Journal of Public Affairs

Top Research Topics at Journal of Public Affairs?

The aim of Journal of Public Affairs is to expand the discussion of research in Public relations, Public administration, Politics, Marketing and Public affair. Corporate social responsibility is a primary topic of Public relations research in Journal of Public Affairs. Topics in Public administration were tackled in line with various other fields like Government and Public policy.

Democracy is a key component of Politics research discussed in the journal. The journal focuses on Marketing as well as the interrelated topic of Advertising.

• Public relations (15.02%)
• Public administration (14.03%)
• Politics (13.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Safeguarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global supply chains: how codes of conduct are managed in buyer‐supplier relationships (184 citations)
• Squawking, tweeting, cooing, and hooting: analyzing the communication patterns of government agencies on Twitter (173 citations)
• Unpacking the social media phenomenon: towards a research agenda (154 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Public Affairs:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Public relations, Marketing, Politics, Corporate social responsibility and Advertising. While the journal publications focused on Public relations, they were also able to explore topics like Corporate governance, Accountability, Public affair, Public administration and Government. The most cited papers with studies in Politics featured incorporate elements of Mass media, Political economy, Public policy and Media studies.

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 primarily focuses on research topics in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Econometrics, Public administration, Economic growth and Government. Journal of Public Affairs encompasses presentations on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), specifically Pandemic and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Nuclear energy consumption and economic growth in the UK: Evidence from wavelet coherence approach (36 citations)
• Electricity consumption, urbanization, and economic growth in Nigeria: New insights from combined cointegration amidst structural breaks (28 citations)
• Financial access, governance and the persistence of inequality in Africa: Mechanisms and policy instruments (19 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journal of Public Affairs (based on the number of publications) are:

• Phil Harris (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Peter Jones (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Daphne Comfort (27 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• 正弥 小林 (19 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Tom Spencer (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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Public Affairs (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Chester (46 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Science and Technology of China (37 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Eastern Mediterranean University (27 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Otago (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Gloucestershire (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less 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, 8.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.86% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.21% of all publications and 55.34% 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.