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Michael Hill 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 Michael Hill sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 149 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Hill 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 Michael Hill 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: 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

Michael Hill is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and works primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their research interests span a range of topics, with a particular focus on Education, Clinical Psychology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sociology and Political Science, and History as notable subfields of study.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Online and Blended Learning
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • E-Learning and COVID-19
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Michael Hill has contributed to several recent papers, demonstrating engagement with pressing contemporary issues across various disciplines. These publications include:

  • "Recontextualizing street-level bureaucracy in the developing world," 2021, Public Administration and Development
  • "COVID-19 and Community College Instructional Responses," 2021, Online Learning
  • "Performance Measurement and Professional Decision making: A Resolvable Conflict?," 2021, Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance
  • ""I Don't Think the System Will Ever be the Same": Distance Education Leaders' Predictions and Recommendations for the Use of Online Learning in Community Colleges Post-COVID," 2024, The Journal of Higher Education
  • "Healthcare providers' experiences of maternity care service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: a follow-up systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis," 2024, Frontiers in Global Women s Health

Their publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • Public Administration and Development
  • The Journal of Higher Education
  • Online Learning
  • Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance
  • Frontiers in Global Women s Health

Collaborative work is a consistent aspect of Michael Hill's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Marie Østergaard Møller
  • Gabriela Lotta
  • Cassandra M. D. Hart
  • Di Xu
  • Emily Alonso

Best Publications

  • The Public Policy Process

    Michael J. Hill;Frédéric Varone

  • STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY

    Peter Hupe;Michael Hill

  • Implementing public policy

    Michael Hill;Peter Hupe

  • Implementing public policy : governance in theory and practice

    Michael J. Hill;Peter L. Hupe

  • Public policy analysis

    Peter Knoepfel;Corinne Larrue;Frederic Varone;Michael Hill

  • The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist State

    Christopher Ham;Michael J. Hill

  • Implementing Public Policy: An Introduction to the Study of Operational Governance

    Michael J. Hill;Peter L. Hupe

  • The policy process in the modern state

    Michael J. Hill;Christopher Ham

  • Understanding street-level bureaucracy

    Peter Hupe;Michael Hill;Aurélien Buffat

  • The multi-layer problem in implementation research

    Michael Hill;Peter Hupe

  • The Policy process: A reader

    Michael J. Hill

  • ‘And the rest is implementation.’ Comparing approaches to what happens in policy processes beyond Great Expectations:

    Peter L Hupe;Michael J Hill

  • Analysing policy processes as multiple governance: Accountability in social policy

    Michael Hill;Peter Hupe

  • Policy, Bargaining and Structure in Implementation Theory: Towards an Integrated Perspective

    Susan Barrett;Michael Hill

  • Understanding social policy

    Michael J. Hill

  • Analysing social policy

    Michael J. Hill;Glen Bramley

  • Clinicians and the governance of hospitals: a cross-cultural perspective on relations between profession and management.

    Pieter Degeling;Kai Zhang;Barbara Coyle;Lingzhong Xu

  • Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis

    Michael J. Hill

  • The Three Action Levels of Governance: Re-Framing the Policy Process beyond the Stages Model

    Peter L. Hupe;Michael J. Hill

  • Studying implementation beyond deficit analysis: The top-down view reconsidered

    Peter Hupe;Michael Hill;Monika Nangia

  • New agendas in the study of the policy process

    Michael J. Hill

  • Public policy and private provisions: changes in residential care from 1991 to 2001

    Philip Haynes;Laura Banks;Susan Balloch;Michael Hill

  • Changes in Communal Provision for Adult Social Care, 1991-2001

    Laura Banks;Philip Haynes;Sue Balloch;Michael Hill

  • The relationship between employment and social networks in the older population: a comparative European study

    Philip Haynes;Laura Banks;Michael Hill

  • Older people's family contacts and long-term care expenditure in OECD countries: a comparative approach using qualitative comparative analysis

    Philip Haynes;Michael Hill;Laura Banks

  • THE ROLE OF THE BRITISH ALKALI AND CLEAN AIR INSPECTORATE IN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

    Michael Hill

  • Securing quality in the mixed economy of care : difficulties in regulating training

    Susan Balloch;Laura Banks;Michael Hill

  • The Implementation of Housing Benefit

    Michael Hill

  • Income maintenance and local government: implementing central control?

    Michael Hill

  • Social networks amongst older people in OECD countries: a qualitative comparative analysis

    Philip Haynes;Laura Banks;Michael Hill

  • Participation in Housing Cases: An examination of attendance and representation at County Court Possession hearings and Rent Assessment Committees

    Michael Hill;Alex Mercer

  • D. J. Palumbo and M. A. Harder (eds.), Implementing Public Policy, Lexington Books, 1981, xvii+169 pp., £12.50.

    Michael J. Hill

  • Michael Adler and Stewart Asquith, Discretion and Welfare , Heinemann, London, 1981. vii+272 pp. £15.00.

    Michael Hill

  • Discretion and Welfare Rights in a British Context

    Michael Hill

  • A comparative analysis of informal networks among older people in Eastern and Western European states

    Laura Banks;Philip Haynes;Michael Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Hupe
Peter Hupe KU Leuven
Frédéric Varone
Frédéric Varone University of Geneva
Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Qingyue Meng
Qingyue Meng Peking University
Laurence J. O'Toole
Laurence J. O'Toole University of Georgia

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