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Peter Hupe

Peter Hupe

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Political Science

D-Index
24
Citations
6292
World Ranking
1644
National Ranking
22

Peter Hupe 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 Peter Hupe sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 63 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Hupe 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 Peter Hupe 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: 24 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Hupe is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research profile encompassing public policy, law, and management. Their recent publications focus on topics related to regulation, compliance, judicial systems, and innovations in legal education and practice.

Hupe's research contributions include several papers published in specialized journals, covering aspects of the state, governance, and political processes. Notable recent papers are:

  • Making a Case for the State. Review essay on Paul du Gay and Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth, For Public Service: State, Office and Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023, published in 2024 in dms - der moderne staat - Zeitschrift für Public Policy Recht und Management
  • Om de toekomst van de polder, 2023, published in Beleid en Maatschappij
  • Vakmanschap in uitvoering, 2023, published in Bestuurskunde
  • Making a Case for the State. Review essay on Paul du Gay and Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth (2023), For Public Service: State, Office and Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge. 183 pp. ISBN: 978-0-415-67879-7., 2024, published in dms - der moderne staat - Zeitschrift für Public Policy Recht und Management
  • Government retrenchment as pacification politics: Understanding the Dutch case / Sparpolitik als Befriedungspolitik: Der niederländische Fall, 2025, published in dms - der moderne staat - Zeitschrift für Public Policy Recht und Management

Frequent publication venues for Hupe include:

  • dms - der moderne staat - Zeitschrift für Public Policy Recht und Management
  • International Review of Public Policy
  • Beleid en Maatschappij
  • Bestuurskunde

Hupe's main research topics cover:

  • Regulation and Compliance Studies
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Legal Education and Practice Innovations

Their subfields of study span:

  • Strategy and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Law

Collaboration is an element of Hupe's research work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nadine Raaphorst
  • Maaike Breedveld
  • Michael D. Hill

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Talking About Government: The role of magic concepts

    Christopher Pollitt;Peter Hupe

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

    Michael J. Hill;Peter L. Hupe

  • A Public Service Gap: Capturing contexts in a comparative approach of street-level bureaucracy

    Peter Hupe;Aurélien Buffat

  • Understanding street-level bureaucracy

    Peter Hupe;Michael Hill;Aurélien Buffat

  • The multi-layer problem in implementation research

    Michael Hill;Peter Hupe

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

    Peter L Hupe;Michael J Hill

  • Serving many masters: Public accountability in private policy implementation

    Eva Thomann;Peter Hupe;Fritz Sager

  • What happens on the ground: Persistent issues in implementation research

    Peter Hupe

  • Dimensions of Discretion: Specifying the Object of Street-Level Bureaucracy Research

    Peter Hupe

  • The Thesis of Incongruent Implementation: Revisiting Pressman and Wildavsky

    Peter L. Hupe

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

    Michael Hill;Peter Hupe

  • Research Handbook on Street-Level Bureaucracy

    Peter Hupe

  • Managing Implementation Processes in Networks

    Laurence J. O'Toole;K.I. Hanf;P.L. Hupe

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

    Peter L. Hupe;Michael J. Hill

  • Overheidsbeleid als politiek : over de grondslagen van beleid

    Peter Hupe

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

    Peter Hupe;Michael Hill;Monika Nangia

  • Policy Implementation in an Age of Governance

    Harald Sætren;Peter L. Hupe

  • The accountability of power: Democracy and governance in modern times

    Peter Hupe;Arthur Edwards

  • Comparative Implementation Research: Directions and Dualities

    Peter Hupe;Harald Sætren

  • The sustainable future of implementation research: On the development of the field and its paradoxes:

    Peter Hupe;Harald Sætren

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Hill
Michael Hill Newcastle University
Laurence J. O'Toole
Laurence J. O'Toole University of Georgia
Eva Thomann
Eva Thomann University of Exeter
Peter J. May
Peter J. May University of Washington
Fritz Sager
Fritz Sager University of Bern
Erik-Hans Klijn
Erik-Hans Klijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Joop Koppenjan
Joop Koppenjan Erasmus University Rotterdam
Walter J.M. Kickert
Walter J.M. Kickert Erasmus University Rotterdam

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