Scientometric research on the allocation of public resources in different fields of knowledge

• Autor(a) principal: Mateus Gavron, Thiago
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Menezes, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Maury Raupp, Fabiano
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Administração Pública e Gestão Social
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufv.br/apgs/article/view/13436

Research objective: To analyze comparatively which different fields of knowledge have been dedicated to the study of the dimensions of the allocation process. Theoretical framework: The study comprises the allocation of public resources as the different forms and systems of political deliberations on the process of creation and distribution of wealth in society, which are embodied in the budget and public planning under two dimensions: sociopolitical and economic-financial. Methodology: A scope literature review was carried out based on metadata, applying relational statistical analyzes of bibliographic research on them. The characteristics of the chosen study topic were demonstrated through scientometric resources from a systematic methodological flow. Metadata of 3438 articles published between 2016 and 2021 present in the Web of Science were investigated, analyzed in the VOS Viewer software, seeking to identify in this literature guidelines and more visible gaps in different fields of knowledge. Results: The studies emphasize the economic-financial dimension. However, changes can be seen, especially, in surveys from European and North American countries, which have revealed a concern with socio-environmental issues, anchored in the socio-political dimension of the allocation process. Originality: This is a study whose scope review is unprecedented, especially for considering a broad view of the process of allocation of public resources in different fields of knowledge. Theoretical and practical contributions: It is salutary to concentrate efforts to understand the issue of allocation of public resources in order to verify which fields have produced studies on their possibilities and whether such studies have incorporated the different dimensions of the allocation process. In this direction, research contributes from the moment it presents what has been published, who the articles cocite, where they publish, as well as the research agenda that has been built.