Public Administration: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Policy and Society	ca. 9.3
2	Public Administration Review	ca. 8.3
3	Climate Policy	ca. 7.1
4	Policy Sciences	ca. 5.3
5	American Review of Public Administration	ca. 5
6	Public Management Review	ca. 4.9
7	Policy and Politics	ca. 4.7
8	Journal of European Public Policy	ca. 4.2
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	ca. 4.2
10	Review of Public Personnel Administration	ca. 3.9
11	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	ca. 3.8
-	Policy Studies Journal	ca. 3.8
13	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	ca. 3.6
14	Public Administration	ca. 3.5
15	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	ca. 3.3
16	Social Policy & Administration	ca. 3.2
17	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	ca. 3.1
-	Public Performance & Management Review	ca. 3.1
-	Public Policy and Administration	ca. 3.1
20	Regulation & Governance	ca. 3
-	Public Personnel Management	ca. 3
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	ca. 3
-	Journal of European Social Policy	ca. 3
24	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	ca. 2.9
25	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	ca. 2.8
26	Science and Public Policy	ca. 2.7
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	ca. 2.7
28	International Public Management Journal	ca. 2.6
29	Public Administration and Development	ca. 2.5
-	Public Money & Management	ca. 2.5
31	Journal of Public Policy	ca. 2.4
32	Administration & Society	ca. 2.3
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	ca. 2.3
34	Policy Studies	ca. 2.2
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	ca. 2.2
36	Review of Policy Research	ca. 2.1
37	Journal of Social Policy	ca. 2
38	Local Government Studies	ca. 1.9
39	Critical Policy Studies	ca. 1.5
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	ca. 1.5
41	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	ca. 1.2
42	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	ca. 1
-	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	ca. 1
44	Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management	ca. 0.8
45	Gestion y Politica Publica	ca. 0.6
46	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	ca. 0.4