Public Management Review

Top Research Topics at Public Management Review?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Public relations, Public administration, Public sector, Corporate governance and Government. Public Management Review centers on topics in Public relations, with a focus on Public service. The concepts on Public administration presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Accountability, Politics and New public management.

Some problems in Public sector that were presented in Public Management Review overlapped with concepts under Private sector and Public economics.

• Public relations (41.26%)
• Public administration (36.05%)
• Public sector (21.21%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The New Public Governance? 1 (1069 citations)
• What to do when Stakeholders matter: Stakeholder Identification and Analysis Techniques (867 citations)
• A Systematic Review of Co-Creation and Co-Production: Embarking on the social innovation journey (724 citations)

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

The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Public relations, Public administration, Public sector, Corporate governance and New public management. The studies on Public relations discussed at the most cited publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Government, Local government and Marketing. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Public administration that incorporate concepts from other fields like Bureaucracy, State (polity), Accountability, Autonomy and Public policy.

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

• Law
• Management
• Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Public relations, Public administration, Public management, Public sector and Corporate governance are among the topics commonly tackled in Public Management Review. The presented Public relations study covers related areas such as Public service and also touches on topics like 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. While Public administration is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Government and New public management.

Many of the studies tackled connect Public management with a similar field of study like Public policy. The research on Corporate governance featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Political economy and Accountability. The in-depth study on Local government also explores topics in the intersecting field of Politics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The COVID-19 pandemic as a game changer for public administration and leadership? The need for robust governance responses to turbulent problems (37 citations)
• Continuing the development of the public service logic : a study of value co-destruction in public services (16 citations)
• Innovation labs and co-production in public problem solving (14 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 Management Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Stephen P. Osborne (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Victor Bekkers (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Richard M. Walker (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Erik-Hans Klijn (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rhys William Andrews (11 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 Management Review (based on the number of publications) are:

• Erasmus University Rotterdam (53 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Cardiff University (38 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Utrecht University (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Bocconi University (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Ghent University (22 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 6 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, 7.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.30% of all publications and 50.98% 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.