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Journal of Asian Public Policy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 217 7 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 17
Documents by Best Scientists*: 23
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 21
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.539
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Asian Public Policy?

The topics of Economic growth, China, Development economics, Government and Public administration are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The Economic growth study presented in the journal encompasses related topics like Higher education and also examines its connection to subjects such as Context (language use). The work tackled in Journal of Asian Public Policy goes beyond the discipline of Higher education as it also encompasses Public good.

Topics in China were tackled in line with various other fields like Economic system and Health care. The Development economics works featured in it incorporate elements from Poverty, Welfare and East Asia. Journal of Asian Public Policy explores research in Social policy and overlapping concepts in Welfare state to expand the discourse in Welfare.

The Government study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Politics. The journal explores issues in Politics which can be linked to other research areas like Political economy and Power (social and political). The work on Public administration tackled in it brings together disciplines like Corporate governance and Accountability.

  • Economic growth (31.10%)
  • China (22.97%)
  • Development economics (20.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The myth of multiculturalism in ‘Asia's world city’: incomprehensive policies for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong (45 citations)
  • Is the East Asian Welfare Model still productive (42 citations)
  • Life in the shadow of mega-events: Beijing Summer Olympiad and its impact on housing (33 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Asian Public Policy:

The published articles aim to foster the development of research in China, Economic growth, Government, Development economics and Globalization. The journal papers explore themes in Economic growth like Education economics and link them with other fields of study like Policy development. The published papers with studies in Government featured incorporate elements of Health care, Health care reform, Accountability, Public administration and Politics.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Capitalism

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), China, Development economics and Welfare. The research on China tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Government, Poverty, Social enterprise and Safety net. It facilitates discussions on Government that incorporate concepts from other fields like Financial risk, Political risk, Sovereignty, Corporate governance and Public administration.

Issues in Development economics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Institutionalism, Convergence (relationship) and Migrant workers. The journal primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Civil society but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Wicked problem and related Economic growth,
  • Bureaucracy which connect with Political economy.. Early childhood education is a primary topic of Economic growth research in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and changing welfare regimes (8 citations)
  • Personal income, local communities and happiness in a rich global city: evidence from Hong Kong (6 citations)
  • Unpacking policy portfolios: primary and secondary aspects of tool use in policy mixes (5 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 Journal of Asian Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Qin Gao (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jun Jie Woo (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tauchid Komara Yuda (4 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Raymond K. H. Chan (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ka Ho Mok (4 papers) published 3 papers 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 Journal of Asian Public Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Hong Kong (20 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Singapore (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • City University of Hong Kong (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (13 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hong Kong Institute of Education (13 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, 5.13% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.32% of all publications and 18.92% 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

  • Unpacking policy portfolios: primary and secondary aspects of tool use in policy mixes

    Azad Singh Bali;Michael Howlett;M Ramesh

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • The role of tool calibrations and policy specifications in policy change: evidence from healthcare reform efforts in Korea 1990-2020

    (2022)
    19 Citations
  • Policy entrepreneurship in Asia: the emerging research agenda

    Michael Mintrom;Dayashankar Maurya;Alex Jingwei He

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Policy entrepreneurs as catalysts of broad system change: the case of social health insurance adoption in India

    Dayashankar Maurya;Michael Mintrom

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • The hybridization of policy learning in multilevel regimes: a case study of the long-term care insurance in China

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Policy education in Australia and New Zealand: towards a decolonized pedagogy

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Written directives and ministerial tenure in China: a novel gauge for political performance?

    (2024)
    4 Citations
  • The effect of incentives and procedure simplification in policy implementation: evidence from a survey experiment on waste sorting

    (2024)
    2 Citations
  • What determines the government’s policy instrument choice for steering nonprofit organizations? The role of government capacity and contextual complexity

    Zejin Liu;Steven Van de Walle

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • A governance perspective on China’s belt and road initiative: a case study of the Sino-Thai railway project

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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