Public-Private Partnership Projects
Public-Private Partnership Projects is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1955. 23.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the evaluation, risk assessment, critical success factors, and governance of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects in infrastructure development. It covers topics such as risk allocation, financial viability, stakeholder management, and renegotiation of contracts.
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Risk Allocation
- Infrastructure Projects
- Critical Success Factors
- PPP/PFI Projects
- Government Ownership
- Contractual Governance
- Financial Viability
- Renegotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1955
- In the world top 10%
- 2.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +42% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Public-Private Partnership Projects research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (274 and 261 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 274 works
- 2 United States 261 works
- 3 Kenya 156 works
- 4 United Kingdom 146 works
- 5 Nigeria 130 works
- 6 India 127 works
- 7 South Africa 116 works
- 8 Indonesia 115 works
- 9 Australia 80 works
- 10 Brazil 67 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Public-Private Partnership Projects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology publishes the most Public-Private Partnership Projects research, followed by Kenyatta University and University of Johannesburg.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 38 works
- 2 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 34 works
- 3 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 25 works
- 4 University of NairobiKenya 23 works
- 5 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 14 works
- 6 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 12 works
- 7 Western Sydney UniversityAustralia 12 works
- 8 University of LisbonPortugal 11 works
- 9 University of ZambiaZambia 11 works
- 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Public-Private Partnership Projects?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Public-Private Partnership Projects include Peter Nijkamp, Peter E.D. Love and David A. Hensher.
- 1 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
- 2 Peter E.D. Love Australia 1.6k citations
- 3 David A. Hensher Australia 1.5k citations
- 4 Albert P.C. Chan Hong Kong 1.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Public-Private Partnership Projects research done?
The largest centres of Public-Private Partnership Projects research in 2022–2025 are Nairobi (Kenya), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Johannesburg (South Africa). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi and Kampala.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Nairobi Kenya 112 works
- 2 Beijing China 43 works
- 3 London United Kingdom 42 works
- 4 Johannesburg South Africa 31 works
- 5 Shanghai China 28 works
- 6 Moscow Russia 26 works
- 7 Kampala Uganda 24 works
- 8 Pretoria South Africa 24 works
- 9 Bandung Indonesia 23 works
- 10 Washington D.C. United States 22 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NairobiKE · 111.8 works51×
- KampalaUG · 24.5 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Public-Private Partnership Projects than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Public-Private Partnership Projects?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, Western Sydney University and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 78.5 | 27.7% | 15.6× | 25 | +288.6% |
| 2 | Western Sydney UniversityAustralia | 77.2 | 39.4% | 18.8× | 12 | +266.4% |
| 3 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana | 75.9 | 39.3% | 20.0× | 10 | +208.3% |
| 4 | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya | 62.4 | 0.9% | 126.0× | 38 | +719.4% |
| 5 | University of NairobiKenya | 57.9 | 2.0% | 58.0× | 23 | +196.0% |
| 6 | University of South AfricaSouth Africa | 55.6 | 37.0% | 8.6× | 10 | +70.2% |
| 7 | Makerere UniversityUganda | 54.2 | 8.0% | 20.3× | 9 | +206.3% |
| 8 | University of ZambiaZambia | 51.0 | 9.0% | 30.5× | 11 | — |
| 9 | Kenyatta UniversityKenya | 50.9 | 1.0% | 94.7× | 34 | — |
| 10 | University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa | 49.5 | 13.3% | 9.7× | 9 | +144.7% |
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-Private Partnership Projects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Public-Private Partnership Projects.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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