Bibliometrics of public administration research hotspots: Topic keywords, author keywords, keywords plus analysis

• Published in: Heliyon Vol. 10; no. 21; p. e39352
• Main Authors: Wei, Ren-Zhong, Liu, Xin-Yue, Lyu, Peng-Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: bibliometric analysis; Co-words network; governance; politics; Power law; Public administration; Co-words network; Power law; Public administration

This study investigates the ephemeral and common features of public administration, reviews the development of public administration, identifies current research concerns, and explores future research directions. We gathered 89,905 documents from the SSCI database from the 1920s to 2020 and used co-...