Public Administration Review

Top Research Topics at Public Administration Review?

The journal mostly deals with topics like Public administration, Public relations, Government, Politics and Law. In addition to Public administration research, Public Administration Review aims to explore topics under Administration (government), Bureaucracy, State (polity), Public policy and Democracy. It focuses on Public relations but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Work (electrical) and Public sector.

The studies on Government discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Local government and Agency (sociology).

• Public administration (38.66%)
• Public relations (19.66%)
• Government (19.37%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Science of "Muddling Through" (6100 citations)
• The Motivational Bases of Public Service (1749 citations)
• The Evolution of E-Government among Municipalities: Rhetoric or Reality? (1492 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Public Administration Review:

The most cited papers cover a variety of subjects, including Public administration, Public relations, Government, Public sector and Politics. While Public administration is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Administration (government), Corporate governance, Bureaucracy, Accountability and Democracy. In addition to Public relations research, the most cited papers aim to explore topics under Work (electrical), Local government, Public service motivation and Agency (sociology).

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

• Law
• World War II
• Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Public Administration Review investigates areas of study like Public administration, Government, Public economics, Public relations and Politics. While the journal primarily focused on Public administration, it also opened dialogues on disciplines such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. It connects the study in Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with the closely related area of Pandemic.

Public Administration Review focuses on Government as well as the interrelated topic of Transparency (behavior). The in-depth study on Politics also explores topics in the intersecting field of State (polity).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Agile: A New Way of Governing (16 citations)
• Accountable Artificial Intelligence: Holding Algorithms to Account (13 citations)
• Do Street-Level Bureaucrats Discriminate Based on Religion? A Large-Scale Correspondence Experiment among American Public School Principals (11 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 Public Administration Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• James L. Perry (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• David H. Rosenbloom (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kenneth J. Meier (39 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Donald P. Moynihan (36 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Robert T. Golembiewski (33 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 Public Administration Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Indiana University (130 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Rutgers University (82 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Georgia (73 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Syracuse University (67 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Florida State University (67 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 2.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.34% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.72% of all publications and 45.80% 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.