Public Administration Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Public Administration Review is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics174
Information for Contributors120
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics73
Getting Your Foot in the Door: The Impact of Public Sector Fellowships on Career Trajectories69
Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?68
Who benefits from work‐life programs? Lessons in gender and race from OPM's Federal Work‐Life Survey67
(De)Centering Whiteness through community dialogues about safety problems and solutions67
Public Encounters and Government Chatbots: When Servers Talk to Citizens59
The deformation of democracy in the United States: When does bureaucratic “neutral competence” rise to complicity?58
‘Feeling out’ the rules: A psychological process theory of red tape55
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics55
How much damage can a politicized public service do? Lessons from Australia55
Social equity in the data era: A systematic literature review of data‐driven public service research54
Raising Expectations: The War We Must Fight to Prevent One53
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Celebrating 85 Years47
Information for Contributors44
Navigating Rivalry and Insight: Bureaucratic Behaviors in Decentralized Regulatory Systems42
Some Parents Survive and Some Don't: The Army and the Family as “Greedy Institutions”38
Same product, different price: Experimental evidence on the transaction cost expenditures of selling to governments and firms38
Is There a Glass Cliff in Local Government Management? Examining the Hiring and Departure of Women34
Local government managers are on the frontlines of climate change: Are they ready?33
A compliance—integrity framework for ethics management: An empirical analysis of local government practice32
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics32
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics31
The Asian American experience in the federal workforce: How employees navigate the complexities of racialization29
The Culture of Democracy. By BinXu, New Jersey: Polity Press, 2022. 200 pp. $59.04 (hardcover); $8.14 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐954398‐4; ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐954399‐129
Passive representation: The effect of affirmative action bans on female representation in law enforcement28
Representative bureaucracy and organizational attractiveness: An experimental study of symbolic representation of the US and UK police28
Enriching Transactional Leadership with Public Values27
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Bureaucratic prioritizing among clients in the eyes of the public: Experimental evidence from three countries27
Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It, By Cass R.Sunstein (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021), 153 pp. Cost: $22.36 (hard cover), ISBN: 978–026204578027
Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector: Managing for Results, Third Edition. By Evan M.Berman and ImaneHijal‐Moghrabi, New York and London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2023. 238 pp. $27
Bureaucratic professionalization and cabinet management: How civil servants in presidential democracies are treated differently26
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James V. Koch and Richard J.Cebula, Runaway College Costs: How College Governing Boards Fail to Protect their Students (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020). 238 pp. $39.95 (hardcov26
Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Service Organizations: A Liberatory Justice Approach. By RashmiChordiya and MeghnaSabharwal, New York: Routledge, 2024. 338 pp. $51.99 (paperback); 26
What can postcolonial theory contribute to the study of social equity?26
Handbook on Measuring Governance. By PeterTriantafillou and Jenny M.Lewis (eds.), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. 330 pp. $250 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐1‐80220‐063‐826
Building and Maintaining Trust “Even When Things Aren't Going Well”: Meta‐Regulation Through an Explicit Psychological Contract26
In Search of Social Equity in Public Administration: Race, Gender, and Some “Class”‐ey New Ideas25
Intergovernmental cooperation and joint purchasing agreements: Do governments free‐ride?25
Diffusion of Complex Governance Arrangements: State Approaches to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence24
Achieving social equity: From problems to solutions By M. E.Guy & S. A.McCandless (Eds.), Irvine, CA: Melvin & Leigh. 2020. pp. 194 $44.95 (paperback)24
How scholars can support government analytics: Combining employee surveys with more administrative data sources towards a better understanding of how government functions24
Risk aversion and public sector employment23
What explains variation in representation in the public sector? Predicting the presence of female officers in U.S. College Police Departments23
Does public sector performance information impact stakeholders? Evidence from a meta‐analysis23
Rhetoric Versus Reality? A Comparative Study of Public and Non‐Public Sector Employees' Perceptions of Discrimination23
Death of the public servant. By Daniel A.Rosemond, Brisbane: Limelight Publishing. 2022. pp. 262. $17.95. ISBN 10: 1471668673ISBN 13: 978147166867823
Collaboration in crisis: Utilizing the SOS program, an at‐home COVID‐19 vaccine administration initiative, to demonstrate best practices in emergency management collaboration21
Benefit and hidden cost of organizational support for telework amid the COVID‐19 pandemic on public employees' job satisfaction and retention intention21
Race in representative bureaucracy theory: A problematizing review21
Futures for the Public Sector. By G.Bouckaert, A.Hondeghem, T.Steen, and S.Van de Walle (eds), Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2025. ISBN: 978‐9‐46‐270450‐319
Taxing Language: Do Interpreting Fees Affect Immigrant Healthcare Usage? Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design19
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Health in citizen‐state interactions: How physical and mental health problems shape experiences of administrative burden and reduce take‐up19
How Public Officials Perceive Algorithmic Discretion: A Study of Status Quo Bias in Policing19
Leadership in the public sector: A meta‐analysis of styles, outcomes, contexts, and methods19
The Hidden Tier of Social Services. Frontline Workers' Provision of Informal Resources in the Public, Nonprofit and Private Sectors By EinatLavee, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2021. pp. 74. 19
The Administrative Presidency and PK‐12 Education Policy: Student Rights and Oversight During the Trump and Biden Era18
Governance by artifacts: Theory and evidence on materiality of administrative burdens18
Editorial: A journal update and note of appreciation18
Organizational Culture and Social Equity: An Experiential Guide. By StephanieDolamore and AngelaKline (eds.), New York: Routledge, 2023. 146 pp. $55.99 (paperback); $190.00 (hardback); $50.39 (ebook).18
Celebrating 85 Years18
The three ages of government: From the person, to the group, to the world. By Jos C. N.Raadschelders, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2020. pp. 316. Paper: $29.95 Hardcover: $55. Also ava18
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Revisiting the academic–practitioner divide: Evidence from computational social science and corpus linguistics18
Global risk management: The role of collective cognition in response to COVID‐19. By LouiseComfort, Mary LeeRhodes, New York and London: Routledge. 2022. pp. 291. ISBN: 978‐1‐032‐18182‐018
Celebrating 84 Years18
In search of the collaborative advantage of public‐private partnerships: A comparative analysis of Dutch transport infrastructure projects17
The State of Public Administration in Nigeria17
Populism and Political Appointments16
Competence in virtual communication: Remote transformational leadership16
Managing cyberattacks in wartime: The case of Ukraine16
Nursery City Innovation: ACELLFramework16
Executive leadership, policy tourism, and policy diffusion among local governments16
Information for Contributors16
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Street‐level discretion, personal motives, and social embeddedness within public service ecosystems15
Evidence and Policy‐Making: An Organizational Approach15
Influence of external authorities on collaborative frictions15
Experimental evidence on the determinants of citizens' expectations toward public services15
From performance to morality: How politicians frame bureaucracy, its organizations, and public sector employees15
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Politics, Policy and Public Administration: Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna. By AndrewPodger, MichaeldePercy, and SamVincent, eds. 2021. Acton, Australia. Australian National University Press15
Political time in public bureaucracies: Explaining variation of structural duration in European governments15
Social equity in federal contracting during emergencies: A portfolio management perspective15
Bureaucratic Representation, Accountability, and Democracy: A Qualitative Study of Indigenous Bureaucrats in Australia and Canada14
Connecting the composition of collaborative governance structure to community‐level performance in homeless services14
The performance function in local government: Does location impact performance data use?14
Nonprofits in policy advocacy their strategies and stories. By SheldonGen, Amy ConleyWright, Springer Nature Switzerland AG: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. XXVIII, pp. 238. $34.99 (so14
Inconvenient truths about logistic regression and the remedy of marginal effects14
Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector, 3rd Edition. By Lynn T.Drennan, AdinaDudau, AllanMcConnell, and AlastairStark, London: Routledge, 2024. 292 pp. $54.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐243414
