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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Climate Policy	31
2	Public Administration Review	28
-	Journal of European Public Policy	28
4	Public Management Review	27
5	Public Administration	25
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
9	Regulation & Governance	17
-	Review of Policy Research	17
11	Review of Public Personnel Administration	16
-	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Science and Public Policy	16
-	Administration & Society	16
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	16
-	Journal of European Social Policy	16
18	Public Money & Management	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
-	Public Performance & Management Review	15
-	Policy Sciences	15
22	Journal of Social Policy	14
23	Policy Studies	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	Policy and Politics	13
26	Public Personnel Management	12
-	American Review of Public Administration	12
-	International Review of Administrative Sciences	12
-	Nonprofit Management & Leadership	12
-	Public Policy and Administration	12
-	Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space	12
-	International Public Management Journal	12
33	Public Administration and Development	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
35	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
-	Journal of Public Policy	10
-	Australian Journal of Public Administration	10
-	Contemporary Economic Policy	10
39	Canadian Public Administration-Administration Publique du Canada	8
-	Canadian Public Policy-Analyse de Politiques	8
-	Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis	8
42	Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences	7
43	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	6
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6
45	Gestion y Politica Publica	2