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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	31
2	Journal of European Public Policy	30
3	Public Administration Review	28
4	Public Management Review	27
5	Public Administration	25
6	Policy and Society	24
7	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	20
8	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	19
-	Review of Policy Research	19
10	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	18
-	Regulation & Governance	18
12	Policy Studies Journal	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
14	Journal of European Social Policy	16
-	Public Performance & Management Review	16
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	16
-	Social Policy & Administration	16
18	Policy Sciences	15
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	15
-	Policy Studies	15
21	International Public Management Journal	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
-	Public Money & Management	14
-	Administration & Society	14
25	Policy and Politics	13
-	Public Policy and Administration	13
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	13
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	13
-	Public Personnel Management	13
30	Critical Policy Studies	12
-	Local Government Studies	12
-	Public Administration and Development	12
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	12
-	Journal of Public Policy	12
35	American Review of Public Administration	10
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	10
38	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	9
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	9
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	9
41	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
42	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	7
44	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	6