Celebrating 82 Years14
Liberal democratic accountability standards and public administration14
Building global public administration knowledge: Leveraging the power of collaboration14
The power of protest on policing: Black Lives Matter protest and civilian evaluation of the police14
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Does revenue‐motivated policing alter who receives traffic citations? Evidence from driver race and income in Indiana13
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Harnessing the evolutionary advantage of emergent performance management regimes: Strengthening accountability for challenges of modern public administration and governance13
The Impact of Demographic Composition of Social Networks on Perceived Inclusion in the Workplace13
A tiered pathway toward sustainability: The role of public administrators in advancing social equity in U.S. local governments13
The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty‐First Century. By AlasdairRoberts, Montreal: McGill‐Queen's University Press. 2024. pp. 192. $24.95 CAD (paperback). ISBN13
The nexus between emergency management, public health, and equity: Responding to crisis, and mitigating future hazards13
Organizational and Individual Factors of Evidence Informed Policy Making in Public Organizations13
Representative bureaucracy and family planning service delivery in Tanzania13
Administrative exclusion in the infrastructure‐level bureaucracy: The case of the Dutch daycare benefit scandal12
The Origins and Intellectual Structure of the Deep State Literature12
The Moderating Role of Workplace Autonomy on Corruption Control Strategies: Evidence From 33 South Korean Ministries12
Regulatory offsetting in advanced democracies12
Social inequity in administrative burdens: Evidence from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
US state government privatization: Implications for social equity and inequality?12
Buying from Local Providers: The Role of Governance Preferences in Assessing Performance Information12
Strategic program management: Performance accountability driving use in national governments12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics12
Does she belong here? Women in leadership positions and organizational performance in gendered institutions12
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How does performance management affect social equity? Evidence from New York City public schools11
Can public‐private innovation partnerships improve public services? Evidence from a synthetic control approach11
Institutional factors driving citizen perceptions of AI in government: Evidence from a survey experiment on policing11
Equity in government contracting: Analyzing the performance of small disadvantaged businesses11
The Guardian State: Strengthening the public service against democratic backsliding11
Does collective citizen input impact government service provision? Evidence from SeeClickFix requests11
Evolving Motivation in Public Service: AThree‐PhaseLongitudinal Examination of Public Service Motivation, Work Values, and Academic Studies Among Israeli Students11
No country for model minorities: Evidence of discrimination against Asian noncitizen immigrants in the U.S. nursing home market11
“We're not there to lead”: Professional roles and responsibilities in “citizen‐led” co‐production11
Celebrating 83 Years10
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Evacuation behavior of households facing compound hurricane‐pandemic threats10
Mind the gap: Strategies from California on navigating access to public hearings10
Celebrating 84 Years10
Resilience and the management of nonprofit organizations: A new paradigm. By Dennis R.Young, Elizabeth A. M.Searing, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. pp. 167. $110 (hard10
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The reputational dividends of collaborating with a highly reputable agency: The case of interagency collaboration between the U.S. FDA and its domestic partner agencies9
Swooshed: How Nike and the City of New York could potentially change the landscape of city branding through apparel licensing agreements9
Bending the arc of nonprofit leadership toward justice: Impacts of racial representation and organizational publicness on diversifying executive leadership9
Justice in Black and Brown: The impact of political control and representative bureaucracy on street level outcomes9
How to systematically analyze co‐production to inform future policies? Introducing 5Ws of co‐production9
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics9
Administrative Burden in Higher Education: Race, Criminal Records, and Street‐Level Bureaucrats in College Admissions9
Managing my shame: Investigating the effects of organizational identity threat and public service motivation on exemplification9
The ontology, origin, and impact of divisive public sector rules: A meta‐narrative review of the red tape and administrative burden literatures9
