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Public Procurement and Policy

Public Procurement and Policy is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of public procurement in driving innovation, sustainability, and social outcomes. It discusses the use of demand-side policies, green procurement practices, and policy instruments to promote innovation and sustainable development. The cluster also emphasizes the impact on small businesses, supply chain management, and the success of market-driven innovations.

  • Public Procurement
  • Innovation
  • Sustainable Procurement
  • Demand-side Policies
  • Green Procurement
  • Small Businesses
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Social Procurement
  • Policy Instruments
  • Market Success
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Public Procurement and Policy

Which countries lead Public Procurement and Policy research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (304 and 264 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 304 works
  2. 2 China 264 works
  3. 3 Kenya 207 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 149 works
  5. 5 Brazil 147 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 141 works
  7. 7 South Africa 139 works
  8. 8 Germany 95 works
  9. 9 India 89 works
  10. 10 Tanzania 87 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: 18.7%China: 16.3%Kenya: 12.8%Indonesia: 9.2%6 others listed: 43.0%19%largest
United States304 · 18.7%China264 · 16.3%Kenya207 · 12.8%Indonesia149 · 9.2%6 others listed698 · 43.0%

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

Which institutions lead Public Procurement and Policy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology publishes the most Public Procurement and Policy research, followed by University of Johannesburg and Kenyatta University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 73 works
  2. 2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 28 works
  3. 3 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 24 works
  4. 4 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 19 works
  5. 5 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 19 works
  6. 6 College of Business EducationTanzania 16 works
  7. 7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 14 works
  8. 8 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 13 works
  9. 9 Durban University of TechnologySouth Africa 13 works
  10. 10 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Public Procurement and Policy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Public Procurement and Policy include Martin McKee, Andrei Shleifer and David J. Teece.

  1. 1 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  2. 2 Andrei Shleifer United States 234k citations
  3. 3 David J. Teece United States 130k citations
  4. 4 Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi United Kingdom 98k citations
  5. 5 Jean Tirole France 96k 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 Procurement and Policy?

The most cited paper in Public Procurement and Policy is "The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct" (Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Madhukar Pathak, 2006), with 2,865 citations. Next come "A theory of incentives in procurement and regulation" (2,661) and "Do green supply chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance?" (2,428).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Reification of Absorptive Capacity: A Critical Review and Rejuvenation of the Construct Peter J. Lane, Balaji R. Koka, Seemantini Madhukar Pathak · Academy of Management Review Oct 2006 2,865
2 A theory of incentives in procurement and regulation Norman J. Ireland · International Journal of Industrial Organization Mar 1994 2,661
3 Do green supply chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance? Purba Rao, Diane Holt · International Journal of Operations & Production Management 23 Aug 2005 2,428
4 Drivers and barriers to environmental supply chain management practices: Lessons from the public and private sectors Helen L. Walker, Lucio Di Sisto, Darian McBain · Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 25 Feb 2008 1,403
5 Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve · Public Administration Review May 2007 1,218
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Where is Public Procurement and Policy research done?

The largest centres of Public Procurement and Policy research in 2022-now are Nairobi (Kenya), Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 NairobiKenya 133 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 44 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 41 works
  4. 4 Dar es SalaamTanzania 37 works
  5. 5 JohannesburgSouth Africa 36 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works
  7. 7 PretoriaSouth Africa 26 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 25 works
  9. 9 DurbanSouth Africa 25 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NairobiKE · 132.6 works50×
  2. Dar es SalaamTZ · 36.9 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, The University of Dodoma and University of Rome Tor Vergata 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.

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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
1Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 66.815.5%32.4×19 +34.8%
2The University of DodomaTanzania 63.323.0%38.6×9 +308.9%
3University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 57.217.4%10.5×9 +57.0%
4University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 53.55.1%16.3×28 +101.5%
5Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 47.27.3%29.7×13 +52.7%
6Makerere UniversityUganda 44.57.0%23.2×11 +94.0%
7Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 43.20.5%230.0×73 -68.3%
8College of Business EducationTanzania 38.44.6%294.8×16 +532.2%
9Kenyatta UniversityKenya 36.40.0%64.2×24 +114.2%
10University of ZambiaZambia 36.21.4%27.4×11 +328.1%

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 Procurement and Policy, country by country

Is Public Procurement and Policy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Public Procurement and Policy.

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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 Procurement and Policy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Public Procurement and Policy0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Public Procurement and Policy 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 Procurement and Policy10.7% 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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