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Public Policy and Governance

Public Policy and Governance is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% 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, institutions, and social participation in Latin America. It includes discussions on economic performance, healthcare policies, community development, inequality, and the challenges of democracy. The papers also explore the impact of neoliberalism, the role of civil society, and the dynamics of decision-making in public policy.

  • Public Policy
  • Governance
  • Institutions
  • Social Participation
  • Economic Performance
  • Healthcare
  • Community Development
  • Inequality
  • Democracy
  • Latin America
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Public Policy and Governance

Which countries lead Public Policy and Governance research?

By volume, Mexico and Spain publish the most (392 and 232 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 392 works
  2. 2 Spain 232 works
  3. 3 Colombia 192 works
  4. 4 Argentina 145 works
  5. 5 Peru 108 works
  6. 6 Chile 97 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 93 works
  8. 8 Brazil 53 works
  9. 9 United States 41 works
  10. 10 Venezuela 39 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.

Mexico: 28.2%Spain: 16.6%Colombia: 13.8%Argentina: 10.4%6 others listed: 31.0%28%largest
Mexico392 · 28.2%Spain232 · 16.6%Colombia192 · 13.8%Argentina145 · 10.4%6 others listed431 · 31.0%

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

Which institutions lead Public Policy and Governance research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Public Policy and Governance research, followed by Universidad César Vallejo and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 53 works
  2. 2 Universidad César VallejoPeru 34 works
  3. 3 Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 29 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 27 works
  5. 5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 25 works
  6. 6 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 25 works
  7. 7 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 20 works
  8. 8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 19 works
  9. 9 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 17 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Public Policy and Governance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Public Policy and Governance include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 167k citations
  4. 4 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Governance?

The most cited paper in Public Policy and Governance is "On the state, democratization and some conceptual problems: A Latin American view with glances at some postcommunist countries" (Guillermo A O'Donnell, 1993), with 1,464 citations. Next come "THE ORGANIZATION AS POLITICAL ARENA" (672) and "Hacia las sociedades del conocimiento" (389).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the state, democratization and some conceptual problems: A Latin American view with glances at some postcommunist countries Guillermo A O'Donnell · World Development Open access Aug 1993 1,464
2 THE ORGANIZATION AS POLITICAL ARENA Henry Mintzberg · Journal of Management Studies Mar 1985 672
3 Hacia las sociedades del conocimiento Koïchiro Matsuura · Americanae (AECID Library) Open access 2005 389
4 Federalism and low-maintenance constituencies: Territorial dimensions of economic reform in Argentina Edward Leigh Gibson, Ernesto F. Calvo · Studies in Comparative International Development Sep 2000 288
5 The Emergence of local capacity: Lessons from Colombia Ariel Fiszbein · World Development Jul 1997 241
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Where is Public Policy and Governance research done?

The largest centres of Public Policy and Governance research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Madrid (Spain) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Toluca, Caracas and Trujillo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 129 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 99 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 91 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 59 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 58 works
  6. 6 LimaPeru 45 works
  7. 7 TrujilloPeru 37 works
  8. 8 GuadalajaraMexico 28 works
  9. 9 QuitoEcuador 28 works
  10. 10 TolucaMexico 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TolucaMX · 25.0 works81×
  2. CaracasVE · 20.5 works57×
  3. TrujilloPE · 37.0 works54×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Alberto Hurtado 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 11.98%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad César Va…Pontificia Universid…Alberto Hurtado Univ…Universidad Complute…
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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
1Universidad César VallejoPeru 72.817.3%89.4×34 +503.8%
2Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 57.416.9%21.7×9 +21.1%
3Alberto Hurtado UniversityChile 53.012.0%157.0×11 +34.4%
4Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 49.97.7%22.4×27 +54.2%
5Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 47.48.8%38.4×53 -34.2%
6Universidad de la República de UruguayUruguay 47.27.0%41.2×14 -17.9%
7Universitat de ValènciaSpain 45.110.8%14.8×11 +24.5%
8Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 43.111.0%59.0×24 -8.2%
9Universidad del ValleColombia 40.717.8%45.4×8 -20.9%
10Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaMexico 40.210.5%101.0×29 -25.7%

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 Governance, country by country

Is Public Policy and Governance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2017.

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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 Governance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0086% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Public Policy and Governance0.0066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Public Policy 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.

still counting5%10%15%Public Policy and Governance9.5% 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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