A “review” of policy sciences: bibliometric analysis of authors, references, and topics during 1970–2017

Nihit Goyal*

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Abstract

Even as Policy Sciences celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, there is no systematic account of the research that has been published in the journal. This article reports the findings of a bibliometric analysis of 1027 publications in this journal during 1970–2017. It identifies the authors who have contributed to the journal, the works that have influenced them, and the topics they have studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)527-537
Number of pages11
JournalPolicy Sciences
Volume50
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bibliometric analysis
  • Co-citation analysis
  • Co-occurrence analysis
  • Policy sciences
  • Policy studies
  • Public policy

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