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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Political Science 35 737 670 26 25 145 7444

Sandra van Thiel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sandra van Thiel between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sandra van Thiel published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2014. 11 of the 233 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2014. 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 6 publications
1999 2025

233 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sandra van Thiel: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 2
2000 2
2001 5
2002 8
2003 2
2004 5
2005 9
2006 4
2007 9
2008 4
2009 11
2010 10
2011 10
2012 20
2013 9
2014 21
2015 10
2016 7
2017 16
2018 11
2019 11
2020 11
2021 12
2022 4
2023 9
2024 5
2025 6
Total 233
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Sandra van Thiel publications per year - data summary

  • Sandra van Thiel, a Political Science scholar from Erasmus University Rotterdam, has 233 publications recorded across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 21 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1999, 2000 and 2003, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 8.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.6 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 36 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2007: 46 publications (5.1 per year); 2008-2016: 102 publications (11.3 per year); 2017-2025: 85 publications (9.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Sandra van Thiel 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 Sandra van Thiel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 36–40 to 333+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 97. Most scientists, 97, have 333+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–145 publications, is where this scientist sits. 36–40 publications: 10 scientists 41–45 publications: 11 scientists 46–50 publications: 25 scientists 51–55 publications: 27 scientists 56–60 publications: 44 scientists 61–65 publications: 52 scientists 66–70 publications: 62 scientists 71–75 publications: 62 scientists 76–80 publications: 79 scientists 81–85 publications: 71 scientists 86–90 publications: 82 scientists 91–95 publications: 65 scientists 96–100 publications: 85 scientists 101–105 publications: 76 scientists 106–110 publications: 66 scientists 111–115 publications: 78 scientists 116–120 publications: 67 scientists 121–125 publications: 73 scientists 126–130 publications: 73 scientists 131–135 publications: 64 scientists 136–140 publications: 45 scientists 141–145 publications: 53 scientists 146–150 publications: 44 scientists 151–155 publications: 45 scientists 156–160 publications: 33 scientists 161–165 publications: 32 scientists 166–170 publications: 28 scientists 171–175 publications: 31 scientists 176–180 publications: 29 scientists 181–185 publications: 27 scientists 186–190 publications: 36 scientists 191–195 publications: 27 scientists 196–200 publications: 24 scientists 201–205 publications: 16 scientists 206–210 publications: 16 scientists 211–215 publications: 19 scientists 216–220 publications: 16 scientists 221–225 publications: 17 scientists 226–230 publications: 18 scientists 231–235 publications: 23 scientists 236–240 publications: 17 scientists 241–245 publications: 13 scientists 246–250 publications: 17 scientists 251–255 publications: 9 scientists 256–260 publications: 13 scientists 261–265 publications: 8 scientists 266–270 publications: 12 scientists 271–275 publications: 8 scientists 276–280 publications: 10 scientists 281–285 publications: 13 scientists 286–290 publications: 13 scientists 291–295 publications: 5 scientists 296–300 publications: 6 scientists 301–305 publications: 11 scientists 306–310 publications: 9 scientists 311–315 publications: 6 scientists 316–320 publications: 4 scientists 321–325 publications: 4 scientists 326–330 publications: 2 scientists 331–332 publications: 5 scientists 333+ publications: 97 scientists
36–40 publications 333+

This scientist: 145 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
36–40 10
41–45 11
46–50 25
51–55 27
56–60 44
61–65 52
66–70 62
71–75 62
76–80 79
81–85 71
86–90 82
91–95 65
96–100 85
101–105 76
106–110 66
111–115 78
116–120 67
121–125 73
126–130 73
131–135 64
136–140 45
141–145 53 145
146–150 44
151–155 45
156–160 33
161–165 32
166–170 28
171–175 31
176–180 29
181–185 27
186–190 36
191–195 27
196–200 24
201–205 16
206–210 16
211–215 19
216–220 16
221–225 17
226–230 18
231–235 23
236–240 17
241–245 13
246–250 17
251–255 9
256–260 13
261–265 8
266–270 12
271–275 8
276–280 10
281–285 13
286–290 13
291–295 5
296–300 6
301–305 11
306–310 9
311–315 6
316–320 4
321–325 4
326–330 2
331–332 5
333+ 97
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Sandra van Thiel publication distribution in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 36–40 to 333+ publications.
  • Sandra van Thiel, a Political Science scholar from Erasmus University Rotterdam, records 145 publications - the 62nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 62% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Sandra van Thiel, and about 38% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 121–125 publications range, and Sandra van Thiel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 333+ publications, holding 97 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 44% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 111–115 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 333 publications or more, 97 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Sandra van Thiel 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 Sandra van Thiel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 43 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 62+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 62+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 35 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Political Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 2,033 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 76
21 79
22 84
23 68
24 88
25 82
26 76
27 75
28 99
29 96
30 96
31 81
32 86
33 81
34 84
35 72 35
36 58
37 53
38 48
39 40
40 40
41 32
42 26
43 25
44 33
45 33
46 17
47 21
48 22
49 18
50 19
51 19
52 15
53 14
54 10
55 13
56 9
57 11
58 12
59 10
60 5
61 7
62+ 100
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Sandra van Thiel D-index placement in Political Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 2,033 Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 43 ranges running from 20 to 62+ D-Index.
  • Sandra van Thiel, a Political Science scholar from Erasmus University Rotterdam, records 35 D-Index - the 65th percentile of the discipline.
  • 65% of ranked Political Science scientists score the same or lower than Sandra van Thiel, and about 35% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 32 D-Index range, and Sandra van Thiel ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 62+ D-Index, holding 100 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 45% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 30 D-Index), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (5% of the field).

