Productive entities and citation patterns of highly cited papers in public administration domain: An informetric profile

This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of highly cited public administration articles in the Social Science Citation Index published from 1900 to 2022. Results show that classic works were revealed to frequently occur in the 1970s, and most of articles are on collaborative governance resear...

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Published inChinese public administration review Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 256 - 268
Main Authors Lyu, Peng-Hui, Du, Jia-wen, Ma, Liang, Ngai, Eric WT
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2023
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Bibliometrics
Governance
Impact factors
Influence
Performance management
Politics
Public administration
Public policy
Scientometrics
World problems
highly cited articles
informetric profile
productive entities
public administration
Citation pattern
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Summary:This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of highly cited public administration articles in the Social Science Citation Index published from 1900 to 2022. Results show that classic works were revealed to frequently occur in the 1970s, and most of articles are on collaborative governance research. The output of countries, institutions, authors, and journals in the field of public administration also was revealed. In addition, the study discovers the life cycle of highly cited articles, including three types: “delayed growth,” “steady growth,” and “rapid growth.” This study describes the citation behavior characteristics of academic entities in the discipline of public administration and the common rules of highly cited papers, which provides insights for the future development direction of the discipline of public administration research.
ISSN:1539-6754
2573-1483
DOI:10.1177/15396754231200132