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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	31
2	Public Administration Review	29
3	Public Management Review	23
4	Public Administration	21
5	Social Policy & Administration	18
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	18
7	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	17
-	Regulation & Governance	17
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	17
10	Science and Public Policy	16
11	Policy and Politics	15
-	Administration & Society	15
-	Policy Sciences	15
14	Journal of European Social Policy	14
-	Public Money & Management	14
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	14
-	Policy Studies Journal	14
18	American Review of Public Administration	13
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	13
-	Local Government Studies	13
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	13
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	13
-	Review of Policy Research	13
24	Journal of Social Policy	12
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	Public Performance & Management Review	12
28	Critical Policy Studies	11
-	International Public Management Journal	11
-	Policy Studies	11
31	Public Personnel Management	10
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	10
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
34	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	9
-	Public Administration and Development	9
-	Public Policy and Administration	9
37	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	8
38	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	7
-	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
-	Journal of Public Policy	7
41	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	5