2026 Ann O'm. Bowman: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	28	1383	1259	687	603	95	3599

Ann O'm. Bowman publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ann O'm. Bowman sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 95 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Ann O'm. Bowman D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ann O'm. Bowman sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Ann O'm. Bowman is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and specializes in social sciences, with a focus on several subfields including sociology and political science, public administration, economics and econometrics, transportation, and global and planetary change.

Their research spans various main topics, highlighting public policy and administration research, disaster management and resilience, regional resilience and development, urban transport and accessibility, nonprofit sector and volunteering, land use and ecosystem services, and employment and welfare studies.

Ann O'm. Bowman has published extensively across multiple venues. Frequent publication venues include:

International Public Management Journal
IET Smart Cities
Cities
The American Review of Public Administration
Urban Affairs Review

Among notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Bowman are:

"Managing a Pandemic at a Less Than Global Scale: Governors Take the Lead" (2020), published in The American Review of Public Administration
"A New and Reinvigorated Research Agenda for U.S. Local Governments" (2020), published in State and Local Government Review

Other recent significant papers related to the same research network include:

"Urban resilience: Analyzing the policies of U.S. cities" (2021), Cities
"Relations, resources, and costs: exploring cross-sectoral collaboration at the local level in a developing country" (2020), International Public Management Journal
"Ecological, Engineering and Community Resilience Policy Adoption in Large US Cities" (2023), Urban Affairs Review

Ann O'm. Bowman frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Khaldoun AbouAssi, Jocelyn M. Johnston, Sierra Woodruff, Bryce Hannibal, and Kent E. Portney, with multiple joint publications reported.

In addition to journal articles, Bowman has contributed to book publications. One such work is New Governance for Rural America, published by University Press of Kansas eBooks in 2022.

Recognition for Bowman's contributions is reflected in their status as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

State and Local Government

Ann O'm. Bowman;Richard C. Kearney

361
Citations
Cityscapes and Capital: The Politics of Urban Development

Michael A. Pagano;Ann O'm. Bowman

259
Citations
Dimensions of State Government Capability

Ann O'm. Bowman;Richard C. Kearney

248
Citations
PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: EVOLUTION OF THE FIELD AND AGENDA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

James P. Lester;Ann O'm. Bowman;Malcolm L. Goggin;Laurence J. O'Toole

237
Citations
Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies

Ann Bowman

232
Citations
Hazardous wastes, politics, and public policy: a comparative state analysis.

James P. Lester;James L. Franke;Ann O'm. Bowman;Kenneth W. Kramer

197
Citations
Competition for Economic Development among Southeastern Cities

Ann O'm. Bowman

159
Citations
Can You Find It on the Web? An Assessment of Municipal E-Government Transparency:

Domonic A. Bearfield;Ann O.M. Bowman

137
Citations
Horizontal Federalism: Exploring Interstate Interactions

Ann O'm. Bowman

131
Citations
A current inventory of vacant urban land in America

Galen D. Newman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Ryun Jung Lee;Boah Kim

130
Citations
Policy Diffusion and the Pro-innovation Bias

Andrew Karch;Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty;Neal D. Woods;Ann O.M. Bowman

117
Citations
Transforming America’s Cities Policies and Conditions of Vacant Land

Ann O’M. Bowman;Michael A. Pagano

110
Citations
Implementing Environmental Policy in a Federal System: A Test of the Sabatier-Mazmanian Model

James P. Lester;Ann O'm. Bowman

88
Citations
Vacant urban areas: Causes and interconnected factors

Galen Newman;Yunmi Park;Ann O'.M. Bowman;Ryun Jung Lee

65
Citations
Urban resilience: Analyzing the policies of U.S. cities.

Sierra Woodruff;Ann O'm. Bowman;Bryce Hannibal;Garett Sansom

42
Citations
Strength in Numbers: Why States Join Interstate Compacts

Ann O'm. Bowman;Neal D. Woods

37
Citations
Second-Order Devolution: Data and Doubt

Ann O’M. Bowman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Ann O’M. Bowman;Richard C. Kearney

36
Citations
Power Shift Measuring Policy Centralization in U.S. Intergovernmental Relations, 1947-1998

Ann O’ M. Bowman;George A. Krause

35
Citations
Are U.S. Cities Losing Power and Authority? Perceptions of Local Government Actors:

Ann O’M. Bowman;Richard C. Kearney

30
Citations
Elasticity and urban vacancy: A longitudinal comparison of U.S. cities

Galen Newman;Donghwan Gu;Jun Hyun Kim;Ann O.M. Bowman

27
Citations
Adverse Selection, Political Parties, and Policy Delegation in the American Federal System

George A. Krause;Ann O'm. Bowman

26
Citations
The Politics of Hazardous Waste Management

James P. Lester;Ann O'm. Bowman

25
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal D. Woods University of South Carolina

Sean Nicholson-Crotty Indiana University

George A. Krause University of Georgia

David M. Konisky Indiana University

Kent E. Portney Texas A&M University

Laurence J. O'Toole University of Georgia

John Kincaid Lafayette College

External Links

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