The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Academic journals may especially influence the development of an emerging field; early editors of public policy journals were explicit about that goal. Two leading journals—the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the Policy Studies Journal—were compared for changes between the early 1980s and 2007–2010. Over time, both journals published far fewer research articles by practitioners, and...