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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of European Public Policy	34
2	Public Administration Review	31
3	Climate Policy	30
4	Public Management Review	28
5	Public Administration	23
6	Regulation & Governance	21
7	Policy and Society	19
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
-	Review of Policy Research	19
-	Science and Public Policy	19
11	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	18
-	Policy Studies Journal	18
-	Public Performance & Management Review	18
14	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	17
-	Policy Studies	17
-	Public Money & Management	17
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	17
-	Policy Sciences	17
19	Social Policy & Administration	16
20	Public Personnel Management	15
-	Policy and Politics	15
-	Public Policy and Administration	15
23	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	14
24	Administration & Society	13
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	13
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	13
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	13
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	13
-	American Review of Public Administration	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	International Public Management Journal	13
32	Journal of Public Policy	12
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	12
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	12
-	Journal of European Social Policy	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
-	Public Administration and Development	12
38	Local Government Studies	11
39	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	9
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	9
-	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	9
42	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	8
43	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6
-	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	6