PAR 75 Most Influential Articles

In honor of our 75th Anniversary our Editorial Board reviewed the over 3000 articles PAR has published since its inception in 1940.  Choosing the top 2% of those articles was a tall order.  Accordingly, we broke the past seventy-five years into five year increments and evaluated articles published during that time based on the following criterion as indicators of influence: JSTOR Downloads, Wiley 2012 Downloads, PAR Awards, Average Per-Year Web of Science Citations, Total Web of Science Citations, Reprints, Google Scholar Citations, and SCOPUS Citations.

We hope you enjoy this look back on how we as a discipline have developed over the years, and at the people and ideas that have influenced the work we do today.

1941

Herman Finer. 1941. Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government. Public Administration Review 1(4): 335-350. Comments

1944

Harold J. Laski. 1944. The Parliamentary and Presidential Systems. Public Administration Review 4(4): 347-359. Comments

1946

Herbert A. Simon. 1946. The Proverbs of Administration. Public Administration Review 6(1): 53-67. Comments

1947

Robert A. Dahl. 1947. The Science of Public Administration: Three Problems. Public Administration Review 7(1): 1-11. Comments

1949

Norton E. Long. 1949. Power and Administration. Public Administration Review 9(4): 257-264. Comments

1950

John M. Gaus. 1950. Trends in the Theory of Public Administration. Public Administration Review 10(3): 161-168. Comments

Charles S. Ascher. 1950. Trends of a Decade in Administrative Practices. Public Administration Review 10(4): 229-235. Comments

1952

Verne B. Lewis. 1952. Toward a Theory of Budgeting. Public Administration Review 12(1): 42-54. Comments

1953

Herbert A. Simon. 1953. Birth of an Organization: The Economic Cooperation Administration. Public Administration Review 13(4): 227-236. Comments

1954

Wallace S. Sayre. 1954. The General Manager Idea for Large Cities. Public Administration Review 14(4): 253-258. Comments

1955

Luther Gulick. 1955. Next Steps in Public Administration. Public Administration Review 15(2): 73-76. Comments

1958

Wallace S. Sayre. 1958. Premises of Public Administration: Past and Emerging. Public Administration Review 18(2): 102-105. Comments

1959

Charles E. Lindblom. 1959. The Science of “Muddling Through.” Public Administration Review 19(2): 79-88. Comments

1961

Aaron Wildavsky. 1961. Political Implications of Budgetary Reform. Public Administration Review 21(4): 183-190. Comments

1962

Robert T. Golembiewski. 1962. Organization as a Moral Problem. Public Administration Review 22(2): 51-58. Comments

1963

Herman Goldstein. 1963. Police Discretion: The Ideal Versus the Real. Public Administration Review 23(3): 140-148. Comments

1964

Stephen K. Bailey. 1964. Ethics and the Public Service. Public Administration Review 24(4): 234-243. Comments

1965

Alan Altshuler. 1965. Rationality and Influence in Public Service. Public Administration Review 25(3): 226-233. Comments

1966

Allen Schick. 1966. The Road to PPB: The Stages of Budget Reform. Public Administration Review 26(4): 243-258. Comments

Aaron Wildavsky. 1966. The Political Economy of Efficiency: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Systems Analysis, and Program Budgeting. Public Administration Review 26(4): 292-310. Comments

1967

Yehezkel Dror. 1967. Policy Analysts: A New Professional Role in Government Service. Public Administration Review 27(3): 197-203. Comments

Amitai Etzioni. 1967. Mixed-Scanning: A “Third” Approach to Decision-Making. Public Administration Review 27(5): 385-392. Comments

1969

Herbert Kaufman. 1969. Administrative Decentralization and Political Power. Public Administration Review 29(1): 3-15. Comments

Martin Landau. 1969. Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap. Public Administration Revew 29(4): 346-358. Comments

1971

Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom. 1971. Public Choice: A Different Approach to the Study of Public Administration. Public Administration Review 31(2): 203-216. Comments

1972

Theodore J. Lowi. 1972. Four Systems of Policy, Politics, and Choice. Public Administration Review 32(4): 298.310. Comments

