TY - JOUR
T1 - Ranking scholarly publishers in public administration
AU - Lim, Sungdae
AU - Hwang, Hyunseok
AU - McDonald, Bruce D.
AU - Hatcher, William
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Public administration has dedicated much discussion to the ranking of academic journals, but little to no research focused on the quality and contributions of publishing academic books. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed public administration scholars who have published books. We used the data from this survey to establish a scholarly ranking of book publishers in the field. The findings of the survey show public administration scholars prefer commercial over academic presses when publishing their books. This could be due to the authors’ decisions, the publishers seeking and supporting research in public administration, or, most likely, a combination of both.
AB - Public administration has dedicated much discussion to the ranking of academic journals, but little to no research focused on the quality and contributions of publishing academic books. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed public administration scholars who have published books. We used the data from this survey to establish a scholarly ranking of book publishers in the field. The findings of the survey show public administration scholars prefer commercial over academic presses when publishing their books. This could be due to the authors’ decisions, the publishers seeking and supporting research in public administration, or, most likely, a combination of both.
KW - English-language publishers
KW - public administration scholars
KW - ranking book publishers
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U2 - 10.1080/15236803.2023.2247806
DO - 10.1080/15236803.2023.2247806
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85169150398
SN - 1523-6803
JO - Journal of Public Affairs Education
JF - Journal of Public Affairs Education
ER -