Topic · Political Science and International Relations

Administrative Law and Governance

Administrative Law and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 7.7k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to public administration, legal studies, and governance. It includes discussions on transparency, constitutional law, environmental law, citizen participation, judicial review, and measures for preventing corruption. The cluster also delves into the legal frameworks within the European Union and the impact of new technologies on government operations.

Public Administration
Legal Studies
Transparency
Government
Constitutional Law
Environmental Law
Citizen Participation
Judicial Review
Corruption Prevention
European Union

Research works: 7.7k
In the world top 10%: 749
Top-10% rate: 9.7%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +5%
Largest producer: Spain

Administrative Law and Governance

Which countries lead Administrative Law and Governance research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (796 and 158 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Spain 796 works
2 Mexico 158 works
3 Ecuador 147 works
4 Chile 121 works
5 Peru 105 works
6 Colombia 103 works
7 Argentina 79 works
8 United States 38 works
9 Brazil 34 works
10 ?? 26 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain796 · 49.5%Mexico158 · 9.9%Ecuador147 · 9.1%Chile121 · 7.6%6 others listed385 · 23.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Administrative Law and Governance research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitat de Barcelona publishes the most Administrative Law and Governance research, followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad de Sevilla.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 41 works
2 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 39 works
3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 35 works
4 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 29 works
5 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 28 works
6 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 27 works
7 Austral University of ChileChile 27 works
8 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 25 works
9 Universidad César VallejoPeru 24 works
10 University of the Basque CountrySpain 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Administrative Law and Governance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Administrative Law and Governance include Joseph E. Stiglitz.

1 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Administrative Law and Governance?

The most cited paper in Administrative Law and Governance is "Hacia las sociedades del conocimiento" (Koïchiro Matsuura, 2005), with 389 citations. Next come "Derecho administrativo sancionador" (166) and "Fundamentos del derecho civil patrimonial" (164).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Hacia las sociedades del conocimiento Koïchiro Matsuura · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access	2005	389
2	Derecho administrativo sancionador José Ignacio Morillo-Velarde Pérez · Revista Andaluza de Administración Pública Open access	30 Apr 2010	166
3	Fundamentos del derecho civil patrimonial Angel Cristóbal Montes · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)	23 Dec 1979	164
4	El nuevo municipalismo: derecho a la ciudad y comunes urbanos Ismael Blanco, Ricard Gomà Carmona, Joan Subirats · Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas Open access	2 Nov 2018	158
5	E-Government and Public Financial Reporting Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, María del Carmen Caba Pérez, Antonio Manuel López Hernández · The American Review of Public Administration	17 May 2007	100

All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Administrative Law and Governance research done?

The largest centres of Administrative Law and Governance research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Barcelona (Spain), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valdivia, Albacete and Ambato.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 MadridSpain 206 works
2 BarcelonaSpain 72 works
3 SantiagoChile 61 works
4 SevilleSpain 57 works
5 LimaPeru 56 works
6 BogotáColombia 55 works
7 Mexico CityMexico 47 works
8 ValenciaSpain 38 works
9 AmbatoEcuador 35 works
10 Buenos AiresArgentina 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

ValdiviaCL · 29.4 works103×
AlbaceteES · 22.2 works49×
AmbatoEC · 34.5 works49×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Administrative Law and Governance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Administrative Law and Governance?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain	58.9	8.7%	34.9×	41	+180.5%
2	Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain	57.1	15.2%	28.5×	39	+10.4%
3	Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoEcuador	55.0	34.1%	94.2×	11	-
4	Universitat de ValènciaSpain	54.0	15.1%	32.4×	27	+48.9%
5	Universidad César VallejoPeru	53.9	17.3%	57.2×	24	+388.3%
6	Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain	51.3	10.0%	33.5×	30	+65.4%
7	Universidad de SevillaSpain	46.8	10.5%	39.5×	35	+6.0%
8	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain	45.2	9.9%	16.6×	17	+42.9%
9	Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain	44.8	9.8%	80.4×	28	+1.7%
10	Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain	44.4	9.9%	53.3×	21	+43.2%
11	Austral University of ChileChile	43.3	7.2%	198.7×	27	-16.9%
12	Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador	42.6	24.2%	35.9×	11	+520.0%
13	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	42.1	8.5%	15.1×	23	+26.7%
14	Universidad de ZaragozaSpain	38.9	5.6%	37.5×	25	+9.9%
15	Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain	35.8	6.6%	60.7×	17	+101.3%
16	University of Castilla-La ManchaSpain	35.2	4.0%	52.9×	22	+13.7%
17	Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador	33.7	17.1%	112.6×	14	-
18	Universidad de MálagaSpain	33.1	16.8%	32.9×	16	-12.1%
19	Universidad de GranadaSpain	33.1	14.4%	16.4×	14	-30.2%
20	Universidad de SalamancaSpain	32.5	6.3%	43.3×	23	-50.1%
21	Universidade da CoruñaSpain	32.2	5.5%	55.6×	15	+9.9%
22	University of the Basque CountrySpain	32.0	3.7%	32.6×	24	-8.9%
23	Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador	30.5	4.4%	72.1×	22	+370.4%
24	Universitat Jaume ISpain	29.8	9.2%	54.7×	13	+127.4%
25	Universidad de JaénSpain	28.6	12.9%	42.5×	10	-8.1%
26	Universidad Pablo de OlavideSpain	28.1	10.0%	68.5×	11	+37.0%
27	University of AlicanteSpain	28.1	13.5%	24.8×	11	+0.6%
28	Universitat Rovira i VirgiliSpain	27.4	10.1%	60.1×	17	-48.1%
29	Universidad de OviedoSpain	27.4	10.2%	43.0×	16	-18.1%
30	Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain	27.3	18.7%	24.8×	12	-41.6%
31	Universidade de VigoSpain	26.1	16.5%	22.0×	8	-19.6%
32	Universidad de AlcaláSpain	25.7	7.0%	21.0×	9	+39.2%
33	Universidad Nacional de LojaEcuador	25.1	15.9%	93.3×	8	-
34	Universidad de MurciaSpain	25.0	10.6%	30.2×	15	-32.1%
35	University of ChileChile	24.3	5.5%	24.8×	14	-29.9%
36	Universidad de ValladolidSpain	23.1	5.0%	26.4×	12	+10.2%
37	Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay	23.0	2.3%	34.8×	14	-15.4%
38	Universidad de LeónMexico	21.2	5.1%	140.5×	9	+45.4%
39	Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile	20.1	2.5%	24.7×	12	-22.8%
40	National University of San MarcosPeru	18.7	4.0%	28.3×	11	+75.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Administrative Law and Governance, country by country

Is Administrative Law and Governance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Administrative Law and Governance.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Administrative Law and Governance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

Fractional works of Administrative Law and Governance over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Administrative Law and Governance research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Administrative Law and Governance research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Administrative Law and Governance?

What are the most cited papers in Administrative Law and Governance?

Where is Administrative Law and Governance research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Administrative Law and Governance?

Is Administrative Law and Governance research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion