2026 Michael D. Jones: 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	32	979	885	505	436	93	7100

Overview

Michael D. Jones is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, public administration, and sociology and political science.

Jones's recent publications include:

Narrative in the Time of Trump: Is the Narrative Policy Framework good enough to be relevant? (2020), published in Administrative Theory & Praxis
The Narrative Policy Framework: A Traveler's Guide to Policy Stories (2022), published in Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Can power be made an empirically viable concept in policy process theory? Exploring the power potential of the Narrative Policy Framework (2020), published in International Review of Public Policy
How diverse and inclusive are policy process theories? (2022), published in Policy & Politics
A systematic review of the Narrative Policy Framework: a future research agenda (2024), published in Policy & Politics

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to these venues:

Policy Studies Journal
Policy & Politics
Review of Policy Research
Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Administrative Theory & Praxis

Jones collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

Geoboo Song
Aaron Smith-Walter
Rachael Moyer
Creed Tumlison
Gwen Arnold

The main fields of study where Jones's work is concentrated are:

Social Sciences

Within these, the predominant subfields include:

Political Science and International Relations
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science
Global and Planetary Change
Strategy and Management

The key research topics addressed in Jones's work cover:

Policy Transfer and Learning
Public Policy and Administration Research
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Risk Perception and Management
Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Best Publications

A Narrative Policy Framework: Clear Enough to Be Wrong?

Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth

1059
Citations
Policy Narratives and Policy Processes

Elizabeth A. Shanahan;Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth

561
Citations
Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach: What Is the Empirical Impact of this Universal Theory?

Paul Cairney;Michael D. Jones

456
Citations
A River Runs Through It: A Multiple Streams Meta‐Review

Michael D. Jones;Holly L. Peterson;Jonathan J. Pierce;Nicole Herweg

437
Citations
An Angel on the Wind: How Heroic Policy Narratives Shape Policy Realities

Elizabeth A. Shanahan;Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth;Ross R. Lane

347
Citations
Social Construction and Policy Design: A Review of Past Applications

Jonathan J. Pierce;Saba Siddiki;Michael D. Jones;Kristin Schumacher

321
Citations
The Narrative Policy Framework

Elizabeth A. Shanahan;Michael D. Jones;Mark K. Mcbeth;Claudio M. Radaelli

308
Citations
The Science of Stories: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Public Policy Analysis

Michael D. Jones;Elizabeth A Shanahan;Mark K McBeth

269
Citations
How to conduct a Narrative Policy Framework study

Elizabeth A. Shanahan;Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth

235
Citations
Cultural Characters and Climate Change: How Heroes Shape Our Perception of Climate Science†

Michael D. Jones

225
Citations
Making Sense of Climate Change: How Story Frames Shape Cognition

Michael D. Jones;Geoboo Song

215
Citations
Trans-Subsystem Dynamics: Policy Topography, Mass Opinion, and Policy Change

Michael D. Jones;Hank C. Jenkins-Smith

204
Citations
The Science of Storytelling: Measuring Policy Beliefs in Greater Yellowstone

Mark K. McBeth;Elizabeth A. Shanahan;Michael D. Jones

200
Citations
There and Back Again: A Tale of the Advocacy Coalition Framework

Jonathan J. Pierce;Holly L. Peterson;Michael D. Jones;Samantha P. Garrard

183
Citations
Introducing the Narrative Policy Framework

Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth;Elizabeth A. Shanahan

177
Citations
Communicating Climate Change: Are Stories Better than “Just the Facts”?

Michael D. Jones

162
Citations
A qualitative narrative policy framework? Examining the policy narratives of US campaign finance regulatory reform:

Garry Gray;Michael D Jones

149
Citations
The Narrative Policy Framework: child or monster?

Michael D. Jones;Claudio M. Radaelli

134
Citations
Narratives as tools for influencing policy change

Deserai Crow;Michael Jones

115
Citations
How can we use the ‘science of stories’ to produce persuasive scientific stories?

Michael D. Jones;Deserai Anderson Crow

98
Citations
Lotteries Must Strike Balance Between Letter of The Law and Unwritten Contract with Players

Michael Jones

0
Citations
Public Perception and the Realities of the Legislative Process

Michael Jones

0
Citations
Personalities, Policy, and the Letter of the Law

Michael Jones

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark K. McBeth Idaho State University

Claudio M. Radaelli European University Institute

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith University of Oklahoma

Pascal Furet Novartis (Switzerland)

Andrew D. Luster Harvard University

Paul Cairney University of Stirling

Nikolaos Zahariadis Rhodes College

External Links

Personal website of Michael D. Jones

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