A Holistic Review of Public-Private Partnership Literature Published between 2008 and 2018

Table 6

Countries or regions where PPP researchers are based.

Country/region	Total link strength	Number of articles	Number of citations	Average publication year	Average citation
Mainland China	1740	180	1428	2016	7.9
U.S.	683	159	958	2015	6.0
Australia	1211	126	1077	2015	8.5
UK	591	125	895	2014	7.2
Hong Kong	1250	93	1289	2014	13.9
Netherlands	276	61	676	2014	11.1
India	218	57	305	2015	5.4
Russian Federation	58	51	56	2016	1.1
Italy	247	47	269	2015	5.7
Spain	161	45	197	2015	4.4
Canada	138	44	255	2015	5.8
Malaysia	216	37	158	2015	4.3
Germany	97	30	186	2013	6.2
Belgium	121	27	122	2016	4.5
Singapore	320	26	347	2013	13.3
Taiwan	274	26	151	2015	5.8
France	107	25	286	2014	11.4
South Korea	120	23	123	2016	5.3
Brazil	55	22	96	2015	4.4
Portugal	109	22	171	2014	7.8

Not all 32 countries are listed in Table 6 but the top 20 countries with most PPP articles published are listed.