Global scientific production, international cooperation, and knowledge evolution of public administration

Abstract

Public administration is a discipline with considerable history, and is also a diverse, interdisciplinary field in social science. To analyze its evolution, discover the present research foci, and predict future development trends, this study applied scientometrics visualization technology to evaluate over 72,000 scientific articles from the 1920s to 2020s. This research referred to the SSCI and JCR databases to gather scientific data of the discipline and the journals' impact factor. Consequently, paper citations, cited journals, journal co‐citations, author co‐citations, authoritative papers, top countries, productive institutes, average references, and research collaboration trends were analyzed on the bases of the published literature. This study found top productive journals in the discipline, discovered productive countries and institutes, present the research foci, and predicted future development trends. Through this study, scientific production, international cooperation, and knowledge evolution mode of public administration research offers a clear knowledge map of the public administration discipline.

Análisis global de la producción científica respecto del aprendizaje organizacional en la educación superior

“…La colaboración científica entre países es muy limitada, pues apenas el 10,5 % de los artículos fueron escritos con autores de otras nacionalidades. Sin embargo, en la literatura se sostiene que la cooperación permite acceder a más puntos de vista y lleva a resultados más interesantes (Lyu et al, 2022). Por eso, se recomienda que los investigadores fortalezcan sus redes académicas, desarrollen oportunidades de colaboración internacional y participen en proyectos con investigadores influyentes en la disciplina (Cancino et al, 2020).…”

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

“…Only at the level of scientific research can the research focus of public administration in each era, the degree of attention and the impact on subsequent research be determined (Lyu et al, 2022). Public administration research papers are one of the forms of scientific research achievements of the discipline, among which the highly cited papers are an important aspect to understand the frontier research trends of the discipline of public administration, and the discussion of the evolution of the research theme and hot issues can reflect the focus and core concerns of the discipline research.…”