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Australian Journal of Public Administration
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Australian Journal of Public Administration

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 118 19 36 9
Business and Management 520 11 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 40
Documents by Best Scientists*: 58
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.74
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Australian Journal of Public Administration?

Australian Journal of Public Administration primarily focuses on research topics in Public administration, Government, Public relations, Public sector and Public service. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Public administration, it also covered topics in Law, State (polity), Commonwealth, Public policy and Politics. It is mostly focused on Public policy, specifically Policy studies.

Many of the studies tackled connect Government with a similar field of study like Accountability. New public management is a focus of the Public sector works in the journal.

  • Public administration (47.14%)
  • Government (19.03%)
  • Public relations (16.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications (578 citations)
  • Three lenses of evidence-based policy (375 citations)
  • Mapping Public Participation in Policy Choices (273 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Australian Journal of Public Administration:

The journal articles investigate studies in Public administration, Public relations, Public sector, Government and Public policy. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Public administration, it also covers topics in Corporate governance, Politics, Accountability and New public management. The study of Public relations in the journal papers encompasses disciplines such as Service delivery framework, as well as fields such as Public value, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mainly tackles studies in Public administration, Government, Public relations, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Public policy. The majority of Public administration studies are focused on the issues of Local government. The studies on Government discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Scrutiny, Public sector, Welfare and National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Australian Journal of Public Administration holds forums on Public relations that merges themes from other disciplines such as New public management, Value (ethics), Service delivery framework, Multilevel model and Austerity. The featured Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) works encompass concepts such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and examines them in conjunction with 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Stimulus (economics), Public economics and Mental health. Public policy research featured in Australian Journal of Public Administration incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Policy implementation, Cultural safety, Closing (real estate), Stakeholder perceptions and Systems thinking.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Trust in government increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand (10 citations)
  • Adjudicating reasonable and necessary funded supports in the National Disability Insurance Scheme: A critical review of the values and priorities indicated in the decisions of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (3 citations)
  • Charting the policy development process of social housing bonds in Australia through an impact narrative approach (2 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 Australian Journal of Public Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Brian Dollery (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger Wettenhall (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Wanna (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patrick Weller (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William Sanders (16 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 Australian Journal of Public Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Australian National University (218 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Sydney (106 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of New South Wales (102 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Melbourne (99 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Griffith University (97 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 59.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.94% of all publications and 15.62% 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.

Top Publications

  • Innovative work behaviour in the public sector: The roles of task characteristics, social support, and proactivity

    Yuliani Suseno;Craig Standing;Denise Gengatharen;Diep Nguyen

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Politicisation of the public service during democratic backsliding: Alternative perspectives

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Participation: Add‐on or core component of public service delivery?

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Public sector innovation in the Asia-pacific trends, challenges, and opportunities

    Zeger van der Wal;Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • More ethical, more innovative? The effects of ethical culture and ethical leadership on realized innovation

    Zeger Van der Wal;Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • (Re)Thinking think tanks in the age of policy labs: The rise of knowledge‐based policy influence organisations

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Royal commissions and policy influence

    Michael Mintrom;Deirdre O'Neill;Ruby O'Connor

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Assessing policy analytical capacity in contemporary governments: New measures and metrics

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Understanding, measuring, and encouraging public policy research impact

    Kate Williams;Jenny M. Lewis

    (2021)
    12 Citations

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