Public Administration Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Public Administration Review is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics168
Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?102
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics97
(De)Centering Whiteness through community dialogues about safety problems and solutions90
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How much damage can a politicized public service do? Lessons from Australia84
Who benefits from work‐life programs? Lessons in gender and race from OPM's Federal Work‐Life Survey80
‘Feeling out’ the rules: A psychological process theory of red tape78
Public Encounters and Government Chatbots: When Servers Talk to Citizens77
Getting Your Foot in the Door: The Impact of Public Sector Fellowships on Career Trajectories72
The deformation of democracy in the United States: When does bureaucratic “neutral competence” rise to complicity?72
Social equity in the data era: A systematic literature review of data‐driven public service research69
Raising Expectations: The War We Must Fight to Prevent One57
Issue Information51
Celebrating 85 Years47
Information for Contributors47
Time Matters: Under/Overperformance Duration and Performance Improvements in the Public Sector42
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics41
Same product, different price: Experimental evidence on the transaction cost expenditures of selling to governments and firms39
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics38
The Asian American experience in the federal workforce: How employees navigate the complexities of racialization37
Explaining Burden Reduction in Municipal Service Delivery: The Case of Streamlined Electric Vehicle Charger Permitting in California36
The Culture of Democracy. By BinXu, New Jersey: Polity Press, 2022. 200 pp. $59.04 (hardcover); $8.14 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐954398‐4; ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐954399‐136
A compliance—integrity framework for ethics management: An empirical analysis of local government practice35
Functional Politicization in Practice. From Responsive Competence to Reflexive Functional Politicization34
Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector: Managing for Results, Third Edition. By Evan M.Berman and ImaneHijal‐Moghrabi, New York and London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2023. 238 pp. $34
Passive representation: The effect of affirmative action bans on female representation in law enforcement34
Bureaucratic prioritizing among clients in the eyes of the public: Experimental evidence from three countries33
Navigating Rivalry and Insight: Bureaucratic Behaviors in Decentralized Regulatory Systems32
Local government managers are on the frontlines of climate change: Are they ready?32
Enriching Transactional Leadership with Public Values31
Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police31
Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It, By Cass R.Sunstein (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021), 153 pp. Cost: $22.36 (hard cover), ISBN: 978–026204578030
Bureaucratic professionalization and cabinet management: How civil servants in presidential democracies are treated differently29
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Handbook on Measuring Governance. By PeterTriantafillou and Jenny M.Lewis (eds.), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. 330 pp. $250 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1‐80220‐063‐828
Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Service Organizations: A Liberatory Justice Approach. By RashmiChordiya and MeghnaSabharwal, New York: Routledge, 2024. 338 pp. $51.99 (paperback); 28
What can postcolonial theory contribute to the study of social equity?28
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James V. Koch and Richard J.Cebula, Runaway College Costs: How College Governing Boards Fail to Protect their Students (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). 238 pp. $39.95 (hardcov28
Rhetoric Versus Reality? A Comparative Study of Public and Non‐Public Sector Employees' Perceptions of Discrimination27
Taxing Language: Do Interpreting Fees Affect Immigrant Healthcare Usage? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design27
Building and Maintaining Trust “Even When Things Aren't Going Well”: Meta‐Regulation Through an Explicit Psychological Contract27
Achieving social equity: From problems to solutions By M. E.Guy & S. A.McCandless (Eds.), Irvine, CA: Melvin & Leigh. 2020. pp. 194 $44.95 (paperback)26
Death of the public servant. By Daniel A.Rosemond, Brisbane: Limelight Publishing. 2022. pp. 262. $17.95. ISBN 10: 1471668673ISBN 13: 978147166867826
Risk aversion and public sector employment24
How Public Officials Perceive Algorithmic Discretion: A Study of Status Quo Bias in Policing24
Futures for the Public Sector. By G.Bouckaert, A.Hondeghem, T.Steen, and S.Van de Walle (eds), Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2025. ISBN: 978‐9‐46‐270450‐324
