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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics160
Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?95
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics89
(De)Centering Whiteness through community dialogues about safety problems and solutions87
Getting Your Foot in the Door: The Impact of Public Sector Fellowships on Career Trajectories83
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How much damage can a politicized public service do? Lessons from Australia78
‘Feeling out’ the rules: A psychological process theory of red tape74
The deformation of democracy in the United States: When does bureaucratic “neutral competence” rise to complicity?73
Public Encounters and Government Chatbots: When Servers Talk to Citizens71
Who benefits from work‐life programs? Lessons in gender and race from OPM's Federal Work‐Life Survey71
Social equity in the data era: A systematic literature review of data‐driven public service research68
Raising Expectations: The War We Must Fight to Prevent One57
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Celebrating 85 Years48
Information for Contributors46
Time Matters: Under/Overperformance Duration and Performance Improvements in the Public Sector39
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics38
A compliance—integrity framework for ethics management: An empirical analysis of local government practice37
Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police37
Same product, different price: Experimental evidence on the transaction cost expenditures of selling to governments and firms35
Enriching Transactional Leadership with Public Values35
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: 978‐1‐50‐954399‐134
The Asian American experience in the federal workforce: How employees navigate the complexities of racialization34
Explaining Burden Reduction in Municipal Service Delivery: The Case of Streamlined Electric Vehicle Charger Permitting in California34
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics34
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. $32
Navigating Rivalry and Insight: Bureaucratic Behaviors in Decentralized Regulatory Systems32
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Passive representation: The effect of affirmative action bans on female representation in law enforcement30
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 prioritizing among clients in the eyes of the public: Experimental evidence from three countries30
Local government managers are on the frontlines of climate change: Are they ready?30
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); 29
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
What can postcolonial theory contribute to the study of social equity?27
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 (hardcov27
Building and Maintaining Trust “Even When Things Aren't Going Well”: Meta‐Regulation Through an Explicit Psychological Contract26
Intergovernmental cooperation and joint purchasing agreements: Do governments free‐ride?26
Rhetoric Versus Reality? A Comparative Study of Public and Non‐Public Sector Employees' Perceptions of Discrimination26
Taxing Language: Do Interpreting Fees Affect Immigrant Healthcare Usage? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design25
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)25
Death of the public servant. By Daniel A.Rosemond, Brisbane: Limelight Publishing. 2022. pp. 262. $17.95. ISBN 10: 1471668673ISBN 13: 978147166867825
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‐analysis23
Risk aversion and public sector employment23
Collaboration in crisis: Utilizing the SOS program, an at‐home COVID‐19 vaccine administration initiative, to demonstrate best practices in emergency management collaboration22
The Organizational Dynamics of Bureaucratic Resistance to Undemocratic Pressures: A Conjoint Experiment in Brazil22
What explains variation in representation in the public sector? Predicting the presence of female officers in U.S. College Police Departments22
Benefit and hidden cost of organizational support for telework amid the COVID‐19 pandemic on public employees' job satisfaction and retention intention22
How Public Officials Perceive Algorithmic Discretion: A Study of Status Quo Bias in Policing22
Digital Sentiments: Toward a Theory of Emotions in Digital Governance21
Race in representative bureaucracy theory: A problematizing review21
Health in citizen‐state interactions: How physical and mental health problems shape experiences of administrative burden and reduce take‐up20
Leadership in the public sector: A meta‐analysis of styles, outcomes, contexts, and methods20
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
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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
Celebrating 84 Years19
How scholars can support government analytics: Combining employee surveys with more administrative data sources towards a better understanding of how government functions19
Editorial: A journal update and note of appreciation19
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. 19
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).18
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Celebrating 85 Years18
The Administrative Presidency and PK‐12 Education Policy: Student Rights and Oversight During the Trump and Biden Era18
The State of Public Administration in Nigeria18
Executive leadership, policy tourism, and policy diffusion among local governments17
Managing cyberattacks in wartime: The case of Ukraine17
Revisiting the academic–practitioner divide: Evidence from computational social science and corpus linguistics17
In search of the collaborative advantage of public‐private partnerships: A comparative analysis of Dutch transport infrastructure projects17
Governance by artifacts: Theory and evidence on materiality of administrative burdens17
Competence in virtual communication: Remote transformational leadership17
Populism and Political Appointments17
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: 978‐1‐03‐243416
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Experimental evidence on the determinants of citizens' expectations toward public services16
Information for Contributors16
Connecting the composition of collaborative governance structure to community‐level performance in homeless services16
Liberal democratic accountability standards and public administration16
Influence of external authorities on collaborative frictions16
Let Us Be Guided by the Light of Progress16
The performance function in local government: Does location impact performance data use?16
Political time in public bureaucracies: Explaining variation of structural duration in European governments16
Politics, Policy and Public Administration: Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna. By AndrewPodger, MichaeldePercy, and SamVincent, eds. 2021. Acton, Australia. Australian National University Press16
