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Public Administration and Governance

Public Administration and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 5.9k research works in it since 1950. 12.1% 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 policy, governance, and political systems. It includes discussions on democracy, legislation, statecraft, constitutional law, social justice, human rights, and the role of bureaucracy in governance. The papers also explore the impact of presidential government systems and analyze the evolution of public service and new right policies.

  • Public Policy
  • Governance
  • Democracy
  • Legislation
  • Bureaucracy
  • Statecraft
  • Constitutional Law
  • Social Justice
  • Human Rights
  • Political Systems
Research works
5.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
713
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+106%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Public Administration and Governance research?

By volume, Türkiye and ?? publish the most (1.8k and 54 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Türkiye 1.8k works
  2. 2 ?? 54 works
  3. 3 United States 38 works
  4. 4 Kazakhstan 29 works
  5. 5 Azerbaijan 19 works
  6. 6 China 18 works
  7. 7 India 8 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 France 6 works
  10. 10 Iran 6 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.

Türkiye: 90.7%??: 2.7%United States: 1.9%Kazakhstan: 1.5%6 others listed: 3.2%91%largest
Türkiye1,792 · 90.7%??54 · 2.7%United States38 · 1.9%Kazakhstan29 · 1.5%6 others listed63 · 3.2%

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

Which institutions lead Public Administration and Governance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi publishes the most Public Administration and Governance research, followed by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University and Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 53 works
  2. 2 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 48 works
  3. 3 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 43 works
  4. 4 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 35 works
  5. 5 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 34 works
  6. 6 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 33 works
  7. 7 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 32 works
  8. 8 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 30 works
  9. 9 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 29 works
  10. 10 Kütahya Dumlupınar ÜniversitesiTürkiye 27 works

Where is Public Administration and Governance research done?

The largest centres of Public Administration and Governance research in 2022–2025 are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Konya (Türkiye) and Izmir (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kütahya.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Türkiye 312 works
  2. 2 Istanbul Türkiye 269 works
  3. 3 Konya Türkiye 65 works
  4. 4 Izmir Türkiye 58 works
  5. 5 Sivas Türkiye 35 works
  6. 6 Çanakkale Türkiye 33 works
  7. 7 Eskişehir Türkiye 32 works
  8. 8 Almaty Kazakhstan 28 works
  9. 9 Kütahya Türkiye 27 works
  10. 10 Erzurum Türkiye 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KütahyaTR · 26.9 works114×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Public Administration and Governance?

Among universities, judged by research, Suleyman Demirel University, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University and Artvin Coruh University 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.

0%20%40%mean 20.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Suleyman Demirel University: 26, 20.7%Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University: 13, 33.2%Artvin Coruh University: 10, 32.6%Hacettepe University: 29, 18.3%Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi: 53, 13.1%Düzce Üniversitesi: 19, 23.0%Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi: 27, 19.2%Selçuk University: 32, 14.9%Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi: 33, 13.9%Inonu University: 19, 19.4%Karamanoğlu Mehmetbe…Artvin Coruh Univers…Suleyman Demirel Uni…Hacettepe University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 55.320.7%95.2×26 +1465.5%
2 Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey UniversityTürkiye 51.633.2%61.0×13 +301.6%
3 Artvin Coruh UniversityTürkiye 47.532.6%76.0×10 +469.4%
4 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 47.018.3%30.4×29 +226.7%
5 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 46.413.1%163.7×53 +481.5%
6 Düzce ÜniversitesiTürkiye 46.223.0%61.9×19 +300.0%
7 Kütahya Dumlupınar ÜniversitesiTürkiye 45.219.2%114.1×27 +212.1%
8 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 43.814.9%52.6×32 +577.2%
9 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 43.413.9%68.5×33 +418.4%
10 Inonu UniversityTürkiye 42.519.4%50.1×19 +216.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Public Administration and Governance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 106% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Public Administration 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.

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.