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In search of the silver‐lining: Police officers' attributions and responses to stakeholder critique9
Trust, power, and organizational routines: Exploring government's intentional tactics to renew relationships with nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities9
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Frontline employees' responses to citizens' communication of administrative burdens9
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Holding out for a hero: Linking hiring duration and managerial fit8
First impressions: An analysis of professional stereotypes and their impact on sector attraction8
A meta‐analysis of the state and local government borrowing costs8
Citizen‐Centric Approaches to AI in Government Programs: Lessons From Experimental Studies8
Celebrating 85 Years8
Unpacking the Influence of Policy Advice Using Citation Network Analysis8
Public Administration Country Study: Kazakhstan—Post‐Soviet Legacy, Modernisation, and Hybridity8
Frontline Workers and Civic Tech: Bridging the Responsiveness Gap in Digital Client Encounters8
Indian Preference and the status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the federal service: Employment, earnings, authority, and perceptions of fairness8
Hilton L. Root, Network Origins of the Global Economy: East Vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective | SpringerLink (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020). xxxi + 306 pp. USD 39.98
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Citizen Centricity in Public Policy Making: Approaches, Mechanisms, and Beyond. By NaciKarkin and VolkanGöçoğlu, Cham: Springer Cham, 2025. 172 pp. €119.99 (hardcover); €96.29 (electronic). 8
Crowdsourced data in public administration research: A review and look to the future8
‘Just like I thought’: Street‐level bureaucrats trust AI recommendations if they confirm their professional judgment7
Why do some academic articles receive more citations from policy communities?7
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Public management frontiers in guaranteed income programs: Advancing implementation7
Public Managers and Wicked Problems of Advancing Social Equity7
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Institutional pressures and the prevalence of nonprofit sector support organizations7
Celebrating 82 Years7
Concurrent disasters: Perceived administrative burdens and household coping capacities7
Using technology to reduce learning costs and improve program comprehension: Lessons from a survey experiment on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program7
A Window of Opportunity: Anti‐Corruption and Performance Data Quality Enhancement7
Beyond Simplification in Public Sector Accountability: Contradictions Between Principal‐Agent and Complexity Theories7
Animals in the study of public administration7
Mapping Rural Local Government Capacity for Climate Resilience Projects in the United States7
COVID‐19 emergency policies, financial security, and social equity: Worldwide evidence7
New Public Governance as a Hybrid: A Critical InterpretationBy LauraCataldi, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 70pp. $22.00 (hardbook). ISBN: 978‐1‐00‐945403‐26
Evaluating turnover intention as a proxy for behavior in the federal public service: Evidence from two surveys of senior civil servants6
Between nature and nurture: The genetic overlap between psychological attributes and selection into public service employment6
What is necessary for high employee engagement and satisfaction? A look at the best places to work in the Federal Government Index6
American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics6
Optimizing global governance through US–China dynamics: The interplay of conflict and cooperation in driving innovation and efficiency6
Systematic Review and Metasynthesis: Dissent and Guerrilla Government in Public Administration Research6
Social affordances of agile governance6
Trust, collaboration, and participation in governance: A Nordic perspective on public administrators' perceptions of citizen involvement6
Effective public administration strategies for global “new normal”. By Perfecto G.AquinoJr., Revenio C.JalagatJr. (Eds.), Singapore: Springer Books. 2022. pp. 243. $169.99 (ebook) December. ISBN: 978‐6
Bridge over troubled waters? Experimental evidence into the influence of leadership on employees' collaborative engagement6
Liberté, Égalité, Crédibilité: An experimental study of citizens' perceptions of government responses to COVID‐19 in eight countries6
A cognitive network perspective for public administration and policy6
How can procurement create (sustainable) public value under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal?6
State‐level politicization of crisis communication on Twitter during COVID‐19: Conceptualization, measurement, and impacts6
Visualizing Qualitative Research6
Are special districts strategic complements or strategic substitutes?6
Bureaucratic discretion, social equity, and the administrative legitimacy dilemma: Complications of New Public Service6
