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Public Administration in Developing Nations

Public Administration in Developing Nations is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1968. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on public policy and administration in developing nations, addressing issues such as policy implementation, community empowerment, social welfare, government reform, service quality, local governance, e-government, sustainable development, and social justice.

  • Public Policy
  • Policy Implementation
  • Community Empowerment
  • Social Welfare
  • Government Reform
  • Service Quality
  • Local Governance
  • E-Government
  • Sustainable Development
  • Social Justice
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1968
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+93%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
96% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Public Administration in Developing Nations

Which countries lead Public Administration in Developing Nations research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (7.8k and 161 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 7.8k works
  2. 2 ?? 161 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 47 works
  4. 4 Canada 40 works
  5. 5 United States 38 works
  6. 6 India 20 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 16 works
  8. 8 Philippines 13 works
  9. 9 Australia 12 works
  10. 10 Sweden 9 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.

Indonesia: 95.6%??: 2.0%Malaysia: 0.6%Canada: 0.5%6 others listed: 1.3%96%largest
Indonesia7,843 · 95.6%??161 · 2.0%Malaysia47 · 0.6%Canada40 · 0.5%6 others listed109 · 1.3%

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

Which institutions lead Public Administration in Developing Nations research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Public Administration in Developing Nations research, followed by University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur and State University of Padang.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 208 works
  2. 2 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 170 works
  3. 3 State University of PadangIndonesia 138 works
  4. 4 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 128 works
  5. 5 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 122 works
  6. 6 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 119 works
  7. 7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 118 works
  8. 8 State University of MakassarIndonesia 98 works
  9. 9 State University of GorontaloIndonesia 95 works
  10. 10 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 89 works

Who are the leading researchers in Public Administration in Developing Nations?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Public Administration in Developing Nations include Herbert A. Simon, Anthony Giddens and Francis Fukuyama.

  1. 1 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  2. 2 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  3. 3 Francis Fukuyama United States 110k citations
  4. 4 James Smoot Coleman United States 74k citations
  5. 5 Samuel P. Huntington United States 46k 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 Public Administration in Developing Nations?

The most cited paper in Public Administration in Developing Nations is "Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia" (Alung Cipta, 2023), with 926 citations. Next come "MEWUJUDKAN GOOD GOVERNANCE MELALUI PELAYANAN PUBLIK" (583) and "REFORMASI BIROKRASI PUBLIK DI INDONESIA" (303).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia Alung Cipta · Repository Alungcipta Open access 19 Apr 2023 926
2 MEWUJUDKAN GOOD GOVERNANCE MELALUI PELAYANAN PUBLIK Engkus, Ainyna Rachmadianty Azan, Alliadzar Hanif et al. · Jurnal Abdimas Peradaban Open access 5 Apr 2021 583
3 REFORMASI BIROKRASI PUBLIK DI INDONESIA Rosalina Ginting, Titik Haryati 2011 303
4 Merancang Penelitian Kualitatif Dasar/Deskriptif dan Studi Kasus Rusandi, Muhammad Aqil Rusli · Al-Ubudiyah Jurnal Pendidikan dan Studi Islam Open access 17 Jun 2021 261
5 Model Participation Action Research Dalam Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Abdul Rahmat, Mira Mirnawati · Aksara Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Nonformal Open access 15 Jan 2020 253
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Where is Public Administration in Developing Nations research done?

The largest centres of Public Administration in Developing Nations research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia) and Makassar (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tanjung Pinang, Bojonegoro and Bau-Bau.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 639 works
  2. 2 SurabayaIndonesia 604 works
  3. 3 MedanIndonesia 475 works
  4. 4 MakassarIndonesia 470 works
  5. 5 BandungIndonesia 426 works
  6. 6 BengkuluIndonesia 302 works
  7. 7 YogyakartaIndonesia 256 works
  8. 8 SemarangIndonesia 249 works
  9. 9 PadangIndonesia 247 works
  10. 10 MalangIndonesia 242 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tanjung PinangID · 57.6 works68×
  2. BojonegoroID · 23.4 works40×
  3. Bau-BauID · 22.6 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Public Administration in Developing Nations?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada and Padjadjaran 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%10%20%mean 15.16%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas Gadjah M…University of Indone…Padjadjaran UniversityInstitut Agama Islam…
above the meannear itbelow it

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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of IndonesiaIndonesia 80.216.0%14.4×118 +34.8%
2Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 77.318.1%10.3×69 +1.2%
3Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 77.114.1%20.0×122 +54.3%
4Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 73.712.1%21.2×208 +80.1%
5Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 69.713.3%8.4×52 +48.1%
6University of BrawijayaIndonesia 66.713.8%14.2×87 +1.9%
7Universitas Muhammadiyah TangerangIndonesia 66.623.6%11.2×12 +158.4%
8Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SemarangIndonesia 65.717.2%48.7×27 +258.5%
9Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 65.513.4%7.3×33 +166.0%
10State University of MakassarIndonesia 65.410.0%17.7×98 +158.6%

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 Public Administration in Developing Nations, country by country

Is Public Administration in Developing Nations research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 93% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Public Administration in Developing Nations.

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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 Public Administration in Developing Nations as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Public Administration in Developing Nations0.041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Public Administration in Developing Nations 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.

still counting5%10%15%Public Administration in Developing Nations9.5% in 202520102020

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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