1973

Gary L. Wamsley, and Mayer N. Zald. 1973. The Political Economy of Public Organizations. Public Administration Review 33(1): 62-73. Comments

Herbert A. Simon. 1973. Applying Information Technology to Organization Design. Public Administration Review 33(3): 268-278. Comments

1975

Nicholas Henry. 1975. Paradigms of Public Administration. Public Administration Review 35(4): 378-386. Comments

1976

Hal G. Rainey, Robert W. Backoff, and Charles H. Levine. 1976. Comparing Public and Private Organizations. Public Administration Review 36(2): 233-244. Comments

Barry D. Karl. 1976. Public Administration and American History: A Century of Professionalism. Public Administration Review 36(5): 489-503. Comments

1977

D. Stephen Cupps. 1977. Emerging Problems of Citizen Participation. Public Administration Review 37(5): 478-487. Comments

1978

Charles H. Levine. 1978. Organizational Decline and Cutback Management. Public Administration Review 38(4): 316-325. Comments

Aaron Wildavsky. 1978. A Budget for All Seasons? Why the Traditional Budget Lasts. Public Administration Review 38(6): 501-509. Comments

1979

Carol H. Weiss. 1979. The Many Meanings of Research Utilization. Public Administration Review 39(5): 426-431. Comments

Charles E. Lindblom 1979. Still Muddling, Not Yet Through. Public Administration Review 39(6): 517-526. Comments

1983

Karin Brown, and Philip B. Coulter. 1983. Subjective and Objective Measures of Police Service Delivery. Public Administration Review 43(1): 50-58. Comments

Jeffrey L. Brudney, and Robert E. England. 1983. Toward a Definition of the Coproduction Concept. Public Administration Review 43(1): 59-65. Comments

David H. Rosenbloom. 1983. Public Administration Theory and the Separation of Powers. Public Administration Review 43(3): 219-227. Comments

Jone L. Pearce, and James L. Perry. 1983. Federal Merit Pay: A Longitudinal Analysis. Public Administration Review 43(4): 315-325. Comments

1984

Howard E. McCurdy, and Robert E. Cleary. 1984. Why Can’t We Resolve the Research Issue in Public Administration? Public Administration Review 43(1): 49-55. Comments

Laurence J. O’Toole Jr., and Robert S. Montjoy. 1984. Interorganizational Policy Implementation: A Theoretical Perspective. Public Administration Review 44(6): 491-503. Comments

1987

Barbara S. Romzek, and Melvin J. Dubnick. 1987. Accountability in the Public Sector: Lessons from the Challenger Tragedy. Public Administration Review 47(3): 227-238. Comments

1988

Joel D. Aberbach, and Bert A. Rockman. 1988. Mandates or Mandarins? Control and Discretion in the Modern Administrative State. Public Administration Review 48(2): 606-612. Comments

David R. Morgan, and Robert E. England. 1988. The Two Faces of Privatization. Public Administration Review 48(6): 979-987. Comments

John M. Bryson, and William D. Roering. 1988. Initiation of Strategic Planning by Governments. Public Administration Review 48(6): 995-1004. Comments

1990

James L. Perry, and Lois Recascino Wise. 1990. The Motivational Bases of Public Service. Public Administration Review 50(3): 367-373. Comments

1991

Ralph P. Hummel. 1991. Stories Managers Tell: Why They Are as Valid as Science. Public Administration Review 51(1): 31-41. Comments

1992

Joseph S. Wholey, and Harry P. Hatry. 1992. The Case for Performance Monitoring. Public Administration Review 52(6): 604-610. Comments

1993

Patricia W. Ingraham. 1993. Of Pigs in Pokes and Policy Diffusion: Another Look at Pay-for-Performance. Public Administration Review 53(4): 348-356. Comments

1994

Ronald C. Moe. 1994. The ‘Reinventing Government’ Exercise: Misinterpreting the Problem, Misjudging the Consequences. Public Administration Review 54(2): 111-122. Comments

