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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Public Administration Review	36
2	Climate Policy	33
3	American Review of Public Administration	27
4	Journal of European Public Policy	26
5	Public Management Review	24
6	Public Administration	21
-	Regulation & Governance	21
8	Policy and Society	19
-	Social Policy & Administration	19
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
11	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
13	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	16
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	16
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	16
-	Policy and Politics	16
17	International Review of Administrative Sciences	15
-	Administration & Society	15
-	Journal of European Social Policy	15
-	Policy Studies Journal	15
21	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	14
-	Public Money & Management	14
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	14
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	14
-	Policy Sciences	14
27	Contemporary Economic Policy	13
-	International Public Management Journal	13
-	Review of Policy Research	13
30	Public Personnel Management	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
-	Public Performance & Management Review	12
33	Policy Studies	11
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
36	Critical Policy Studies	10
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
38	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	9
-	Public Administration and Development	9
-	Public Policy and Administration	9
41	Journal of Public Policy	8
42	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	7
-	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
44	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6
45	Gestion y Politica Publica	3