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<p>Nowadays, public – private partnership is an increasingly common term in the academic literature, in political speeches and international institutions. By carrying out a bibliometric analysis in the field of public-private partnership, the graphic display of a large amount of information was aimed at highlighting the number of publications in this field, the distribution of authors in certain areas, the points of interest and the research methods used by researchers. The information used in this research was collected from the Web of Science database which is one of the most famous in the world, especially from the Web of Science Core Collection, the main component which contains high quality items. Although the first publications on the Web of Science platform dates from 1967, research in this field has been expanding for the last 10 years. In this study we focus on the content of the Web of Science platform and the use of the VOSviewer, a software used to build and display bibliometric relationships, in order to create a map that includes the most used terms in research on “public - private partnership”. The main result of this research is to highlight the state of knowledge regarding the research carried out so far with reference to the public-private partnership.</p>
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Nowadays, public – private partnership is an increasingly common term in the academic literature, in political speeches and international institutions. By carrying out a bibliometric analysis in the field of public-private partnership, the graphic display of a large amount of information was aimed at highlighting the number of publications in this field, the distribution of authors in certain areas, the points of interest and the research methods used by researchers. The information used in this research was collected from the Web of Science database which is one of the most famous in the world, especially from the Web of Science Core Collection, the main component which contains high quality items. Although the first publications on the Web of Science platform dates from 1967, research in this field has been expanding for the last 10 years. In this study we focus on the content of the Web of Science platform and the use of the VOSviewer, a software used to build and display bibliometric relationships, in order to create a map that includes the most used terms in research on “public - private partnership”. The main result of this research is to highlight the state of knowledge regarding the research carried out so far with reference to the public-private partnership.

Public Private – Partnership – A Bibliometric Analysis

PhD Student, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava

Professor, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava

Timisoara Journal of Economics and Business

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Nowadays, public – private partnership is an increasingly common term in the academic literature, in political speeches and international institutions. By...

Public Private – Partnership – A Bibliometric Analysis

Published Online: Oct 31, 2023

Page range: 189 - 204

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tjeb-2022-0011

Keywords
Public private – partnership, Bibliometric analysis, Web of Science, VOSviewer

© 2022 Cristina Iuliana Petrovan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Public Private – Partnership – A Bibliometric Analysis

Published Online: Oct 31, 2023

Page range: 189 - 204

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tjeb-2022-0011

KeywordsPublic private – partnership, Bibliometric analysis, Web of Science, VOSviewer

© 2022 Cristina Iuliana Petrovan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Public private – partnership, Bibliometric analysis, Web of Science, VOSviewer