Public Administration: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	ca. 6.3
2	Policy and Society	ca. 6.1
3	Climate Policy	ca. 5.2
4	Public Administration	ca. 5.1
5	Policy Studies Journal	ca. 4.9
-	Public Management Review	ca. 4.9
-	Public Administration Review	ca. 4.9
8	Journal of European Public Policy	ca. 4.5
9	Regulation & Governance	ca. 3.8
10	Policy Sciences	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	ca. 3.7
12	Public Policy and Administration	ca. 3.2
-	Review of Policy Research	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of European Social Policy	ca. 3.2
15	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	ca. 3.1
-	Policy and Politics	ca. 3.1
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	ca. 3.1
18	International Public Management Journal	ca. 3
19	Public Performance & Management Review	ca. 2.8
20	Journal of Social Policy	ca. 2.6
-	Public Personnel Management	ca. 2.6
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	ca. 2.6
23	American Review of Public Administration	ca. 2.5
24	Critical Policy Studies	ca. 2.4
25	Science and Public Policy	ca. 2.3
-	Administration & Society	ca. 2.3
-	Policy Studies	ca. 2.3
28	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	ca. 2.2
-	Social Policy & Administration	ca. 2.2
31	Australian Journal of Public Administration	ca. 2.1
-	Public Administration and Development	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Public Policy	ca. 2.1
-	Public Money & Management	ca. 2.1
35	Contemporary Economic Policy	ca. 1.9
-	Local Government Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	ca. 1.9
38	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	ca. 1.4
-	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	ca. 1.4
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	ca. 1.4
42	Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management	ca. 1
43	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	ca. 0.8
44	Gestion y Politica Publica	ca. 0.6
45	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	ca. 0.4