The Scope and Trends of Public Administration Publications from Selected Journals Between the Year 2000 and 2019

Abstract

This article explores the nature, scope and trends in public administration (PA) publication in 2000-2019 period. The paper examines 2,798 articles published in four public administration journals focusing on four themes: (1) aut-horship/co-authorship, (2) topics of focus, (3) methodo-logy, and (4) funding status of the articles. The study finds that there has been a significant change in the characteristics of authors, methodology, and the nature of topics published in these selected journals during the first and second decades. The paper identifies huge disparities in author contributions by region, gender, and profession, as well as in funding. These findings are important in the wake of increased globalisation and internationalisation of academic research.