Speaking truth to power … or to the Ivory tower? Public affairs researchers’ reports of practitioners’ use of their research

Bozeman, Barry; Lindsay, Spencer; Nelson, John P.; Bretschneider, Stuart

doi:10.1080/14719037.2023.2252819

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“…In conclusion, our study employs the citations by policy documents to stimulate and provide a foundation for evaluating the policy impact of scholarly articles. It complements recent studies using conventional methods such as surveys (Bozeman et al, 2023;Nelson et al, 2024) and interviews (Bogenschneider et al, 2019), thereby enriching the methodological toolkit available for exploring this subject. Our study underscores the importance of fostering collaboration between practitioners and scholars, encouraging interdisciplinary interactions, and posing thought-provoking and paradigm-shifting questions.…”

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confidence: 91%

Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities?

Ma,

Cheng

2024

Public Administration Review

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We (1) present the landscape of the citations of Public Administration and Policy (PAP) scholarly articles in policy documents and (2) examine influencing factors along three dimensions: collaborative teams, cross‐disciplinary interactions, and disruptive paradigms. Using data from the 30 most‐cited PAP peer‐reviewed journals and 38,062 documents from 1107 policy institutions, we find that 10.1% of all PAP scholarship receives high citations from both academics and policy communities. Collaborative teams, cross‐disciplinary interactions, and disruptive paradigms can all increase the citations within policy communities, yet the relationships are not linear. Nonacademic authors can consistently attract more policy citations, whether publishing alone or collaborating with academics. An article should ideally cite no more than 13 disciplinary subjects. No significant trade‐off between scholarly and policy impact as scholarly citations and the academic reputation of authors often translate into policy citations. These findings offer novel and concrete insights into optimizing academic research for policy impact.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities?

Ma,

Cheng

2024

Public Administration Review

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“…This group requires three intellectual skills: (a) Reimagining cavitation beyond conventional thinking, (b) Evaluating the idea’s viability, and (c) Understanding the chemical sector to sell novel ideas . The rate of adoption of cavitation by the second group will rely on their perceptions of the researcher’s idea, which in turn is influenced by the channels through which researchers disseminate their findings. , After the government research funding significantly increased in the 1950s, physical science and engineering faculties had the freedom to select their topic of interest and a new set of requirements for government grants. Since this shift prioritized grant proposals over research outcomes, there was a rush for frequent publications for continuous funding instead of meeting the original objectives of research .…”

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Bridging Ingenuity and Utility in Cavitation─A Pioneer’s Predicament

Iyer,

Pandit

2024

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.

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Cavitational transformation is emerging as a new chemical process intensification technique. The primary objective of this study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the academic-practitioner gap in India in the context of the phenomenon of cavitation. By employing Diffusion of Innovations theory, this work traces the entire journey of cavitation as a beneficial technology, since its inception in 1992 by its pioneer, who is also the second author of this paper. The evolution is split into four time periods, each of which has been analyzed in terms of the various adopter categories and the industrial challenges that were encountered. The paper then outlines various factors that could prevent the adoption of cavitation, such as the role of the government, human factors, and the role of artificial intelligence. It also provides suitable future directions to help the pioneer of cavitation make his work useful to practitioners.

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“…An enduring concern in the field of public administration is the relevance of theoretically motivated research in academic journals to the world of professional practice (Bozeman et al 2023). As educators and as journal editors, we believe a valuable nexus exists between scholarly inquiry and professional practice.…”

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