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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	31
2	Journal of European Public Policy	28
3	Public Management Review	27
4	Public Administration	26
-	Public Administration Review	26
6	Policy and Society	23
7	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	20
8	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	18
-	Review of Policy Research	18
10	Journal of European Social Policy	17
-	Science and Public Policy	17
12	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	16
-	Policy Sciences	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Administration & Society	16
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	16
-	Regulation & Governance	16
18	Public Performance & Management Review	15
-	Review of Public Personnel Administration	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
21	American Review of Public Administration	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
-	Public Money & Management	14
24	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	International Public Management Journal	13
-	Policy and Politics	13
-	Public Policy and Administration	13
-	Policy Studies	13
-	Public Personnel Management	13
30	Local Government Studies	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	12
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	12
34	Public Administration and Development	11
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	11
-	Journal of Public Policy	11
37	Contemporary Economic Policy	10
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
39	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	8
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	8
42	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
44	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6