Does public sector performance information impact stakeholders? Evidence from a meta‐analysis24
What explains variation in representation in the public sector? Predicting the presence of female officers in U.S. College Police Departments23
Benefit and hidden cost of organizational support for telework amid the COVID‐19 pandemic on public employees' job satisfaction and retention intention23
Digital Sentiments: Toward a Theory of Emotions in Digital Governance22
Health in citizen‐state interactions: How physical and mental health problems shape experiences of administrative burden and reduce take‐up22
Race in representative bureaucracy theory: A problematizing review22
Intergovernmental cooperation and joint purchasing agreements: Do governments free‐ride?22
How scholars can support government analytics: Combining employee surveys with more administrative data sources towards a better understanding of how government functions22
Leadership in the public sector: A meta‐analysis of styles, outcomes, contexts, and methods21
The Organizational Dynamics of Bureaucratic Resistance to Undemocratic Pressures: A Conjoint Experiment in Brazil21
Collaboration in crisis: Utilizing the SOS program, an at‐home COVID ‐19 vaccine administration in21
Celebrating 84 Years20
The Hidden Tier of Social Services. Frontline Workers' Provision of Informal Resources in the Public, Nonprofit and Private Sectors By EinatLavee, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2021. pp. 74. 20
The three ages of government: From the person, to the group, to the world. By Jos C. N.Raadschelders, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2020. pp. 316. Paper: $29.95 Hardcover: $55. Also ava19
The State of Public Administration in Nigeria19
The Administrative Presidency and PK‐12 Education Policy: Student Rights and Oversight During the Trump and Biden Era19
Global risk management: The role of collective cognition in response to COVID‐19. By LouiseComfort, Mary LeeRhodes, New York and London: Routledge. 2022. pp. 291. ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐18182‐019
Editorial: A journal update and note of appreciation19
In search of the collaborative advantage of public‐private partnerships: A comparative analysis of Dutch transport infrastructure projects19
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Organizational Culture and Social Equity: An Experiential Guide. By StephanieDolamore and AngelaKline (eds.), New York: Routledge, 2023. 146 pp. $55.99 (paperback); $190.00 (hardback); $50.39 (ebook).19
Celebrating 85 Years19
Revisiting the academic–practitioner divide: Evidence from computational social science and corpus linguistics18
Competence in virtual communication: Remote transformational leadership18
Populism and Political Appointments18
Executive leadership, policy tourism, and policy diffusion among local governments18
Governance by artifacts: Theory and evidence on materiality of administrative burdens18
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Politics, Policy and Public Administration: Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna. By AndrewPodger, MichaeldePercy, and SamVincent, eds. 2021. Acton, Australia. Australian National University Press17
Managing cyberattacks in wartime: The case of Ukraine17
Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector, 3rd Edition. By Lynn T.Drennan, AdinaDudau, AllanMcConnell, and AlastairStark, London: Routledge, 2024. 292 pp. $54.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐243417
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Political time in public bureaucracies: Explaining variation of structural duration in European governments17
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Beyond Psychological Costs: How Negative Bureaucratic Encounters Influence Citizens' General Psychological Well‐Being16
Let Us Be Guided by the Light of Progress16
Building global public administration knowledge: Leveraging the power of collaboration16
The power of protest on policing: Black Lives Matter protest and civilian evaluation of the police16
Evidence and Policy‐Making: An Organizational Approach16
Street‐level discretion, personal motives, and social embeddedness within public service ecosystems16
The performance function in local government: Does location impact performance data use?15
Experimental evidence on the determinants of citizens' expectations toward public services15
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Liberal democratic accountability standards and public administration15
From performance to morality: How politicians frame bureaucracy, its organizations, and public sector employees15
Inconvenient truths about logistic regression and the remedy of marginal effects15
Social equity in federal contracting during emergencies: A portfolio management perspective15
Influence of external authorities on collaborative frictions15
Connecting the composition of collaborative governance structure to community‐level performance in homeless services14
