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Jeremy Rayner 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 Jeremy Rayner sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 119 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeremy Rayner 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 Jeremy Rayner sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Jeremy Rayner is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and focuses their research within the social sciences, particularly intersecting fields such as political science, international relations, sociology, and global and planetary change. Their work explores topics related to social policy, renewable energy acceptance, sustainability, climate change governance, and political dynamics in Latin America.

Their recent academic output includes publications in various respected journals and venues. Notable papers include:

  • Cardboard Coffins and Vaults of Gold: Debt, Obligation and Scandal in Ecuador's Response to Covid-19 (2021) published in Open Anthropological Research
  • Diverse community energy futures in Saskatchewan, Canada (2020) published in Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
  • Saskatchewan's energy future: Risk and pathways analysis (2020) published in Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • Risk and socio-technical electricity pathways: A systematic review of 20 years of literature (2020) published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • Changes in the Governance of Forest Resources (2022) published by IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)

Jeremy Rayner's collaborations frequently include other scholars such as Giliberto Capano, Anthony R. Zito, Federico Toth, Margot Hurlbert, and Mac Osazuwa-Peters, indicating interdisciplinary and international cooperation in their research activities.

The scientist's work appears in a range of publication venues. These include:

  • City & Society
  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • Open Anthropological Research
  • Nuclear Technology
  • The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

Jeremy Rayner has also contributed to scholarly books published by Springer International Publishing. One such title is "Trajectories of Governance" (2022).

Their main research domains emphasize social sciences and include significant attention to political science and international relations as well as sociology. Their work addresses key thematic areas:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Risk Perception and Management
  • European Union Policy and Governance

Best Publications

  • Design Principles for Policy Mixes: Cohesion and Coherence in ‘New Governance Arrangements’

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Patching vs Packaging in Policy Formulation: Assessing Policy Portfolio Design

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Understanding the historical turn in the policy sciences: A critique of stochastic, narrative, path dependency and process-sequencing models of policy-making over time

    Michael Howlett;Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner;Jeremy Rayner

  • From government to governance in forest planning? Lessons from the case of the British Columbia Great Bear Rainforest initiative

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner;Chris Tollefson

  • Introduction: Understanding integrated policy strategies and their evolution

    Jeremy Rayner;Michael Howlett

  • Globalization and Governance Capacity: Explaining Divergence in National Forest Programs as Instances of "Next-Generation" Regulation in Canada and Europe

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Opening up the black box of adaptation decision-making

    Robbert Biesbroek;Johann Dupuis;Andrew Jordan;Adam Wellstead

  • Learning and Change in the British Columbia Forest Policy Sector: A Consideration of Sabatier's Advocacy Coalition Framework*

    Ken Lertzman;Jeremy Rayner;Jeremy Wilson

  • Convergence and Divergence in 'New Governance' Arrangements: Evidence from European Integrated Natural Resource Strategies

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Privileging the sub-sector: critical sub-sectors and sectoral relationships in forest policy-making

    Jeremy Rayner;Michael Howlett;Jeremy Wilson;Benjamin Cashore

  • The politics of identity in late modern society

    Jonah Goldstein;Jeremy Rayner

  • Changes in the governance of forest resources

    P. Glueck;J. Rayner;B. Cashore;E. Rametsteiner

  • Third Generation Policy Diffusion Studies and the Analysis of Policy Mixes: Two Steps Forward and One Step Back?

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • DO ideas matter? Policy network configurations and resistance to policy change in the Canadian forest sector

    Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Eye on the Taiga: Removing Global Policy Impediments to Safeguard the Boreal Forest

    Jon Moen;Lucy Rist;Kevin Bishop;Kevin Bishop;F. S. Chapin

  • Conclusion: Governance arrangements and policy capacity for policy integration

    Jeremy Rayner;Michael Howlett

  • Understanding Policy Change as a Historical Problem

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Neglect of Governance in Forest Sector Vulnerability Assessments: Structural-Functionalism and “Black Box” Problems in Climate Change Adaptation Planning

    Adam M. Wellstead;Michael Howlett;Jeremy Rayner

  • Achieving policy integration across fragmented policy domains: Forests, agriculture, climate and energy

    Karl Hogl;Daniela Kleinschmit;Jeremy Rayner

  • The Constitution of Law: Legality in a Time of Emergency

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Hobbes and the Rhetoricians

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Legend of Oakeshott's Conservatism: Sceptical Philosophy and Limited Politics

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Philosophy into Dogma: The Revival of Cultural Conservatism

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Between Meaning and Event: An Historical Approach to Political Metaphors:

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Is There a Fourth Institutionalism? Ideas, Institutions and the Explanation of Policy Change

    Jeremy Rayner

  • On the Place of Ideas: A Reply to George Hoberg

    Ken Lertzman;Jeremy Rayner;Jeremy Wilson

  • A plea for neutrality: Karl Mannheim's early theory of ideology

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Very Idea of Canadian Political Thought: In Defence of Historicism

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Therapy for an imaginary invalid: Charles Taylor and the malaise of modernity

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Integrity Gap: Canada's Environmental Policy and Institutions

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Place of Ideology in Political Life D. J. Manning T. J. Robinson London: Croom Helm, 1985, pp. 128

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and the Human Character J. Budziszewski Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986, pp. 218

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Biancamaria Fontana , Rethinking the Politics of Commercial Society: The 'Edinburgh Review' 1802-1832 . Reviewed by

    Jeremy Rayner

  • Conservatism: A Contribution to the Sociology of Knowledge Karl Mannheim Edited by David Kettler Volker Meja and Nico Stehr London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986, pp. vii, 255

    Jeremy Rayner

  • The Temagami Experience: Recreation, Resources, and Aboriginal Rights in the Northern Ontario Wilderness Bruce W. Hodgins and Jamie Benidickson Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989, pp. xxxvi, 370

    Jeremy Rayner

  • An Approach to Political Philosophy: Locke in Contexts James Tully Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. xii, 333

    Jeremy Rayner

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Howlett
Michael Howlett Simon Fraser University
Benjamin Cashore
Benjamin Cashore National University of Singapore
Jeffrey Sayer
Jeffrey Sayer University of British Columbia
John A. Parrotta
John A. Parrotta US Forest Service
Florencia Montagnini
Florencia Montagnini Yale University
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki
René I. Alfaro
René I. Alfaro Canadian Forest Service
Paul Cairney
Paul Cairney University of Stirling
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Bruce C.V. Campbell
Bruce C.V. Campbell Royal Melbourne Hospital

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