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Public Policy and Administration
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Public Policy and Administration

0952-0767

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ppa

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Political Science 59 35 35 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 41
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 14
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.151
Impact Factor: 3.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Public Policy and Administration?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Public administration, Public relations, Government, Politics and Public sector. The Public administration study tackling the subject of Local government is the focus of it. The works on Public relations deal in particular with Public service.

The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Government as it also encompasses State (polity). The main emphasis of Public Policy and Administration is the subject of Politics, focusing on Democracy. New public management is a primary topic of Public sector research in it.

  • Public administration (45.00%)
  • Public relations (19.06%)
  • Government (15.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Contemporary public management: a new global paradigm?: (345 citations)
  • What's in a Name? Making Sense of Social Enterprise Discourses (288 citations)
  • From Muddling Through to Muddling Up - Evidence Based Policy Making and the Modernisation of British Government: (260 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Public Policy and Administration:

The journal papers focus on Public administration, Public relations, Government, Public policy and Corporate governance. The most cited papers hold forums on Public administration that merge themes from other disciplines such as Modernization theory, State (polity), Public sector and Politics. While the published papers focused on Public relations, they were also able to explore topics like Service delivery framework, Context (language use) and Public service motivation.

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 scientific interests tackled in the journal are Context (language use), Public administration, Public relations, Public policy and State (polity). Public–private partnership, General partnership, Accounting, Element (criminal law) and The Republic are some topics wherein Context (language use) research discussed in it have an impact. While it focused on Public administration, it was also able to explore topics like Organizational capacity, Agency (sociology) and Politics.

The research on Public relations featured in Public Policy and Administration combines topics in other fields like Scale development, Management control system and Educational systems. The research on Public policy tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Core (game theory), Granger causality, Sustainability and Behavioural intervention. The concepts on State (polity) presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Government, Production (economics), Cointegration and Public participation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Causal logics and mechanisms in policy design: How and why adopting a mechanistic perspective can improve policy design (39 citations)
  • Comparing user and community co-production approaches in local ‘welfare’ and ‘law and order’ services: Does the governance mode matter?: (9 citations)
  • Have policy process scholars embraced causal mechanisms? A review of five popular frameworks: (9 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 Public Policy and Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alvydas Raipa (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vainius Smalskys (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Aleksandras Patapas (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard A. Chapman (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Howard Elcock (19 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 Public Policy and Administration (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kaunas University of Technology (89 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mykolas Romeris University (62 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Glasgow Caledonian University (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Birmingham (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (23 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, 14.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.47% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.78% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.34% of all publications and 64.41% 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

  • Researching COVID-19: A research agenda for public policy and administration scholars

    Claire A. Dunlop;Claire A. Dunlop;Edoardo Ongaro;Edoardo Ongaro;Keith Baker

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • In trust we trust: The impact of trust in government on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Unknown

    (2022)
    88 Citations
  • The myth of ‘evidence-based policymaking’ in a decentred state:

    Paul Cairney

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Have policy process scholars embraced causal mechanisms? A review of five popular frameworks:

    Jeroen van der Heijden;Johanna Kuhlmann;Evert Lindquist;Adam Wellstead

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Explaining government bureaucrats’ behaviour: On the relative importance of organizational position, demographic background, and political attitudes:

    Morten Egeberg;Inger Marie Stigen

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Data science, artificial intelligence and the third wave of digital era governance

    (2023)
    36 Citations
  • The contentious politics of policy failure: The case of corporate board gender quotas in Spain:

    Tània Verge;Tània Verge;Emanuela Lombardo

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Understanding street-level bureaucrats’ attitude towards clients: Towards a measurement instrument:

    Shelena Keulemans;Steven Van de Walle

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • What is the decentered state

    Mark Bevir

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • EU-driven public sector reforms:

    Edoardo Ongaro;Walter Kickert

    (2020)
    24 Citations

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