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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	32
2	Public Administration Review	29
3	Public Management Review	27
-	Journal of European Public Policy	27
5	Public Administration	25
6	Policy and Society	21
7	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
8	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	17
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	17
-	Review of Policy Research	17
-	Regulation & Governance	17
12	Administration & Society	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	16
-	Social Policy & Administration	16
17	Journal of European Social Policy	15
-	Policy Sciences	15
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	15
-	Public Money & Management	15
21	Public Performance & Management Review	14
22	Journal of Social Policy	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	13
-	Policy Studies	13
26	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	International Public Management Journal	12
-	Policy and Politics	12
-	American Review of Public Administration	12
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	12
-	Public Personnel Management	12
32	Australian Journal of Public Administration	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Public Administration and Development	11
-	Public Policy and Administration	11
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	11
37	Contemporary Economic Policy	10
-	Journal of Public Policy	10
39	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	9
40	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
41	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	7
-	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
44	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	5
45	Gestion y Politica Publica	2