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Public Policy and Administration Research

Public Policy and Administration Research is a research topic within Public Administration. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of collaborative governance in public administration and management, focusing on topics such as public management reform, network management, public service motivation, co-production, performance measurement, policy implementation, stakeholder involvement, institutional theory, and public value. The papers discuss theoretical frameworks, empirical evaluations, and practical implications related to collaborative governance in the public sector.

  • Collaborative Governance
  • Public Management Reform
  • Network Management
  • Public Service Motivation
  • Co-Production
  • Performance Measurement
  • Policy Implementation
  • Stakeholder Involvement
  • Institutional Theory
  • Public Value
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Public Policy and Administration Research

Which countries lead Public Policy and Administration Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (900 and 294 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 900 works
  2. 2 China 294 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 274 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 200 works
  5. 5 Germany 180 works
  6. 6 Italy 162 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 149 works
  8. 8 Brazil 134 works
  9. 9 Australia 130 works
  10. 10 Canada 123 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.

United States: 35.3%China: 11.6%United Kingdom: 10.8%Indonesia: 7.9%6 others listed: 34.5%35%largest
United States900 · 35.3%China294 · 11.6%United Kingdom274 · 10.8%Indonesia200 · 7.9%6 others listed878 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Public Policy and Administration Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy publishes the most Public Policy and Administration Research research, followed by Aarhus University and Roskilde University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyGermany 45 works
  2. 2 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 30 works
  3. 3 Roskilde UniversityDenmark 24 works
  4. 4 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 22 works
  5. 5 University of OsloNorway 22 works
  6. 6 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 22 works
  7. 7 Indiana UniversityUnited States 22 works
  8. 8 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 19 works
  9. 9 University of Central FloridaUnited States 19 works
  10. 10 Ghent UniversityBelgium 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Public Policy and Administration Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Public Policy and Administration Research include Herbert A. Simon, Mike J Clarke and Michael E. Porter.

  1. 1 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  2. 2 Mike J Clarke United Kingdom 175k citations
  3. 3 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  4. 4 Элинор Остром United States 149k 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 Policy and Administration Research?

The most cited paper in Public Policy and Administration Research is "A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS?" (Christopher Hood, 1991), with 9,741 citations. Next come "Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice" (8,068) and "STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES" (4,857).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS? Christopher Hood · Public Administration Mar 1991 9,741
2 Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice Christopher Ansell, Alison L. Gash · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13 Nov 2007 8,068
3 STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES Christine Maree Oliver · Academy of Management Review 1991 4,857
4 The New Governance: Governing without Government R. A. W. Rhodes · Political Studies Open access Sep 1996 4,304
5 Modes of Network Governance: Structure, Management, and Effectiveness Keith G. Provan, Patrick Kenis · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Open access 29 Jun 2007 3,956
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Public Policy and Administration Research research done?

The largest centres of Public Policy and Administration Research research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Hamburg (Germany), Beijing (China) and Oslo (Norway). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Roskilde.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 57 works
  2. 2 HamburgGermany 56 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 56 works
  4. 4 OsloNorway 48 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 45 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 43 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 39 works
  8. 8 MelbourneAustralia 31 works
  9. 9 AarhusDenmark 31 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RoskildeDK · 23.6 works35×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Public Policy and Administration Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Roskilde University, Leiden University and Utrecht 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 22.92%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Utrecht UniversityLeiden UniversityRoskilde UniversityUniversity of Oslo
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Roskilde UniversityDenmark 76.924.9%52.1×24 +24.7%
2Leiden UniversityNetherlands 76.025.9%10.7×22 -2.9%
3Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 73.929.5%7.0×19 -37.9%
4University of OsloNorway 69.116.4%9.2×22 +5.5%
5Aarhus UniversityDenmark 67.414.9%9.2×30 -17.9%
6Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 65.116.4%11.2×22 -23.7%
7University of AntwerpBelgium 64.024.8%9.9×13 +12.2%
8University of BolognaItaly 63.729.8%4.1×13 +87.3%
9City University of Hong KongChina 63.131.2%4.6×10 +50.5%
10Ghent UniversityBelgium 61.415.4%6.2×18 +9.9%

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 Public Policy and Administration Research, country by country

Is Public Policy and Administration Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022.

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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 Policy and Administration Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Public Policy and Administration Research0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Public Policy and Administration Research 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 Policy and Administration Research10.6% in 2025200020102020

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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