Marques, Tânia M. G.Reis, Nuno RosaSerra, Fernando A. R.2020-11-192020-11-192020-10-08Marques T.M.G., Reis N.R., Serra F.A.R. (2020) Bibliometrics in Public Administration. In: Farazmand A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4123-1978-3-319-31816-5http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/5204Introduction: Bibliometrics refers to the studies which seek to compute the processes of written communication, including several methods for tracking the scientific information on a discipline, a field, or a topic. Thus, bibliometrics make available a complementary perspective of the history, path, and evolution of a discipline through the quantitative analysis of its existent literature. In Public Administration, there is arguably a scarcity of bibliometric studies. The relevance and usefulness of the bibliometric approach has not been yet fully grasped by the Public Administration scholars. Thus, an advancement on this comprehension and a widespread use of bibliometric techniques may contribute to advance the research in the Public Administration discipline.engBibliometricsPublic AdministrationQuantitative measures of research outputsbook parthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5