Reports of practitioners’ use of public affairs faculty published research
基于顶级期刊论文数据，发现29.7%的作者报告其知识被政策制定者或公共管理者使用；期刊质量正向影响政策使用但负向影响管理使用，从业者建议仅影响管理使用。
Using a unique dataset built around published papers in top quality public policy, public administration and program evaluation journals, we find that 29.7% of respondent authors indicate that the knowledge from their articles was used by policymakers or public administrators. These data are used to test for different patterns of use for policy vs management knowledge. Findings suggest that journal quality positively affects policy use but negatively affects management use and that topics suggested by practitioners affect management use but not policy use. The researchers’ degree of motivation to have their work used is important in both types of knowledge use. Overall, the results suggest there may be greater spillovers to practical use derived from standard academic publishing pursuits than generally believed.