2026 Anthony R. Zito: 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	1355	1233	230	214	100	4618

Overview

Anthony R. Zito is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily covers social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. They have contributed extensively to the study of European Union policy and governance, social policy and reform studies, and policy transfer and learning.

Zito has published research across several fields including environmental science and energy, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. Their subfields of expertise include political science and international relations, public administration, sociology and political science, global and planetary change, and general health professions.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

European Union Policy and Governance
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Policy Transfer and Learning
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Public Policy and Administration Research
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Among recent publications, Zito authored the 2025 paper titled "Framing European Heritage and Identity: Cultural Policy Instruments of the European Union" published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies. Their other notable papers include:

"Dismantling, disintegration or continuing stealthy integration in European Union environmental policy?" (2020, Public Administration)
"Engines of learning? Policy instruments, cities and climate governance" (2021, Policy Sciences)
"Trajectories in environmental politics" (2021, Environmental Politics)
"Pathways for transforming biodiversity governance: An examination of the Global Biodiversity Framework's Considerations" (2025, AMBIO)

Zito's book publication includes "Trajectories of Governance" (2022) published by Springer International Publishing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zito are:

Giliberto Capano
Federico Toth
Jeremy Rayner
Andrea Lenschow
Charlotte Burns

They have contributed to a range of academic journals including:

Public Administration
Policy Sciences
Environmental Politics
AMBIO
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies

Best Publications

The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective: Has Governance Eclipsed Government?

Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel;Anthony Zito

1026
Citations
'New' Instruments of Environmental Governance: Patterns and Pathways of Change

Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

334
Citations
Epistemic communities, collective entrepreneurship and European integration

Anthony R. Zito

312
Citations
European governance and the transfer of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments (NEPIs) in the European Union

Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito;Lars Brückner

236
Citations
Learning theory reconsidered: EU integration theories and learning

Anthony R. Zito;Adriaan Schout

234
Citations
Comparative Conclusions - 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments: An Evolution or a Revolution in Environmental Policy?

Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

175
Citations
'New' instruments of environmental governance? : national experiences and prospects

Andrew Jordan;Rudiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

142
Citations
Blurring or Shifting of Policy Frames?: Institutionalization of the Economic‐Environmental Policy Linkage in the European Community

Andrea Lenschow;Anthony R. Zito

140
Citations
Environmental Governance in Europe

Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito;Andrew Jordan

136
Citations
The European Union as an environmental leader in a global environment

Anthony R. Zito

134
Citations
Still the century of ‘new’ environmental policy instruments? Exploring patterns of innovation and continuity

Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

130
Citations
From High Regulatory State to Social and Ecological Market Economy? New Environmental Policy Instruments in Germany

Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Andrew Jordan;Anthony R. Zito;Lars Brückner

109
Citations
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW: CONCEPTUALIZING NEW GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS

Chris Tollefson;Anthony R. Zito;Fred Gale

95
Citations
Creating environmental policy in the European Union

Anthony R. Zito

95
Citations
Steering through Complexity: EU Environmental Regulation in the International Context

Aynsley Kellow;Anthony R. Zito

78
Citations
'New' environmental policy instruments: An evolution or a revolution in environmental policy?

A Jordan;R Wurzel;A Zito

75
Citations
Policy Instruments in Practice

Andrew Jordan;David Benson;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito

75
Citations
New Instruments of Environmental Governance

AJ Jordan;R Wurzel;A Zito

72
Citations
European agencies as agents of governance and EU learning

Anthony R. Zito

67
Citations
Environmental Policy: Governing by Multiple Policy Instruments?*

Andrew Jordan;David Benson;Rüdiger Wurzel;Anthony Zito

66
Citations
Governance from the bottom up: complexity and divergence in comparative perspective

Giliberto Capano;Jeremy Rayner;Anthony R. Zito

60
Citations
De-Europeanising or disengaging? EU environmental policy and Brexit

Charlotte Burns;Viviane Gravey;Andrew Jordan;Anthony Zito

49
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia

Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel University of Hull

Andrea Lenschow Osnabrück University

Arthur P.J. Mol Wageningen University & Research

Claudio M. Radaelli European University Institute

David Benson University of Exeter

Jeremy Rayner University of Saskatchewan

Giliberto Capano University of Bologna

David M. Konisky Indiana University

Christopher Rootes University of Kent

External Links

Personal website of Anthony R. Zito

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