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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Policy Sciences	10
2	Public Personnel Management	9
3	Public Administration Review	8
4	American Review of Public Administration	7
-	Science and Public Policy	7
6	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	6
-	Policy Studies Journal	6
-	Policy Studies	6
9	Journal of Social Policy	5
-	Administration & Society	5
11	Local Government Studies	4
-	Public Administration and Development	4
-	Social Policy & Administration	4
14	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	2
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	2