Examining the Evolution of the Field of Public Administration through a Bibliometric Analysis of Public Administration Review

Abstract

Her current research examines failures of interorganizational networks, information and communication technology innovation in complex organizations, and digital divide and social inclusion.

Punching below its weight: Canadian public administration scholarship on the world stage

“…Indeed, if we were to rank the pooled articles from CPA and AJPA in terms of citations, Kernaghan () would be 12 th instead of 1 st in the CPA ‐only ranking, Howlett and Rayner (), would be at 30 th instead of 2 nd , Anderson () would be 32 nd instead of 3 rd , Lindquist () would be 35 th instead of 4 th , and Boase () would be tied at 36 th instead of 5 th . Second, according to the regional breakdown of contributors to Public Administration Review since the 1960s (Ni, Sugimoto, and Robbin ), the relatively higher number of contributions from Canadian scholars over the Australians and Dutch stopped around the 2000s, and then was reversed. Third, in the past decade, a puzzling phenomenon occurred.…”

Understanding the Field of Public Affairs through the Lens of Ranked Ph.D. Programs in the United States

“…Efforts have been made to understand a narrower version of public affairs, i.e., public administration, mostly through the lens of publications at major public administration journals (Lan & Anders, 2000;Miller & Jaja, 2005;Ni, Sugimoto, & Robbin, 2017). There are also a small number of studies trying to profile public affairs programs either through faculty/staff/student publications in major public administration journals (Douglas, 1996;Legge & Devore, 1987) or degrees offered (Koven, Goetzke, & Brennan, 2008).…”

The 2017 John Gaus Award Lecture: What If We Took Professionalism Seriously?

“…Although public administration research has become more specialized since John Gaus's era (Ni, Sugimoto, and Robbin 2017), scholars have been slow to move from research models and assumptions that presume public organizations are populated with public administration generalists to realistic assumptions about public administration's context and complexity. 4 A robust research program about professionalism in public administration could help to contextualize existing research streams that would benefit from the new knowledge.…”