN STATES*. International Journal of Public Administration. 25(12). 1471–1491. 13 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & Richard J. Stillman. (2000). The Modern State and Its Study: New Administrative Sciences in a Changing Europe and United States. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter. (1999). Discussion of the Paper Of Sandra Dawson and Charlotte Dargie. 1(4). 483–487. 2 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter, Erik‐Hans Klijn, & Joop Koppenjan. (1997). Managing Complex Networks: Strategies for the Public Sector. 1131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kickert, Walter. (1997). Public management and administrative reform in Western Europe. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 161 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter. (1997). Public Governance in the Netherlands: An Alternative to Anglo‐American ‘Managerialism’. Public Administration. 75(4). 731–752. 192 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & Frans A. van Vught. (1995). Public policy and administration sciences in The Netherlands. University of Twente Research Information. 18 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter, et al.. (1995). The Study of Public Policy and Administration Sciences, Context and History. University of Twente Research Information. 9–25. 2 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & Torben Beck Jørgensen. (1995). Conclusion and Discussion: Management, Policy, Politics and Public Values. International Review of Administrative Sciences. 61(4). 577–586. 3 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter. (1995). Réformes administratives et gestion publique aux Pays-Bas. Revue française d administration publique. 75(1). 401–412. 1 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & John P. van Gigch. (1979). A Metasystem Approach to Organizational Decision-Making. Management Science. 25(12). 1217–1231. 19 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter, et al.. (1978). Some Comments on Cybernetics and Control. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 8(11). 805–809. 8 indexed citations
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Kickert, Walter & Henk Koppelaar. (1976). Application of Fuzzy Set Theory to Syntactic Pattern Recognition of Handwritten Capitals. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. SMC-6(2). 148–151. 36 indexed citations

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