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International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), formerly ABDC C. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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ISSN 1741-1041Verify ISSN ↗1741-105XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 164 / 248 | 34th | Q3 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 186 / 254 | 26th | Q3 |
| Strategy and Management | 403 / 506 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present (also 2012–2013, 2007–2010), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management is Q3 in Public Administration (rank 164 of 248), Q3 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 186 of 254) and Q4 in Strategy and Management (rank 403 of 506), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3, 34th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.218, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1741-1041 and its online ISSN is 1741-105X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #204 of 245 Scopus journals in Public Administration.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management published 98 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 186. 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 41 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (22%), Indonesia (17.1%) and Malaysia (9.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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