The Origins and Intellectual Structure of the Deep State Literature14
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Sea‐Level Rise Adaptation and Collaboration in Polycentric Governance: A Comparison of Three Regions14
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Celebrating 82 Years14
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The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty‐First Century. By AlasdairRoberts, Montreal: McGill‐Queen's University Press. 2024. pp. 192. $24.95 CAD (paperback). ISBN14
Interpersonal Connections and Career Mobility in Bureaucratic Labor Markets: Evidence From Brazil13
A tiered pathway toward sustainability: The role of public administrators in advancing social equity in U.S. local governments13
Does revenue‐motivated policing alter who receives traffic citations? Evidence from driver race and income in Indiana13
Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations13
The Day the Chariot Moved: How India Grows at the Grassroots. By SubrotoBagchi, New Delhi: Penguin, 2025. xix+371 pp. ₹699.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐0‐14‐347125‐713
Representative bureaucracy and family planning service delivery in Tanzania13
Social inequity in administrative burdens: Evidence from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)13
Strategic program management: Performance accountability driving use in national governments13
Administrative exclusion in the infrastructure‐level bureaucracy: The case of the Dutch daycare benefit scandal12
Harnessing the evolutionary advantage of emergent performance management regimes: Strengthening accountability for challenges of modern public administration and governance12
Regulatory offsetting in advanced democracies12
The nexus between emergency management, public health, and equity: Responding to crisis, and mitigating future hazards12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
Nonprofits in policy advocacy their strategies and stories. By SheldonGen, Amy ConleyWright, Springer Nature Switzerland AG : Palgrave Macmillan. 20212
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
Does she belong here? Women in leadership positions and organizational performance in gendered institutions11
Evacuation behavior of households facing compound hurricane‐pandemic threats11
Resilience and the management of nonprofit organizations: A new paradigm. By Dennis R.Young, Elizabeth A. M.Searing, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. pp. 167. $110 (hard11
Does collective citizen input impact government service provision? Evidence from SeeClickFix requests11
Equity in government contracting: Analyzing the performance of small disadvantaged businesses11
The Moderating Role of Workplace Autonomy on Corruption Control Strategies: Evidence From 33 South Korean Ministries11
Institutional factors driving citizen perceptions of AI in government: Evidence from a survey experiment on policing11
Celebrating 83 Years11
Regulatory Offsetting Schemes as Effective Governmental Self‐Binding Device? Lessons From the German Experience11
US state government privatization: Implications for social equity and inequality?11
Can public‐private innovation partnerships improve public services? Evidence from a synthetic control approach11
Information for Contributors11
The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding11
How does performance management affect social equity? Evidence from New York City public schools11
No country for model minorities: Evidence of discrimination against Asian noncitizen immigrants in the U.S. nursing home market11
“We're not there to lead”: Professional roles and responsibilities in “citizen‐led” co‐production11
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics10
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Managing my shame: Investigating the effects of organizational identity threat and public service motivation on exemplification10
The ontology, origin, and impact of divisive public sector rules: A meta‐narrative review of the red tape and administrative burden literatures10
Swooshed: How Nike and the City of New York could potentially change the landscape of city branding through apparel licensing agreements10
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In search of the silver‐lining: Police officers' attributions and responses to stakeholder critique10
Celebrating 84 Years10
How to systematically analyze co‐production to inform future policies? Introducing 5Ws of co‐production10
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The reputational dividends of collaborating with a highly reputable agency: The case of interagency collaboration between the U.S. FDA and its domestic partner agencies10
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Mind the gap: Strategies from California on navigating access to public hearings10
Justice in Black and Brown: The impact of political control and representative bureaucracy on street level outcomes10
Administrative Burden in Higher Education: Race, Criminal Records, and Street‐Level Bureaucrats in College Admissions10
Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens9
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The Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems. By GilibertoCapano, JonathanCraft, and MichaelHowlett (eds.), London: Routledge, 2025. 696 pp. €295.00 (hardback); €46.49 (eBook). ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐2739
Context, Mechanism, and Outcome: Explaining Gendered Administrative Burdens on Abortion Access in Italy9
Holding out for a hero: Linking hiring duration and managerial fit9
Bending the arc of nonprofit leadership toward justice: Impacts of racial representation and organizational publicness on diversifying executive leadership9
Trust, power, and organizational routines: Exploring government's intentional tactics to renew relationships with nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities9
Celebrating 85 Years9
‘Just like I thought’: Street‐level bureaucrats trust AI recommendations if they confirm their professional judgment8
Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Digital Client Encounters8
Public Administration Country Study: Kazakhstan—Post‐Soviet Legacy, Modernisation, and Hybridity8
Citizen Centricity in Public Policy Making: Approaches, Mechanisms, and Beyond. By NaciKarkin and VolkanGöçoğlu, Cham: Springer Cham, 2025. 172 pp. €119.99 (hardcover); €96.29 (electronic). 8
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Unpacking the Influence of Policy Advice Using Citation Network Analysis8
Citizen‐Centric Approaches to AI in Government Programs: Lessons From Experimental Studies8
A meta‐analysis of the state and local government borrowing costs8
Hilton L. Root, Network Origins of the Global Economy: East Vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective | SpringerLink (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020). xxxi + 306 pp. USD 39.98
Beyond Simplification in Public Sector Accountability: Contradictions Between Principal‐Agent and Complexity Theories8
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics8
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics8
Indian Preference and the status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the federal service: Employment, earnings, authority, and perceptions of fairness8
Public management frontiers in guaranteed income programs: Advancing implementation7
Using technology to reduce learning costs and improve program comprehension: Lessons from a survey experiment on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program7
First impressions: An analysis of professional stereotypes and their impact on sector attraction7
Institutional pressures and the prevalence of nonprofit sector support organizations7
Bureaucratic discretion, social equity, and the administrative legitimacy dilemma: Complications of New Public Service7
Mapping Rural Local Government Capacity for Climate Resilience Projects in the United States7
Liberté, Égalité, Crédibilité: An experimental study of citizens' perceptions of government responses to COVID‐19 in eight countries7
Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities?7
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Celebrating 86 Years7
Animals in the study of public administration7
A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy7
What is necessary for high employee engagement and satisfaction? A look at the best places to work in the Federal Government Index7
Concurrent disasters: Perceived administrative burdens and household coping capacities7
Public Managers and Wicked Problems of Advancing Social Equity7
Protecting the Citadel of Democracy: A Political and Administrative Response7
Crowdsourced data in public administration research: A review and look to the future7
A Window of Opportunity: Anti‐Corruption and Performance Data Quality Enhancement7
COVID ‐19 emergency policies, financial security, and social equity: Worldwide evidence7
Bridge over troubled waters? Experimental evidence into the influence of leadership on employees' collaborative engagement7
Steven L.Yaffee, Beyond Polarization: Public Process and the Unlikely Story of California's Marine Protected Areas (Washington: Island Press, 2020). 1–485 pp. ISBN: 97816428308287
Contracting Services for Response to Extreme Weather Events in Public Organizations7
Emphasis on Applied: A Review of Elementary Statistics for Public Administration Elementary Statistics for Public Administration: An Applied PerspectiveBy Daniel S.Scheller, New York, NY: Cambridge Un6
How can procurement create (sustainable) public value under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal?6
Effective public administration strategies for global “new normal”. By Perfecto G.AquinoJr., Revenio C.JalagatJr. (Eds.), Singapore: Springer Books. 2022. pp. 243. $169.99 (ebook) December. ISBN: 978‐6
Visualizing Qualitative Research6
Are special districts strategic complements or strategic substitutes?6
Evaluating turnover intention as a proxy for behavior in the federal public service: Evidence from two surveys of senior civil servants6
