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Jan Orbie 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 Orbie sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 228 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Orbie 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 Orbie 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: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Orbie is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has an extensive background in social sciences, with a particular focus on political science, international relations, and development. They have contributed to the fields of business, management, and accounting, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to their research. Their work engages with various subfields including political science and international relations, development, strategy and management, sociology and political science, as well as finance.

Orbie's research covers a range of topics, highlighting a strong interest in international development and aid as well as European Union policy and governance. Their main topics of work include:

  • International Development and Aid
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • World Trade Organization Law
  • International Arbitration and Investment Law
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • State Capitalism and Financial Governance

Their publication record demonstrates frequent contributions to several academic venues. The most common platforms for their work have been:

  • European Foreign Affairs Review
  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Journal of Contemporary European Research
  • New Political Economy
  • Environmental Policy and Governance

Jan Orbie has also collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Sarah Delputte, Ferdi De Ville, Anissa Bougrea, Antonio Salvador M. Alcazar, and Thomas Jacobs, with multiple joint publications among them.

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Orbie illustrates the thematic range and depth of their work:

  • The Hegemonic Politics of 'Strategic Autonomy' and 'Resilience': COVID-19 and the Dislocation of EU Trade Policy (2022), published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations (2021), published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Paradigm Shift or Reinventing the Wheel? Towards a Research Agenda on Change and Continuity in EU Development Policy (2020), published in Journal of Contemporary European Research
  • The Politicization of the Migration-Development Nexus: Parliamentary Discourse on the European Union Trust Fund on Migration (2021), published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Participation of Civil Society in EU Trade Policy Making: How Inclusive is Inclusion? (2021), published in New Political Economy

Best Publications

  • Civilian Power Europe: Review of the Original and Current Debates

    Jan Orbie

  • Europe's global role : external policies of the European Union

    Jan Orbie

  • The European Commission's neoliberal trade discourse since the crisis: Legitimizing continuity through subtle discursive change

    Ferdi De Ville;Jan Orbie

  • EU Bilateral Trade Agreements and the Surprising Rise of Labour Provisions

    Lore Van den Putte;Jan Orbie

  • The European Union’s International Development Policy: Leading and Benevolent?

    Jan Orbie

  • Promoting Labour Standards Through Trade: Normative Power or Regulatory State Europe?

    Jan Orbie

  • The Social Dimension of Globalization and EU Development Policy: Promoting Core Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Jan Orbie;Olufemi Babarinde

  • A Civilian Power in the World? Instruments and Objectives in European Union External Policies

    Jan Orbie

  • The EU’s Role in Development: A Full-Fledged Development Actor or Eclipsed by Superpower Temptations?

    Jan Orbie

  • Promoting embedded democracy? Researching the substance of EU democracy promotion

    Anne Wetzel;Jan Orbie

  • The New GSP+ Beneficiaries: Ticking the Box or Truly Consistent with ILO Findings?

    Jan Orbie;Lisa Tortell

  • The European Union's Trade Policy Response to the Crisis: Paradigm lost or reinforced?

    Ferdi De Ville;Jan Orbie

  • Sanctions under the EU Generalised System of Preferences and foreign policy: coherence by accident?

    Clara Portela;Jan Orbie

  • The European Union’s Role in World Trade: Harnessing Globalisation?

    Jan Orbie

  • The Europeanisation of development policy

    Jan Orbie;Maurizio Carbone

  • The Hegemonic Politics of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ and ‘Resilience’: COVID‐19 and the Dislocation of EU Trade Policy

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  • The European Parliament as an international actor in trade

    Lore Van den Putte;Ferdi De Ville;Jan Orbie

  • The European Union and the social dimension of globalization: how the EU influences the world

    Jan Orbie;Lisa Tortell

  • Development Policy under Fire? The Politicization of European External Relations *

    Christine Hackenesch;Julian Bergmann;Jan Orbie

  • The EU and Donor Coordination on the Ground: Perspectives from Tanzania and Zambia

    Sarah Delputte;Jan Orbie

  • Promoting sustainable development or legitimising free trade? Civil society mechanisms in EU trade agreements

    Jan Orbie;Deborah Martens;Myriam Oehri;Lore Van den Putte

  • Everything But Arms: Much More than Appears at First Sight*

    Gerrit Faber;Jan Orbie

  • Beyond market access for economic development : EU-Africa relations in transition

    Gerrit Faber;Jan Orbie

Frequent Co-Authors

Thijs Van de Graaf
Thijs Van de Graaf Ghent University
Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith University of Oxford
Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Alberto Alemanno
Alberto Alemanno Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris

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