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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. 22.6% 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%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+40%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Public Procurement and Policy research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (275 and 219 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 275 works
  2. 2 China 219 works
  3. 3 Kenya 197 works
  4. 4 Brazil 138 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 132 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 130 works
  7. 7 South Africa 122 works
  8. 8 Germany 89 works
  9. 9 India 81 works
  10. 10 Tanzania 79 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: 18.8%China: 15.0%Kenya: 13.4%Brazil: 9.4%6 others listed: 43.3%19%largest
United States275 · 18.8%China219 · 15.0%Kenya197 · 13.4%Brazil138 · 9.4%6 others listed633 · 43.3%

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

Which institutions lead Public Procurement and Policy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 69 works
  2. 2 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 27 works
  3. 3 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 24 works
  4. 4 Mount Kenya UniversityKenya 19 works
  5. 5 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 18 works
  6. 6 College of Business EducationTanzania 14 works
  7. 7 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 14 works
  8. 8 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 13 works
  9. 9 National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussia 12 works
  10. 10 University of NairobiKenya 11 works

Where is Public Procurement and Policy research done?

The largest centres of Public Procurement and Policy research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nairobi Kenya 126 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 41 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 37 works
  4. 4 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 35 works
  5. 5 Johannesburg South Africa 34 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 27 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 24 works
  8. 8 Pretoria South Africa 24 works
  9. 9 Lisbon Portugal 22 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NairobiKE · 126.2 works53×
  2. Dar es SalaamTZ · 34.8 works34×
← 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, University of Johannesburg, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture 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.

0%20%40%mean 17.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Johannesburg: 27, 27.7%Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: 18, 28.5%Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: 69, 1.0%The University of Dodoma: 8, 44.5%University of Nairobi: 12, 6.8%University of Rome Tor Vergata: 8, 22.8%Copenhagen Business School: 13, 17.6%College of Business Education: 14, 10.6%Makerere University: 11, 10.9%Kenyatta University: 24, 1.4%The University of Do…Kwame Nkrumah Univer…University of Johann…Jomo Kenyatta Univer…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 77.527.7%15.2×27 +297.0%
2 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana 76.328.5%33.0×18 +632.4%
3 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 64.41.0%210.8×69 +1509.1%
4 The University of DodomaTanzania 64.244.5%33.8×8 —
5 University of NairobiKenya 53.76.8%27.0×12 +430.8%
6 University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 49.722.8%9.6×8 +28.0%
7 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 48.917.6%28.5×13 -18.4%
8 College of Business EducationTanzania 44.910.6%260.8×14 —
9 Makerere UniversityUganda 44.910.9%21.2×11 -30.0%
10 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 44.41.4%60.8×24 —

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 Procurement and Policy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.