2024/06/14 by E.J. Fagan, Alexander Furnas, Chris Koski +3 · 1 voice · 7 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Artificial intelligence #Codebook #Computer science #Law #Library science #Policy Transfer and Learning #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies #Political science #Process (computing) #Public Policy and Administration Research #Public administration #Scholarship
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/psj.12548
published in Policy Studies Journal 52(3), 481-492 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2024/06/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/24
Abstract This article examines the policy topics and theoretical debates found in Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) articles over the last three decades. PSJ is the premier journal for scholars studying policy processes, seeking to create generalizable theories across the spectrum of specific policy areas. To examine trends in PSJ over time, we collected 1314 abstracts from PSJ articles. We identified abstracts that mention major theories of the policy process and stages of the policy cycle. Next, we measured their policy content using the Comparative Agendas Project codebook, as well as their citations in academic journals and policy documents. We then explore these data, finding that changes in the content of PSJ articles over time correspond with other trends in the policy process field and PSJ 's increased impact factor.