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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	32
2	Journal of European Public Policy	30
3	Public Administration Review	29
4	Public Management Review	26
5	Public Administration	23
6	Policy and Society	21
7	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
8	Review of Policy Research	18
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	18
10	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
-	Administration & Society	17
-	Regulation & Governance	17
14	Review of Public Personnel Administration	16
15	Journal of European Social Policy	15
-	Policy Sciences	15
-	Policy Studies Journal	15
18	Journal of Social Policy	14
-	Policy and Politics	14
-	Public Performance & Management Review	14
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	14
-	Public Money & Management	14
-	Social Policy & Administration	14
24	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	Local Government Studies	13
-	Policy Studies	13
27	American Review of Public Administration	12
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	12
-	International Public Management Journal	12
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	12
31	Public Policy and Administration	11
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	11
33	Public Administration and Development	10
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	10
-	Public Personnel Management	10
36	Contemporary Economic Policy	9
-	Journal of Public Policy	9
38	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
39	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
40	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	6
41	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	5
42	Gestion y Politica Publica	3