2026 Rosemary O'Leary: 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	28	1327	1206	663	581	145	6514

Overview

Rosemary O'Leary is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research spans primarily the social sciences, with a focus on public administration, education, law, management science and operations research, as well as sociology and political science.

Their recent publications include:

The scholarship of teaching and learning in public administration: An agenda for future research (2024) in Journal of Public Affairs Education
Striving to publish in international journals: A case study of a small university in rural Philippines (2022) in Journal of Public Affairs Education
Life and work: Always choosing (2020) in Journal of Public Affairs Education
Introduction to the Symposium Issue on Law & Governance (2021) in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
A Tribute to H. George Fredrickson (2021) in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance

Frequent co-authors include:

Mary E. Guy
Tina Nabatchi
Elizabeth Eppel
Bruce D. McDonald
William Hatcher

Rosemary O'Leary's publications are often found in these venues:

Journal of Public Affairs Education (3 publications)
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (2 publications)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) (1 publication)
Conflict Resolution Quarterly (1 publication)

The scientist has authored books published by CQ Press eBooks and Cambridge University Press, including:

The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government (2020) with CQ Press eBooks
Retrofitting Collaboration into the New Public Management (2021) with Cambridge University Press

Their main topics of research cover public policy and administration research, evaluation and performance assessment, nonprofit sector and volunteering, higher education practices and engagement, evaluation of teaching practices, service-learning and community engagement, and tourism, volunteerism, and development.

The research fields, subfields, and topics connected to their work include:

Social Sciences
Public Administration
Education
Law
Management Science and Operations Research
Sociology and Political Science

Public Policy and Administration Research
Evaluation and Performance Assessment
Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Higher Education Practises and Engagement
Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

Best Publications

The New Governance: Practices and Processes for Stakeholder and Citizen Participation in the Work of Government

Lisa Blomgren Bingham;Tina Nabatchi;Rosemary O'Leary

1501
Citations
Collaborative Public Management: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?

Rosemary O’Leary;Nidhi Vij

595
Citations
The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-first Century

Rosemary O'Leary;Lisa Blomgren Bingham

555
Citations
The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government

Rosemary O'Leary

365
Citations
Public Administration and Law

David H. Rosenbloom;Rosemary O'Leary;Joshua M. Chanin

337
Citations
Environmental governance reconsidered : challenges, choices, and opportunities

Robert F. Durant;Daniel J. Fiorino;Rosemary O'Leary

301
Citations
Promise and Performance Of Environmental Conflict Resolution

Rosemary O'Leary;Lisa B. Bingham

252
Citations
Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management

Rosemary O'Leary

205
Citations
The skill set of the successful collaborator

Rosemary O'Leary;Yujin Choi;Catherine M. Gerard

203
Citations
Conclusion: Parallel Play, Not Collaboration: Missing Questions, Missing Connections

Lisa Blomgren Bingham;Rosemary O’Leary

172
Citations
Managing for the Environment: Understanding the Legal, Organizational, and Policy Challenges

Rosemary O'Leary

139
Citations
Guerrilla Employees: Should Managers Nurture, Tolerate, or Terminate Them?

Rosemary O'Leary

101
Citations
Frameshifting: Lateral Thinking for Collaborative Public Management

Lisa Blomgren Bingham;Rosemary O’Leary;Christine Carlson

98
Citations
Collaboration and Performance: Perspectives From Public Managers and NGO Leaders

George E. Mitchell;Rosemary O’Leary;Catherine Gerard

96
Citations
The Collaborative Public Manager

Rosemary O'Leary;Lisa Blomgren Bingham

81
Citations
The Challenges of Environmental Conflict Resolution

Rosemary O'Leary;Lisa Bingham

69
Citations
Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs and Processes at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Rosemary O'Leary;Susan Summers Raines

68
Citations
The Future of Public Administration around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective

Rosemary O'Leary;David M. Van Slyke;Soonhee Kim

62
Citations
Public Managers, Judges, and Legislators: Redefining the "New Partnership.".

Rosemary O'Leary;Charles R. Wise

58
Citations
Collaborating in the Absence of Trust? What Collaborative Governance Theory and Practice Can Learn From the Literatures of Conflict Resolution, Psychology, and Law:

Heather Getha-Taylor;Misty J. Grayer;Robin J. Kempf;Rosemary O’Leary

50
Citations
Environmental Change: Federal Courts and the EPA

Rosemary O'Leary

48
Citations
The Future of Public Administration around the World

Rosemary O'Leary;David M. Van Slyke;Soonhee Kim

5
Citations
Collaborative Public Management: Wher e Have We Been and Where Are We Going?

Rosemary O'Leary;Nidhi Vij

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Rosenbloom American University

Tina Nabatchi Syracuse University

David M. Van Slyke Syracuse University

Robert F. Durant American University

H. George Frederickson University of Kansas

Mary E. Guy University of Colorado Denver

Melvin J. Dubnick University of New Hampshire

Donald F. Kettl The University of Texas at Austin

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