Local Government Studies

1.8k papers and 18.1k indexed citations i.

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The 1.8k papers published in Local Government Studies in the last decades have received a total of 18.1k indexed citations. Papers published in Local Government Studies usually cover Political Science and International Relations (787 papers), Public Administration (442 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (316 papers) specifically the topics of Public Policy and Administration Research (413 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (278 papers) and Political Systems and Governance (145 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Local Government Studies are Vivien Lowndes, Germà Bel, Xavier Fageda, Hellmut Wollmann, Paweł Swianiewicz, Mildred E. Warner, Ank Michels, Laurens de Graaf, Lawrence Pratchett and Helen Sullivan.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Local Government Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Local Government Studies

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Local Government Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Local Government Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Local Government Studies more than expected).

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