Public Administration: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	31
-	Public Administration Review	31
3	Journal of European Public Policy	29
4	Public Management Review	24
5	Public Administration	21
6	Policy and Society	20
7	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	18
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	18
9	Regulation & Governance	17
10	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	16
-	Policy and Politics	16
-	Policy Sciences	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Administration & Society	16
16	International Review of Administrative Sciences	15
-	Review of Policy Research	15
18	Public Money & Management	14
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	14
-	Journal of European Social Policy	14
21	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	13
-	Policy Studies	13
-	American Review of Public Administration	13
-	Journal of Social Policy	13
25	Social Policy & Administration	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	Public Performance & Management Review	12
28	Critical Policy Studies	11
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Public Policy and Administration	11
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	11
33	Public Personnel Management	10
-	International Public Management Journal	10
35	Journal of Chinese Governance	9
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	9
-	Public Administration and Development	9
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	9
39	Journal of Public Policy	8
-	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
41	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
42	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	6
-	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	6
44	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	5
45	Gestion y Politica Publica	3