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International Journal of Public Administration is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.5), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 0190-0692Verify ISSN ↗1532-4265Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 54 / 248 | 78th | Q1 |
| Business and International Management | 162 / 456 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.5.
International Journal of Public Administration is Q1 in Public Administration (rank 54 of 248) and Q2 in Business and International Management (rank 162 of 456), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Public Administration is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.669, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 67.
International Journal of Public Administration is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 0190-0692 and its online ISSN is 1532-4265.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Strategy, management and organisational behaviour.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Public Sector and Health Care field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Public Administration has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 2.69 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 245 Scopus journals in Public Administration.
International Journal of Public Administration published 89 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 181. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (29.4%), China (13.1%) and Italy (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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