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International Journal of Public Sector Management
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International Journal of Public Sector Management

0951-3558

Published by: Emerald Publishing

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0951-3558

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 186 7 10 6
Business and Management 578 9 9 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 21
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 71
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.646
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Public Sector Management?

Public sector, Public administration, Public relations, Marketing and Government are the subjects of interest in International Journal of Public Sector Management. Public sector research presented is mostly focused on the subject of New public management. Economic growth, Corporate governance and Bureaucracy, Politics are some topics wherein Public administration research discussed in International Journal of Public Sector Management have an impact.

Developing country is the primary subject of Economic growth works presented in it. The research on Public relations featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Order (exchange), General partnership, Originality and Health care. It encompasses Originality studies in the context of Value (ethics) as a whole.

Procurement and Quality (business) are all subfields of Marketing research that were featured in it.

  • Public sector (36.30%)
  • Public administration (33.94%)
  • Public relations (32.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Universities in a competitive global marketplace (619 citations)
  • The world of the social entrepreneur (487 citations)
  • Performance measurement in humanitarian relief chains (458 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Public Sector Management:

The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Public sector, Public relations, Public administration, Marketing and New public management. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Public sector that incorporate concepts from other fields like Performance management, Private sector, Accountability, Order (exchange) and Accounting. The most cited publications explore topics in Public administration which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Corporate governance, Globalization, Bureaucracy, State (polity) and Government.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Management

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in International Journal of Public Sector Management are Public sector, Public relations, Performance management, Knowledge management and Corporate governance. The research on Public sector tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Finance, Outsourcing, Body of knowledge, Accrual and Industrial organization. Organizational culture are all disciplines of Public relations that connect with topics in Nexus (standard).

The studies on Performance management discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Performance measurement, Performance indicator, Accountability and Process management. It explores research in Knowledge management alongside concepts in Government and other areas of study in Collaborative governance and Originality. Issues in Corporate governance were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Latin Americans and Public defender.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Risk management in the public sector: a structured literature review (4 citations)
  • The nexus between organisational culture and knowledge sharing in a government department in Botswana (2 citations)
  • Collaboration among public organizations: a systematic literature review on determinants of interinstitutional performance (1 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 International Journal of Public Sector Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Joyce Liddle (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guru Prakash Prabhakar (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Göran Svensson (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ronald McGill (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yvonne Brunetto (6 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 International Journal of Public Sector Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Manchester (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ulster University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Birmingham (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Glasgow Caledonian University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Portsmouth (14 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, 90.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% 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.

Top Publications

  • Innovation in public organizations: do government reforms matter?

    Imane Hijal-Moghrabi;Meghna Sabharwal;Kannan Ramanathan

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Implementation of sustainable public procurement in local governments: a measurement approach

    Lily Hsueh;Stuart Bretschneider;Justin M. Stritch;Nicole Darnall

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Reverse decoupling: Ukrainian case of healthcare financing system reform

    Veronika Vakulenko;Anatoli Bourmistrov;Giuseppe Grossi

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Public appointments as a tool for public governance: a systematic literature review

    Simone Cocciasecca;Giuseppe Grossi;Alessandro Sancino

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Public procurement research: a bibliometric analysis

    (2024)
    6 Citations
  • Ambiguous hybridity? Main features of China's service-oriented government reform

    Xiaolong Tian;Tom Christensen

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Strategic alignment, process improvements and public value in public-private IT outsourcing in Mexico

    Francois Duhamel;Isis Gutiérrez-Martínez;Sergio Picazo-Vela;Luis Felipe Luna-Reyes

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Listed public–private enterprises: stock market information, agency costs and productive efficiency outcomes

    Aidan Vining;Mark Moore;Claude Laurin

    (2021)
    6 Citations

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