| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The motivational bases of public service: foundations for a third wave of research | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 82 |
| 2 | The First Ten Years of the HKSAR: Civil Society Comes of Age | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 67 |
| 3 | “All quiet on the non-Western front?” A review of public service motivation scholarship in non-Western contexts | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2015 | 66 |
| 4 | Improving public services using artificial intelligence: possibilities, pitfalls, governance | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2020 | 65 |
| 5 | Probing System Limits: Decentralisation and Local Political Accountability in Vietnam | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2006 | 42 |
| 6 | The COVID-19 pandemic: why are some countries coping more successfully than others? | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2020 | 41 |
| 7 | Recentralising while Decentralising: Centre-Local Relations and “CEO” Governors in Thailand | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2004 | 31 |
| 8 | Preventing Police Corruption in Singapore: The Role of Recruitment, Training and Socialisation | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2006 | 30 |
| 9 | NGOs in China: Issues of Good Governance and Accountability | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2008 | 30 |
| 10 | Impact of municipal mergers on local population growth: an assessment of the merger of Japanese municipalities | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2016 | 29 |
| 11 | Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurship in Asia: Analysing the Links | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2005 | 27 |
| 12 | Transparency and accountability in local government: levels of commitment of municipal councillors in Bongabon in the Philippines | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2017 | 27 |
| 13 | Policy work and capacities in a developing country: evidence from the Philippines | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2018 | 27 |
| 14 | “All still quiet on the non-Western front?” Non-Western public service motivation scholarship: 2015–2020 | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2021 | 26 |
| 15 | Governance and Public Bureaucracy: New Forms of Democracy or New Forms of Control? | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2004 | 25 |
| 16 | Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific Area | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2008 | 24 |
| 17 | Risks in Public-Private Partnerships: Shifting, Sharing or Shirking? | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2004 | 23 |
| 18 | Hong Kong 2007-2017: a backlash in civil society | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2017 | 23 |
| 19 | Social safety nets in the development of a welfare system in Pakistan: an analysis of the Benazir Income Support Programme | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2017 | 23 |
| 20 | The role of the bureaucracy in policymaking in Bangladesh | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 22 |
| 21 | Understanding the evolution of public–private partnerships in Chinese e-government: four stages of development | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2020 | 22 |
| 22 | From Public to Private: The Australian Experience of Privatisation | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 21 |
| 23 | Climate policy learning and change in cities: the case of Hong Kong and its modest achievements | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 21 |
| 24 | Conditions for open innovation in public organizations: evidence from Challenge.gov | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2020 | 21 |
| 25 | Lessons for Pro-Poor Payments for Environmental Services: An Analysis of Projects in Vietnam | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2009 | 20 |
| 26 | Benchmarking for Excellence: A Comparative Analysis of Seven Asian Anti-Corruption Agencies | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2009 | 20 |
| 27 | An Asian perspective on policy instruments: policy styles, governance modes and critical capacity challenges | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2016 | 20 |
| 28 | Local Government Initiatives in Thailand: Cases and Lessons Learned | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2004 | 19 |
| 29 | Bureaucracy or Post-Bureaucracy? Public Sector Organisations in a Changing Context | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2004 | 19 |
| 30 | Rice production in Indonesia: policy and performance | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 19 |
| 31 | Government expenditure cuts and voluntary activities of citizens: the experience of Japanese municipalities | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2017 | 19 |
| 32 | Legitimacy, Governance and Public Policy in Post-Handover Hong Kong | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 18 |
| 33 | The State, the Private Health Care Sector and Regulation in Bangladesh | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 18 |
| 34 | Governing in the Shadows | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2011 | 18 |
| 35 | The capacity of local governments in Nepal: from government to governance and governability? | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2018 | 17 |
| 36 | Citizen expectations and satisfaction of service performance: lessons from subnational governments in Japan | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2019 | 17 |
| 37 | Policy Capacity in Post-1997 Hong Kong: Constrained Institutions Facing a Crowding and Differentiated Polity | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 16 |
| 38 | Sustainable Development Goals and Millennium Development Goals: an analysis of the shaping and negotiation process | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 16 |
| 39 | Evidence-based policy-making for corruption prevention in Hong Kong: a bottom-up approach | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2015 | 16 |
| 40 | Public administration and the promise of evidence-based policy: experience in and beyond Australia | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2014 | 15 |
| 41 | Linking socio-economic performance, quality of governance, and trust in the civil service: does culture intercede in the perceived relationships? Evidence from and beyond Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2019 | 15 |
| 42 | The Legal Foundations of Hong Kong’s Autonomy: Building on Sand | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2007 | 14 |
| 43 | Governance and policy problems: instruments as unitary and mixed modes of policy intervention | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2015 | 14 |
| 44 | Decentralisation without decentralisation: Bangladesh’s failed attempt to transfer power from the central government to local governments | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2017 | 14 |
| 45 | Re-visiting the Quasi-Market in Employment Services: Australia’s Job Network | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2008 | 13 |
| 46 | An Empirical Analysis of the Relation Between Social Spending and Economic Growth in Developing Countries and OECD Members | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2011 | 13 |
| 47 | Understanding community to engage community: the use of qualitative research techniques in local government community engagement | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2015 | 13 |
| 48 | Have foundations become an independent sector in China? Exploring the links between foundations and the state | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2018 | 13 |
| 49 | Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: new evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2020 | 13 |
| 50 | Administrative Reform and Tidal Waves from Regime Shifts: Tsunamis in Thailand’s Political and Administrative History | Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 2005 | 12 |
