The Science of "Muddling Through"

Article Properties

DOI (url)

10.2307/973677
Publication Date

1959/01/01
Journal

Public Administration Review
Indian UGC (Journal)
Citations

3,511
Charles E. Lindblom

Cite

Lindblom, Charles E. “The Science of ‘Muddling Through’”. Public Administration Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 1959, p. 79, https://doi.org/10.2307/973677.

Lindblom, C. E. (1959). The Science of "Muddling Through". Public Administration Review, 19(2), 79. https://doi.org/10.2307/973677

Lindblom CE. The Science of "Muddling Through". Public Administration Review. 1959;19(2):79.

Journal Categories

Political science

Political institutions and public administration (General)

Social Sciences

Citations

Citations Analysis

Category	Category Repetition
Social Sciences	1,578
Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)	890
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science	602
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business	570
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management	507

The first research to cite this article was titled The foreign-policy consensus: an interim research report and was published in 1959. The most recent citation comes from a 2024 study titled The foreign-policy consensus: an interim research report . This article reached its peak citation in 2019 , with 163 citations.It has been cited in 1,320 different journals, 8% of which are open access. Among related journals, the SSRN Electronic Journal cited this research the most, with 103 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.