Advocacy Coalition Framework in The Public Policy Analysis: Using A Bibliometric

Abstract

The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) was initially examined in 1987 within the domain of public policymaking and continues to be applicable across numerous research sectors. A literature review pertaining to the implementation of ACF was conducted from 1987 to 2006, encompassing 80 ACF applications, and again from 2007 to 2014, encompassing 161 ACF applications. Following that, numerous literature reviews on the application of ACF are frequently examined in accordance with research fields. As a result, this study will investigate the evolution of the ACF framework and its application in a variety of research fields, as well as the ways in which ACF solves research problems. The objectives of this study are as follows: (1) To describe and analyse research clusters or patters exist in the bibliometrics of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) literature; (2) To analyze the most impactful authors, journals, institutions, and countries that contributed to the topics; (3) To explore the development of the ACF framework based on problems in each research field and its impact on public policy analysis (4) To explore and offer future research streams offer opportunities in the public policy analysis and ACF. Bibliometrics and content analysis are employed in this study to examine a range of ACF frameworks. Analysis of data obtained from the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (WoS) database was conducted utilizing the software applications R, Histcite, and VOSviewer. The findings of the study will be submitted to the Policy Studies Journal (Scopus Q1, SJR 1.97).