Protecting the Citadel of Democracy: A Political and Administrative Response6
Steven L.Yaffee, Beyond Polarization: Public Process and the Unlikely Story of California's Marine Protected Areas (Washington: Island Press, 2020). 1–485 pp. ISBN: 97816428308286
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Deborah Stone, Counting: How we Use Numbers to Decide What Matters (New York: Liveright, 2021). 312 pp. $26,95 (Hardcover), ISBN: 978‐1‐63149‐592‐25
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How Revenue Sources Impact Nonprofit Advocacy: Complementary, Supplementary, and Adversarial Policy Engagement5
Executive policymaking influence via the administrative apparatus5
Celebrating 82 Years5
We didn't start the fire…but it sure is getting warm5
Leading digital transformation: A narrative perspective5
Does participation predict support for place brands? An analysis of the relationship between stakeholder involvement and brand citizenship behavior5
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Impact of low‐performance signals on employee fraud in public organizations: Evidence from a pay‐for‐performance context5
Building community resilience through cross‐sector partnerships and interdisciplinary research5
Facing the human capital crisis: A systematic review and research agenda on recruitment and selection in the public sector5
James L.Perry, ed., Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty‐First Century (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). 312 pp. $69.955
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How to “Run” the Many Moving Parts In and Around Democratic Government? NissimCohen, Policy Entrepreneurship at the Street Level(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021). 895
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How do polycentric governance systems adapt? The role of forums explored in Dutch metropolitan areas5
Public values and sector service delivery preferences: Public preferences on contracting from simple to complex human services5
The effect of administrative burden on state safety‐net participation: Evidence from food assistance, cash assistance, and Medicaid5
Great Gatsby and the Global SouthBy DidingSakri, AndySumner, Arief AnshoryYusuf, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. 75 pp. $22.00 (paperback). ISBN 97810093827245
Celebrating 84 Years5
Reducing horizontal neglect in local government: The role of informal institutions4
Bureaucrats in Campaigns: Elections Increase Dysfunctional Behaviors Among Civil Servants4
Public Administration in the New Reality. By AlikhanBaimenov and PanosLiverakos (eds.), Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 340 pp. ISBN: 978‐9‐81‐963844‐4 (hardcover); 978‐9‐81‐963847‐5 (softcover);4
Social inclusion, social exclusion, and the role of leaders in avoiding—or promoting—societal collapse4
Citizens' perceptions of the legitimacy of independent agencies: The effects of expertise‐based and reputation‐sourced authority4
Team Gender Composition Correlates With Ratings of Women and Men Leaders: On the Role of Group Prototypicality4
Employee Turnover Effects of the 2018–2019 United States Federal Government Shutdown4
Working as equals: Relational egalitarianism and the workplace. By Julian DavidJonker, Grant J.Rozeboom (Eds.), New York: Oxford University Press. 2023. pp. 272. £71.00 (hardback). ISBN: 97801976342954
Judgment of Volunteer Competence among Service Professionals: Stereotypes or Skills?4
Feminine leadership and juvenile justice outcomes: The Florida experience4
Managerial Practice and Diversity Climate: The Roles of Workplace Voice, Centralization, and Teamwork4
Global topics, global reach: Welcome to PAR's newest editorial board members4
Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and Other Financial Emergencies. By TatyanaGuzman and NataliaErmasova, New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Grou4
Adaptive organizational network response in a crisis: The case of five European airports during theCOVID‐19 pandemic4
At their fingertips: What is the impact of online reporting of domestic violence?4
How citizens want to “see” the state: Exploring the relationship between transparency and public values4
The bureaucrat, the entrepreneur, and the networker: Developing and validating measurement scales for civil servants’ role perceptions4
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Is Trust in Local Government Influenced by the “Marketplace” of Choice?4
Maximizing social equity as a pillar of public administration: An examination of cannabis dispensary licensing in Pennsylvania4
Decree or democracy? State takeovers and local government financial outcomes4
From noise to knowledge: Improving evidentiary standards for program efficacy to better inform public policy and management decisions4
Hamas's October 7 Attack: Analysis of an “Antagonistic” Crisis4
Job Vacancy and Organizational Performance: Are Senior Managers or Street‐Level Bureaucrats Missed Most?4
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