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2026
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Political Science

D-Index
39
Citations
6971
World Ranking
543
National Ranking
7

Jan Beyers 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 Jan Beyers sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 121 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Beyers 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 Jan Beyers sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Jan Beyers is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Strategy and Management, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration, and Accounting.

The scientist's work covers a diverse set of topics including:

  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Social Capital and Networks
  • Regulation and Compliance Studies

Jan Beyers has contributed to several peer-reviewed journal articles. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Stakeholder consultations and the legitimacy of regulatory decision-making: A survey experiment in Belgium" (2020) published in Regulation & Governance
  • "The Comparative Interest Group-survey project: design, practical lessons, and data sets" (2020) published in Interest Groups & Advocacy
  • "Do Professionals Take Over? Professionalisation and Membership Influence in Civil Society Organisations" (2020) published in VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
  • "Public support and advocacy success across the legislative process" (2022) published in European Journal of Political Research
  • "The Revolving Door and Access to the European Commission: Does the Logic of Influence Prevail?" (2023) published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies

Jan Beyers frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Regulation & Governance
  • Interest Groups & Advocacy
  • European Journal of Political Research

Collaborative work is a significant element of their research profile, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Evelien Willems
  • Frederik Heylen
  • Sarah Arras
  • William Maloney
  • Danica Fink-Hafner

Best Publications

  • Researching Interest Group Politics in Europe and Elsewhere: Much We Study, Little We Know?

    Jan Beyers;Rainer Eising;William Maloney

  • Voice and Access Political Practices of European Interest Associations

    Jan Beyers

  • Multiple Embeddedness and Socialization in Europe: The Case of Council Officials

    Jan Beyers

  • Gaining and seeking access: The European adaptation of domestic interest associations

    Jan Beyers

  • Critical resource dependencies and the Europeanization of domestic interest groups

    Jan Beyers;Bart Kerremans

  • The Working Groups of the Council of the European Union: Supranational or Intergovernmental Negotiations?

    Jan Beyers;Guido Dierickx

  • International Institutions and Socialization in Europe: Multiple Embeddedness and Socialization in Europe: The Case of Council Officials

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  • Domestic Embeddedness and the Dynamics of Multilevel Venue Shopping in Four EU Member States

    Jan Beyers;Bart Kerremans

  • Legislative lobbying in context: towards a conceptual framework of interest group lobbying in the European Union

    Heike Klüver;Caelesta Braun;Jan Beyers

  • Policy Issues, Organisational Format and the Political Strategies of Interest Organisations

    Jan Beyers

  • Ties that count: explaining interest group access to policymakers

    Jan Beyers;Caelesta Braun

  • How Nation States 'Hit' Europe: Ambiguity and Representation in the European Union

    Jan Beyers;Jarle Trondal

  • CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN SOCIALIZATION

    Jan Beyers

  • The European rescue of the federal state : how europeanisation shapes the Belgian state

    Jan Beyers;Peter Bursens

  • Balancing inside and outside lobbying : The political strategies of lobbyists at global diplomatic conferences

    Marcel Hanegraaff;Jan Beyers;Iskander De Bruycker

  • Bureaucrats, Politicians, and Societal Interests How Is European Policy Making Politicized?

    Jan Beyers;Bart Kerremans

  • The Expanding Core and Varying Degrees of Insiderness: Institutionalised Interest Group Access to Advisory Councils

    Bert Fraussen;Jan Beyers;Tom Donas

  • The INTEREURO Project: Logic and structure

    Jan Beyers;Laura Chaqués Bonafont;Andreas Dür;Rainer Eising

  • Balanced or biased? Interest groups and legislative lobbying in the European news media

    Iskander De Bruycker;Jan Beyers

  • Let's talk! On the practice and method of interviewing policy experts

    Jan Beyers;Caelesta Braun;David Marshall;Iskander De Bruycker

  • what is access? a discussion of the definition and measurement of interest group access

    anne s binderkrantz;helene h pedersen;jan beyers

  • Nationality and European Negotiations: The Working Groups of The Council of Ministers

    Jan Beyers;Guido Dierickx

  • Lobbying strategies and success: Inside and outside lobbying in European Union legislative politics

    Iskander De Bruycker;Jan Beyers

  • Policy issues, organisational format and the political strategies of interest organisations

    Jan Beyers;Rainer Eising;William Maloney

Frequent Co-Authors

William A. Maloney
William A. Maloney Newcastle University
Rainer Eising
Rainer Eising Ruhr University Bochum
Dirk De Bièvre
Dirk De Bièvre University of Antwerp
Patrick Dumont
Patrick Dumont Australian National University
Andreas Dür
Andreas Dür University of Salzburg
David Lowery
David Lowery Pennsylvania State University
Jarle Trondal
Jarle Trondal University of Agder
Heike Klüver
Heike Klüver Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Virginia Gray
Virginia Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marc Hooghe
Marc Hooghe KU Leuven

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