Building global public administration knowledge: Leveraging the power of collaboration15
The power of protest on policing: Black Lives Matter protest and civilian evaluation of the police15
Beyond Psychological Costs: How Negative Bureaucratic Encounters Influence Citizens' General Psychological Well‐Being15
Evidence and Policy‐Making: An Organizational Approach15
Social equity in federal contracting during emergencies: A portfolio management perspective15
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From performance to morality: How politicians frame bureaucracy, its organizations, and public sector employees14
Street‐level discretion, personal motives, and social embeddedness within public service ecosystems14
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Nonprofits in policy advocacy their strategies and stories. By SheldonGen, Amy ConleyWright, Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. XXVIII, pp. 238. $34.99 (so14
Inconvenient truths about logistic regression and the remedy of marginal effects14
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
Celebrating 82 Years14
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Representative bureaucracy and family planning service delivery in Tanzania13
Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations13
The Origins and Intellectual Structure of the Deep State Literature13
Harnessing the evolutionary advantage of emergent performance management regimes: Strengthening accountability for challenges of modern public administration and governance13
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Strategic program management: Performance accountability driving use in national governments13
Interpersonal Connections and Career Mobility in Bureaucratic Labor Markets: Evidence From Brazil13
Sea‐Level Rise Adaptation and Collaboration in Polycentric Governance: A Comparison of Three Regions13
The Day the Chariot Moved: How India Grows at the Grassroots. By SubrotoBagchi, New Delhi: Penguin, 2025. xix+371 pp. ₹699.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐0‐14‐347125‐712
Social inequity in administrative burdens: Evidence from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)12
A tiered pathway toward sustainability: The role of public administrators in advancing social equity in U.S. local governments12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
The nexus between emergency management, public health, and equity: Responding to crisis, and mitigating future hazards12
Does revenue‐motivated policing alter who receives traffic citations? Evidence from driver race and income in Indiana12
Administrative exclusion in the infrastructure‐level bureaucracy: The case of the Dutch daycare benefit scandal12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics11
Regulatory Offsetting Schemes as Effective Governmental Self‐Binding Device? Lessons From the German Experience11
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
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Regulatory offsetting in advanced democracies11
Can public‐private innovation partnerships improve public services? Evidence from a synthetic control approach11
How does performance management affect social equity? Evidence from New York City public schools11
The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding11
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics11
Institutional factors driving citizen perceptions of AI in government: Evidence from a survey experiment on policing11
The Moderating Role of Workplace Autonomy on Corruption Control Strategies: Evidence From 33 South Korean Ministries11
Equity in government contracting: Analyzing the performance of small disadvantaged businesses11
Does she belong here? Women in leadership positions and organizational performance in gendered institutions11
Administrative Burden in Higher Education: Race, Criminal Records, and Street‐Level Bureaucrats in College Admissions10
Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens10
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
Celebrating 84 Years10
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics10
US state government privatization: Implications for social equity and inequality?10
Mind the gap: Strategies from California on navigating access to public hearings10
In search of the silver‐lining: Police officers' attributions and responses to stakeholder critique10
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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Evacuation behavior of households facing compound hurricane‐pandemic threats10
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 (hard10
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The ontology, origin, and impact of divisive public sector rules: A meta‐narrative review of the red tape and administrative burden literatures10
How to systematically analyze co‐production to inform future policies? Introducing 5Ws of co‐production10
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Celebrating 83 Years10
Does collective citizen input impact government service provision? Evidence from SeeClickFix requests10
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Justice in Black and Brown: The impact of political control and representative bureaucracy on street level outcomes9
Trust, power, and organizational routines: Exploring government's intentional tactics to renew relationships with nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities9
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics9
Managing my shame: Investigating the effects of organizational identity threat and public service motivation on exemplification9
Holding out for a hero: Linking hiring duration and managerial fit9
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Bending the arc of nonprofit leadership toward justice: Impacts of racial representation and organizational publicness on diversifying executive leadership9
Celebrating 85 Years9
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
A meta‐analysis of the state and local government borrowing costs8
Indian Preference and the status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the federal service: Employment, earnings, authority, and perceptions of fairness8
First impressions: An analysis of professional stereotypes and their impact on sector attraction8
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Crowdsourced data in public administration research: A review and look to the future8
Unpacking the Influence of Policy Advice Using Citation Network Analysis8
‘Just like I thought’: Street‐level bureaucrats trust AI recommendations if they confirm their professional judgment8
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
Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Digital Client Encounters8
Citizen‐Centric Approaches to AI in Government Programs: Lessons From Experimental Studies8
