Public Administration: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of European Public Policy	12
2	Climate Policy	11
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	Public Management Review	11
5	Policy and Society	10
-	Public Administration	10
-	Public Personnel Management	10
8	Policy Sciences	9
-	Public Performance & Management Review	9
10	Policy and Politics	8
-	Public Policy and Administration	8
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	8
-	Public Administration Review	8
14	American Review of Public Administration	7
-	Review of Policy Research	7
-	Science and Public Policy	7
17	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	6
-	Journal of European Social Policy	6
-	Administration & Society	6
-	Regulation & Governance	6
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	6
22	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	5
-	International Public Management Journal	5
-	Policy Studies Journal	5
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	5
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	5
-	Policy Studies	5
28	Critical Policy Studies	4
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	4
-	Journal of Social Policy	4
-	Local Government Studies	4
-	Public Administration and Development	4
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	4
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	4
-	Journal of Public Policy	4
-	Public Money & Management	4
37	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	3
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	3
-	Social Policy & Administration	3
40	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	2
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	2
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	2
43	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	1
44	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0