Tobias Bach

Tobias Bach publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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Tobias Bach 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 Tobias Bach sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Animals in the administrative zoo: organizational change and agency autonomy in Germany

  Tobias Bach;Werner Jann

  135
  Citations

• NETWORKING FOR AUTONOMY? NATIONAL AGENCIES IN EUROPEAN NETWORKS

  Tobias Bach;Eva Ruffing

  102
  Citations

• The Determinants of Promotion to High Public Office in Germany: Partisan Loyalty, Political Craft, or Managerial Competencies?

  Tobias Bach;Sylvia Veit

  101
  Citations

• Transnational bureaucratic politics : an institutional rivalry perspective on EU network governance

  Tobias Bach;Fabrizio De Francesco;Martino Maggetti;Eva Ruffing

  100
  Citations

• The role of agencies in policy-making

  Tobias Bach;Birgitta Niklasson;Martin Painter

  72
  Citations

• Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany

  Tobias Bach

  69
  Citations

• The Differential Empowering Effects of Europeanization on the Autonomy of National Agencies

  Tobias Bach;Eva Ruffing;Kutsal Yesilkagit

  59
  Citations

• More delegation, more political control? Politicization of senior-level appointments in 18 European countries:

  Tobias Bach;Gerhard Hammerschmid;Lorenz Löffler

  57
  Citations

• Dynamics of change in internal policy advisory systems: the hybridization of advisory capacities in Germany

  Sylvia Veit;Thurid Hustedt;Tobias Bach

  40
  Citations

• Administrative tradition and management reforms: a comparison of agency chief executive accountability in four Continental Rechtsstaat countries

  Tobias Bach;Sandra van Thiel;Gerhard Hammerschmid;Reto Steiner

  39
  Citations

• The autonomy of government agencies in Germany and Norway: explaining variation in management autonomy across countries and agencies:

  Tobias Bach

  35
  Citations

• Blind Spots, Biased Attention, and the Politics of Non-coordination

  Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich

  30
  Citations

• The Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracy and the Politics of Non‐Coordination

  Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich

  29
  Citations

• The politics of blame avoidance in complex delegation structures: the public transport crisis in Berlin

  Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich

  29
  Citations

• Organizing Leviathan: Politicians, bureaucrats, and the making of good government

  Tobias Bach

  26
  Citations

• Regulatory agencies, reputational threats, and communicative responses

  Tobias Bach;Marlene Jugl;Dustin Köhler;Kai Wegrich

  21
  Citations

• How to Deal with the Blind Spots of Public Bureaucracies

  Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich

  19
  Citations

• The involvement of agencies in policy formulation: Explaining variation in policy autonomy of federal agencies in Germany

  Tobias Bach

  15
  Citations

• Politicians and Bureaucrats in Executive Government

  Tobias Bach;Kai Wegrich

  10
  Citations