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Administrative Theory and Praxis
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Administrative Theory and Praxis

1084-1806

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/madt20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 228 6 6 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 7
Documents by Best Scientists*: 7
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 21
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.621
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Administrative Theory & Praxis?

Administrative Theory & Praxis covers a variety of subjects, including Public administration, Praxis, Law, Epistemology and Politics. Public administration research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Administration (government), Corporate governance, Public relations, Public administration theory and Democracy. The study on Public relations presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Government.

Administrative Theory & Praxis emphasizes research on Law, which includes concerns such as State (polity). The Epistemology study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Social psychology.

  • Public administration (38.15%)
  • Praxis (13.57%)
  • Law (12.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Network Governance and Post-Liberal Democracy (176 citations)
  • Book Review: Kwame Anthony Appiah. Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a world of strangers. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. (161 citations)
  • Faculty Experiences with Bullying in Higher Education (157 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Administrative Theory & Praxis:

Public administration, Politics, Public relations, Corporate governance and Democracy are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. The most cited articles with studies in Public administration featured incorporate elements of Value pluralism, Government, Network governance, Field (Bourdieu) and Normative. Administration (government), Neutrality and Identity (social science) are some topics wherein Politics research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Epistemology
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Public administration, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Democracy, Social equality and Political economy. It focused on works that combine different research areas such as Public administration and Research community. The presented Democracy research focuses mostly on Corporate governance and, on occasion, topics in Social movement.

New Deal, Settlement (litigation), Progressive era and Humanities are some topics wherein Social equality research discussed in the journal have an impact. The journal holds forums on Political economy that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nonprofit sector, Organizational communication, Narrative and Globe. The concepts on Politics presented in Administrative Theory & Praxis can also apply to other research fields, including Social psychology, Forgetting, Epistemology, Meaning (existential) and Territoriality.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Developing a model of empathy for public administration (4 citations)
  • Identities, Intersectionality, and Otherness: The Social Constructions of Deservedness in American Housing Policy (4 citations)
  • Detecting empathy in public organizations: Creating a more relational public administration (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Administrative Theory & Praxis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David John Farmer (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael W. Spicer (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jennifer Eagan (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hugh T. Miller (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas J. Catlaw (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Administrative Theory & Praxis (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Virginia Commonwealth University (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Florida Atlantic University (46 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nebraska Omaha (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Cleveland State University (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Arizona State University (31 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 16.28% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.78% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Making sense of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response: A policy regime perspective

    David P. Carter;Peter J. May

    (2020)
    108 Citations
  • Narrative in the Time of Trump: Is the Narrative Policy Framework good enough to be relevant?

    Michael D. Jones;Mark K. McBeth

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Exploring emotional discourses: The case of COVID-19 protests in the US media

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Theory and practice in dis-harmony? Toward a praxis ecosystem approach to the public administration and management discipline and profession

    (2023)
    7 Citations
  • The value of alumni networks in responding to the public administration theory and practice: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in China

    Fangda Ding;Norma M. Riccucci

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • The relevance of CRT to public administrative practice: The role of leaders

    (2024)
    1 Citations

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