Beyond Simplification in Public Sector Accountability: Contradictions Between Principal‐Agent and Complexity Theories8
Public Administration Country Study: Kazakhstan—Post‐Soviet Legacy, Modernisation, and Hybridity8
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Animals in the study of public administration7
Contracting Services for Response to Extreme Weather Events in Public Organizations7
Mapping Rural Local Government Capacity for Climate Resilience Projects in the United States7
Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities?7
Liberté, Égalité, Crédibilité: An experimental study of citizens' perceptions of government responses to COVID‐19 in eight countries7
Public management frontiers in guaranteed income programs: Advancing implementation7
Bridge over troubled waters? Experimental evidence into the influence of leadership on employees' collaborative engagement7
Public Managers and Wicked Problems of Advancing Social Equity7
Celebrating 86 Years7
Institutional pressures and the prevalence of nonprofit sector support organizations7
Using technology to reduce learning costs and improve program comprehension: Lessons from a survey experiment on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program7
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
Protecting the Citadel of Democracy: A Political and Administrative Response7
COVID‐19 emergency policies, financial security, and social equity: Worldwide evidence7
Optimizing global governance through US–China dynamics: The interplay of conflict and cooperation in driving innovation and efficiency6
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
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
Between nature and nurture: The genetic overlap between psychological attributes and selection into public service employment6
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Bureaucratic discretion, social equity, and the administrative legitimacy dilemma: Complications of New Public Service6
A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy6
State‐level politicization of crisis communication on Twitter during COVID‐19: Conceptualization, measurement, and impacts6
Evaluating turnover intention as a proxy for behavior in the federal public service: Evidence from two surveys of senior civil servants6
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: 97816428308286
A Window of Opportunity: Anti‐Corruption and Performance Data Quality Enhancement6
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
Behavioral Charity: Third‐Party Ratings of Nonprofits as Salience and Heuristics6
Systematic Review and Metasynthesis: Dissent and Guerrilla Government in Public Administration Research6
How Revenue Sources Impact Nonprofit Advocacy: Complementary, Supplementary, and Adversarial Policy Engagement5
How do polycentric governance systems adapt? The role of forums explored in Dutch metropolitan areas5
Impact of low‐performance signals on employee fraud in public organizations: Evidence from a pay‐for‐performance context5
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Building community resilience through cross‐sector partnerships and interdisciplinary research5
Managing Value Conflicts Through Formal and Informal Institutions: A Longitudinal Case Study in Local Government Service Reform5
Does participation predict support for place brands? An analysis of the relationship between stakeholder involvement and brand citizenship behavior5
Facing the human capital crisis: A systematic review and research agenda on recruitment and selection in the public sector5
Leading digital transformation: A narrative perspective5
We didn't start the fire…but it sure is getting warm5
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
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How can procurement create (sustainable) public value under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal?5
Social affordances of agile governance5
Great Gatsby and the Global SouthBy DidingSakri, AndySumner, Arief AnshoryYusuf, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. 75 pp. $22.00 (paperback). ISBN 97810093827245
Public values and sector service delivery preferences: Public preferences on contracting from simple to complex human services5
Celebrating 84 Years5
The effect of administrative burden on state safety‐net participation: Evidence from food assistance, cash assistance, and Medicaid5
Disciplinary Tensions and Institutional Diversity in the Study of Public Administration in Chile5
Executive policymaking influence via the administrative apparatus5
Trust, collaboration, and participation in governance: A Nordic perspective on public administrators' perceptions of citizen involvement5
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Celebrating 82 Years4
Social inclusion, social exclusion, and the role of leaders in avoiding—or promoting—societal collapse4
Is Trust in Local Government Influenced by the “Marketplace” of Choice?4
Employee Turnover Effects of the 2018–2019 United States Federal Government Shutdown4
From noise to knowledge: Improving evidentiary standards for program efficacy to better inform public policy and management decisions4
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The bureaucrat, the entrepreneur, and the networker: Developing and validating measurement scales for civil servants’ role perceptions4
Careers of women public managers: Career needs of women public managers across generations4
James L.Perry, ed., Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty‐First Century (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). 312 pp. $69.954
Decree or democracy? State takeovers and local government financial outcomes4
Capital, administrative burden, and welfare participation: Evidence from the minimum living standard scheme in China4
Adaptive organizational network response in a crisis: The case of five European airports during theCOVID‐19 pandemic4
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
Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights From a Meta‐Narrative Review4
Maximizing social equity as a pillar of public administration: An examination of cannabis dispensary licensing in Pennsylvania4
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);4
Moving from coproduction to commonization of digital public goods and services4
Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience4
Navigating Institutional Distance: How Private Partners Accumulate Network Positional Advantages in Cross‐Country Public–Private Partnership Projects4
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Bureaucrats in Campaigns: Elections Increase Dysfunctional Behaviors Among Civil Servants4
At their fingertips: What is the impact of online reporting of domestic violence?4
Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and Other Financial Emergencies. By TatyanaGuzman and NataliaErmasova, New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Grou4
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