Behavioral Charity: Third‐Party Ratings of Nonprofits as Salience and Heuristics6
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Social affordances of agile governance6
Systematic Review and Metasynthesis: Dissent and Guerrilla Government in Public Administration Research6
Managing Value Conflicts Through Formal and Informal Institutions: A Longitudinal Case Study in Local Government Service Reform6
Optimizing global governance through US–China dynamics: The interplay of conflict and cooperation in driving innovation and efficiency6
New Public Governance as a Hybrid: A Critical InterpretationBy LauraCataldi, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 70pp. $22.00 (hardbook). ISBN: 978‐1‐00‐945403‐26
Executive policymaking influence via the administrative apparatus5
How do polycentric governance systems adapt? The role of forums explored in Dutch metropolitan areas5
Between nature and nurture: The genetic overlap between psychological attributes and selection into public service employment5
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector. By Wendy D.Chen and David B.Audretsch, New York: Oxford University Press, 2025. 221 pp. $39.95. ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐767944‐95
Disciplinary Tensions and Institutional Diversity in the Study of Public Administration in Chile5
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Facing the human capital crisis: A systematic review and research agenda on recruitment and selection in the public sector5
Public values and sector service delivery preferences: Public preferences on contracting from simple to complex human services5
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Trust, collaboration, and participation in governance: A Nordic perspective on public administrators' perceptions of citizen involvement5
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Celebrating 82 Years5
James L.Perry, ed., Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty‐First Century (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). 312 pp. $69.955
How Revenue Sources Impact Nonprofit Advocacy: Complementary, Supplementary, and Adversarial Policy Engagement5
The effect of administrative burden on state safety‐net participation: Evidence from food assistance, cash assistance, and Medicaid5
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Impact of low‐performance signals on employee fraud in public organizations: Evidence from a pay‐for‐performance context5
Building community resilience through cross‐sector partnerships and interdisciplinary research5
State‐level politicization of crisis communication on Twitter during COVID ‐19: Conceptualization, measurement, and im5
Leading digital transformation: A narrative perspective5
Public Administration in the New Reality. By AlikhanBaimenov and PanosLiverakos (eds.), Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 340 pp. ISBN: 978‐9‐81‐963844‐4 (hardcover); 978‐9‐81‐963847‐5 (softcover);5
Great Gatsby and the Global SouthBy DidingSakri, AndySumner, Arief AnshoryYusuf, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. 75 pp. $22.00 (paperback). ISBN 97810093827245
Does participation predict support for place brands? An analysis of the relationship between stakeholder involvement and brand citizenship behavior5
Celebrating 84 Years5
Careers of women public managers: Career needs of women public managers across generations4
Is Trust in Local Government Influenced by the “Marketplace” of Choice?4
Hamas's October 7 Attack: Analysis of an “Antagonistic” Crisis4
Navigating Institutional Distance: How Private Partners Accumulate Network Positional Advantages in Cross‐Country Public–Private Partnership Projects4
At their fingertips: What is the impact of online reporting of domestic violence?4
Adaptive organizational network response in a crisis: The case of five European airports during theCOVID‐19 pandemic4
Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience4
Decree or democracy? State takeovers and local government financial outcomes4
Bureaucrats in Campaigns: Elections Increase Dysfunctional Behaviors Among Civil Servants4
Coping practices and the spatial dimension of authority design4
Connecting founding and dissolution: A demographic study of the US nonprofit sector4
Working as equals: Relational egalitarianism and the workplace. By Julian DavidJonker, Grant J.Rozeboom (Eds.), New York: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp. 272. £71.00 (hardback). ISBN: 97801976342954
Moving from coproduction to commonization of digital public goods and services4
Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights From a Meta‐Narrative Review4
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American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics4
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Joint effects of shared and transformational leadership on performance in street‐level bureaucracies: Evidence from the educational sector4
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