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 Tom Christensen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 282 publications — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.
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 Tom Christensen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 57 D-Index — 93rd percentile
93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.
Tom Christensen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and works primarily within the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, public administration, strategy and management, and communication.
They have contributed extensively to the study of public policy and administration research, local government finance and decentralization, China's socioeconomic reforms and governance, disaster management and resilience, policy transfer and learning, public relations and crisis communication, and corporate identity and reputation.
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Tom Christensen has published in several prominent venues, with multiple publications in:
Their book publications include titles such as Organising and Governing Governmental Institutions (2022) published by Fagbokforlaget eBooks, and The Co-evolution of Reputation Management, Governance Capacity, Legitimacy and Accountability in Crisis Management (2020) published by the University of Bergen.
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