2026 Francesca Gains: 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	22	1867	1719	289	272	143	1799

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Current World Ranking

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Political Science

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Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

The Core Executive: Gender Power and Change

Claire Annesley;Francesca Gains

161
Citations
Path Dependency and the Reform of English Local Government

Francesca Gains;Peter C. John;Gerry Stoker

151
Citations
Delivering ‘Public Value’: Implications for Accountability and Legitimacy

Francesca Gains;Gerry Stoker

106
Citations
Executive Agencies in Government: The Impact of Bureaucratic Networks on Policy Outcomes

Francesca Gains

103
Citations
How is Institutional Formation Gendered, and Does it Make a Difference? A New Conceptual Framework and a Case Study of Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales

Francesca Gains;Vivien Lowndes

92
Citations
Acceptable difference: Diversity, representation and pathways to UK politics

Catherine Durose;Liz Richardson;Ryan Combs;Christina Eason

91
Citations
Special advisers and the transmission of ideas from the policy primeval soup

Francesca Gains;Gerry Stoker

88
Citations
Does Leadership Matter

F Gains;S Greasley;P John;G Stoker

70
Citations
Women and New Labour : engendering politics and policy?

Claire Annesley;Francesca Gains;Kirstein Rummery

65
Citations
Investigating the Economic Determinants of the UK Gender Equality Policy Agenda

Claire Annesley;Francesca Gains

41
Citations
The profile of gender equality issue attention in Western Europe

Claire Annesley;Isabelle Engeli;Francesca Gains

36
Citations
The Impact of Political Leadership on Organisational Performance: Evidence from English Urban Government

Francesca Gains;Stephen Greasley;Peter John;Gerry Stoker

28
Citations
The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights Around the World: by Mala Htun and S. Laurel Weldon, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018,350 pp., ISBN: 978-1-108-405546-1, £74.99 (hbk), £22.99 (pbk), $24.00 (ebook)

Francesca Gains

28
Citations
ELITE ETHNOGRAPHIES: POTENTIAL, PITFALLS AND PROSPECTS FOR GETTING ‘UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL’

Francesca Gains

25
Citations
What Do Bureaucrats Like Doing? Bureaucratic Preferences in Response to Institutional Reform

Francesca Gains;Peter John

21
Citations
Metro Mayors: Devolution, Democracy and the Importance of Getting the ‘Devo Manc’ Design Right

Francesca Gains

21
Citations
Can Cameron Capture Women's Votes: the Gendered Impediments to a Conservative Majority in 2015

Claire Annesley;Francesca Gains

18
Citations
Implementing Privatization Policies in ‘Next Steps’ Agencies

Francesca Gains

15
Citations
Gender, Actors and Institutions at the Local Level: Explaining Variation in Policies to Address Violence against Women and Girls

Francesca Gains;Vivien Lowndes

8
Citations
Identifying the Institutional Micro-Foundations of Gender Policy Change: A Case Study of Police Governance and Violence against Women and Girls

Francesca Gains;Vivien Lowndes

7
Citations

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Francesca Gains

D-Index & Metrics

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

Research.com Recognitions

Best Publications

The Core Executive: Gender Power and Change

Path Dependency and the Reform of English Local Government

Delivering ‘Public Value’: Implications for Accountability and Legitimacy

Executive Agencies in Government: The Impact of Bureaucratic Networks on Policy Outcomes

How is Institutional Formation Gendered, and Does it Make a Difference? A New Conceptual Framework and a Case Study of Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales

Acceptable difference: Diversity, representation and pathways to UK politics

Special advisers and the transmission of ideas from the policy primeval soup

Does Leadership Matter

Women and New Labour : engendering politics and policy?

Investigating the Economic Determinants of the UK Gender Equality Policy Agenda

The profile of gender equality issue attention in Western Europe

The Impact of Political Leadership on Organisational Performance: Evidence from English Urban Government

The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights Around the World: by Mala Htun and S. Laurel Weldon, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018,350 pp., ISBN: 978-1-108-405546-1, £74.99 (hbk), £22.99 (pbk), $24.00 (ebook)

ELITE ETHNOGRAPHIES: POTENTIAL, PITFALLS AND PROSPECTS FOR GETTING ‘UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL’

What Do Bureaucrats Like Doing? Bureaucratic Preferences in Response to Institutional Reform

Metro Mayors: Devolution, Democracy and the Importance of Getting the ‘Devo Manc’ Design Right

Can Cameron Capture Women's Votes: the Gendered Impediments to a Conservative Majority in 2015

Implementing Privatization Policies in ‘Next Steps’ Agencies

Gender, Actors and Institutions at the Local Level: Explaining Variation in Policies to Address Violence against Women and Girls

Identifying the Institutional Micro-Foundations of Gender Policy Change: A Case Study of Police Governance and Violence against Women and Girls

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