1995

Robert D. Behn. 1995. The Big Questions of Public Management. Public Administration Review 55(4): 313-324. Comments

1997

Laurence J. O’Toole Jr. 1997. Treating Networks Seriously: Practical and Research-Based Agendas in Public Administration. Public Administration Review 57(1): 45-52. Comments

1998

Linda Kaboolian. 1998. The New Public Management: Challenging the Boundaries of the Management vs. Administration Debate. Public Administration Review 58(3): 189-193. Comments

Larry D. Terry. 1998. Administrative Leadership, Neo-Managerialism, and the Public Management Movement. Public Administration Review 58(3): 194-200. Comments

Cheryl Simrell King, Kathryn M. Feltey, and Bridget O’Neill Susel. 1998. The Question of Participation: Toward Authentic Public Participation in Public Administration. Public Administration Review 58(4): 317-326. Comments

2000

Donald F. Kettl. 2000. The Transformation of Governance: Globalization, Devolution, and the Role of Government. Public Administration Review 60(6): 488-497. Comments

Robert B. Denhardt, and Janet Vinzant Denhardt. 2000. The New Public Service: Serving Rather than Steering. Public Administration Review 60(6): 549-559. Comments

2001

Keith G. Provan, and H. Brinton Milward. 2001. Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks. Public Administration Review 61(4): 414-423. Comments

Patria de Lancer Julnes, and Marc Holzer. 2001. Promoting the Utilization of Performance Measures in Public Organizations: An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Adoption and Implementation. Public Administration Review 61(6): 693-708. Comments

2002

M. Jae Moon. 2002. The Evolution of E-Government among Municipalities: Rhetoric or Reality? Public Administration Review 62(4): 424-433. Comments

2003

Robert D. Behn. 2003. Why Measure Performance? Different Purposes Require Different Measures. Public Administration Review 63(5): 586-606. Comments

Kenneth J. Meier, and Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr. 2003. Public Management and Educational Performance: The Impact of Managerial Networking. Public Administration Review 63(6): 689-699. Comments

2004

Darrell M. West. 2004. E-Government and the Transformation of Service Delivery and Citizen Attitudes. Public Administration Review 64(1): 15-27. Comments

Renée A. Irvin, and John Stansbury. 2004. Citizen Participation in Decision Making: Is It Worth the Effort? Public Administration Review 64(1): 55-65. Comments

2005

Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Tina Nabatchi, and Rosemary O’Leary. 2005. The New Governance: Practices and Processes for Stakeholder and Citizen Participation in the Work of Government. Public Administration Review 65(5): 547-558. Comments

2006

Sergio Fernandez, and Hal G. Rainey. 2006. Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector. Public Administration Review 66(2): 168-176. Comments

Caroline J. Tolbert, and Karen Mossberger. 2006. The Effects of E-Government on Trust and Confidence in Government. Public Administration Review 66(3): 354-369. Comments

Ann Marie Thomson, and James L. Perry. 2006. Collaboration Processes: Inside the Black Box. Public Administration Review 66(S1): 20-32. Comments

John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, and Melissa Middleton Stone. 2006. The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations: Propositions from the Literature. Public Administration Review 66(S1): 44-55. Comments

Archon Fung. 2006. Varieties of Participation in Complex Governance. Public Administration Review 66(S1): 66-75. Comments

2007

Donald P. Moynihan, and Sanjay K. Pandey. 2007. The Role of Organizations in Fostering Public Service Motivation. Public Administration Review 67(1): 40-53. Comments

2011

Young-joo Lee, and Vicky M. Wilkins. 2011. More Similarities or More Differences? Comparing Public and Nonprofit Managers’ Job Motivations. Public Administration Review 71(1): 45-56. Comments

2012

Daniel P. Carpenter, and George A. Krause. 2012. Reputation and Public Administration. Public Administration Review 72(1): 26-32. Comments

Bradley E. Wright, Donald P. Moynihan, and Sanjay K. Pandey. 2012. Pulling the Levers: Transformational Leadership, Public Service Motivation, and Mission Valence. Public Administration Review 72(2): 206-215. Comments