Overview

Sandra van Thiel is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and has a research portfolio centered mainly within the social sciences, with a strong focus on public administration and related fields. Their work covers 28 publications in social sciences, including 12 specifically in public administration, 8 in organizational behavior and human resource management, 6 in political science and international relations, as well as contributions to urban studies and sociology and political science.

The primary topics explored in van Thiel's research include public policy and administration research, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, policy transfer and learning, cultural industries and urban development, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, sustainability and climate change governance, and housing, finance, and neoliberalism.

Several recent papers provide an overview of their academic focus and publication history. These include:

  • The future of public administration research: An editor's perspective (2022), published in Public Administration
  • Re-interpreting re-municipalization: finding equilibrium (2020), Journal of Economic Policy Reform
  • Performance of municipally owned corporations: Determinants and mechanisms (2020), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
  • Public sector creativity as the origin of public sector innovation: A taxonomy and future research agenda (2021), Public Administration
  • Public servants' creativity: salient stimulators and inhibitors a longitudinal qualitative digital diary study (2022), Public Management Review

Van Thiel frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Peter M. Kruyen (10 joint publications), Glenn Houtgraaf (6), Anthony B. L. Cheung (3), Bart Voorn (2), and Joëlle van der Meer (2). These collaborations contribute to a broad interdisciplinary approach within the public administration and management fields.

Their papers are often published in established journals, with multiple appearances in Public Administration (3 publications), International Journal of Public Sector Management (3), Public Management Review (2), Public Administration Review (2), and Bestuurskunde (2).

Sandra van Thiel has also contributed to book publications with two notable works. One is "Crisis Leadership and Public Governance during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022), published by World Scientific, and the other is "Kansen begrensd: Evaluatie van de Kansspelautoriteit" (2020), published by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Best Publications

  • THE PERFORMANCE PARADOX IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

    Sandra van Thiel;Frans L. Leeuw

  • New Public Management in Europe

    Christopher Pollitt;Sandra van Thiel;Vincent Homburg

  • Government agencies : practices and lessons from 30 countries

    Koen Verhoest;Sandra van Thiel;Geert Bouckaert;Per Lægreid

  • Research Methods in Public Administration and Public Management: An Introduction

    Sandra van Thiel

  • Quangos--What's in a Name? Defining Quangos from a Comparative Perspective

    Carsten Greve;Matthew Flinders;Sandra Van Thiel

  • Political influence and bureaucratic autonomy

    Kutsal Yesilkagit;Sandra van Thiel

  • The Performance Paradox in the Public Sector

    Unknown

  • Quantitative Methods in Public Administration: Their Use and Development Through Time

    Sandra Groeneveld;Lars Tummers;Babette Bronkhorst;Tanachia Ashikali

  • Comparing Agencies across Countries

    Sandra Van Thiel

  • Quangos: Trends, Causes and Consequences

    Sandra van Thiel

  • The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

    Unknown

  • Innovation-Oriented Culture in the Public Sector: Do managerial autonomy and result control lead to innovation?

    Jan Wynen;Koen Verhoest;Edoardo Ongaro;Sandra van Thiel

  • Research in Public Administration

    Unknown

  • New public management in Europe : adaptation and alternatives

    Christopher Pollitt;Sandra van Thiel;Vincent Homburg

  • Quangocratization: trends, causes and consequences

    Unknown

  • Trends in the Public Sector: Why Politicians Prefer Quasi-Autonomous Organizations

    Sandra van Thiel

  • Multiple principals, multiple problems: Implications for effective governance and a research agenda for joint service delivery

    Bart Voorn;Marieke van Genugten;Sandra van Thiel

  • Agencification and Public Sector Performance: A systematic comparison in 20 countries

    Sjors Overman;Sandra van Thiel

  • Structural Devolution to Agencies

    Oliver James;Sandra van Thiel

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe

    Edoardo Ongaro;Sandra Van Thiel

  • Autonomous Agencies and Perceptions of Stakeholder Influence in Parliamentary Democracies

    Kutsal Yesilkagit;Sandra van Thiel

  • Birds of a Feather? The Effect of Organizational Value Congruence on the Relationship Between Ministries and Quangos

    Sandra van Thiel;Zeger van der Wal

  • Quangos in Dutch government

    Sandra van Thiel

  • Public Sector Creativity as the Origin of Public Sector Innovation: A taxonomy and future research agenda

    Glenn Houtgraaf;Peter M. Kruyen;Sandra van Thiel

  • Public Administration and Public Management Research in Europe: Traditions and Trends

    Edoardo Ongaro;Sandra van Thiel;Andrew Massey;Jon Pierre

  • Lessons and Recommendations for the Practice of Agencification

    Sandra Van Thiel;Koen Verhoest;Geert Bouckaert;Per Lœgreid

  • The Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organisations: What do Boards do?

    Sandra van Thiel

  • Book Review: Mapping coordination reforms, part I?: Geert Bouckaert, Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest (2010) The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations: Shifting Patterns of Public Management. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

    Sandra van Thiel

Frequent Co-Authors

Koen Verhoest
Koen Verhoest University of Antwerp
Kutsal Yesilkagit
Kutsal Yesilkagit Leiden University
Lars Tummers
Lars Tummers Utrecht University
Bram Steijn
Bram Steijn Erasmus University Rotterdam
Victor Bekkers
Victor Bekkers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Per Lægreid
Per Lægreid University of Bergen
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University
Barbara Vis
Barbara Vis Utrecht University

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