Public Administration
Q1 Journal
Journal
Country
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Subject Area and Category
Social Sciences
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Public Administration
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Sociology and Political Science
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Publisher
SJR 2025
2.723
Q1
SJR Score
H-Index
126
Citations / Doc (2yr)
8.60
Total Docs. (latest)
102
Total Citations (3yr)
1,989
Publication type
Journals
ISSN
14679299, 00333298
Coverage
1923-2026
Journal Rank
#847
Subject Categories
Public Administration
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Sociology and Political Science
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Subject Areas
Aims & Scope
Public Administration, founded in 1922, is a major refereed journal with global circulation and global coverage.
The journal publishes articles on all facets of public administration, public policy and public management.
The editors are especially interested in papers that deal with major administrative challenges that generate theoretical advances and provide substantive insights.
The journal has three core objectives:
• To stimulate international scholarly and practitioner dialogue in public administration, public management, public organization theory and policy analysis.
• To encourage critical and comparative analysis of challenges facing contemporary systems of governing.
• To publish theoretically and empirically rigorous research on topics of broad and vivid current interest.
Abstracting & Indexing
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Detailed Metrics
| Total Docs. (latest) | 102 |
| Total Docs. (3 years) | 233 |
| Total Refs. | 8,338 |
| Total Citations (3 years) | 1,989 |
| Citable Docs. (3 years) | 231 |
| Citations / Doc. (2 years) | 8.60 |
| Ref. / Doc. | 81.75 |
| % Female | 42.2% |
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