Research at public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region ranked
Abstract This article presents the first‐ever ranking of public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region based on their research publication output. We used Scopus as our bibliographic database to assess the publication output of 45 schools between 2014 and 2018, based on affiliations listed on the...
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doaj-af42ec94001f47b2add3bdeddf878c422021-06-02T19:50:16ZengWileyAsia & the Pacific Policy Studies2050-26802021-01-018115116610.1002/app5.323Research at public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region rankedBjörn Dressel0David I. Stern1Crawford School of Public Policy The Australian National University Acton Australian Capital Territory AustraliaCrawford School of Public Policy The Australian National University Acton Australian Capital Territory AustraliaAbstract This article presents the first‐ever ranking of public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region based on their research publication output. We used Scopus as our bibliographic database to assess the publication output of 45 schools between 2014 and 2018, based on affiliations listed on the publications rather than current faculty. The results show substantial variation in terms of research output; elite research schools are located in China, Australia, and Singapore. Ranking by total citations, three schools stand out—the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, the Lee Kuan Yew School at the National University of Singapore, and the School of Public Policy & Management at Tsinghua University in China. Ranking by impact factor shows that the School of Government at Peking University and the Melbourne School of Government at Melbourne University are the two top‐ranked schools, but because of their relatively small research output in this period, their true rank is very uncertain.https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.323Asiacitation analysisconfidence intervalpublic policy schoolrankingstatistical analysis |
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Research at public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region ranked |
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Research at public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region ranked |
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Research at public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region ranked |
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research at public policy schools in the asia‐pacific region ranked |
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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies |
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Abstract This article presents the first‐ever ranking of public policy schools in the Asia‐Pacific region based on their research publication output. We used Scopus as our bibliographic database to assess the publication output of 45 schools between 2014 and 2018, based on affiliations listed on the publications rather than current faculty. The results show substantial variation in terms of research output; elite research schools are located in China, Australia, and Singapore. Ranking by total citations, three schools stand out—the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, the Lee Kuan Yew School at the National University of Singapore, and the School of Public Policy & Management at Tsinghua University in China. Ranking by impact factor shows that the School of Government at Peking University and the Melbourne School of Government at Melbourne University are the two top‐ranked schools, but because of their relatively small research output in this period, their true rank is very uncertain. |
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Asia citation analysis confidence interval public policy school ranking statistical analysis |
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