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Best Public Administration journals

247 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Public Administration. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 62 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Policy and Society 13.6 99th Q1 SSCI B Yes
2 Administrative Science Quarterly 13.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 12.1 98th Q1 ESCI B No
4 Information Technology for Development 11.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Public Administration 11.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
6 Public Management Review 11.5 97th Q1 SSCI A No
7 Public Administration Review 11.3 97th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 11 96th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Journal of European Public Policy 10.7 96th Q1 SSCI A No
10 Regulation and Governance 10.6 96th Q1 SSCI A No
11 Public Policy and Administration 10.3 95th Q1 SSCI B No
12 Policy Studies Journal 9.9 95th Q1 SSCI B No
13 Review of Public Personnel Administration 9.8 94th Q1 SSCI B No
14 Project Leadership and Society 9.2 94th Q1 ESCI C Yes
15 Journal of Urban Management 8.5 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Policy and Internet 8.3 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
17 Human Resources for Health 8.1 93rd Q1 SSCI – Yes
18 Journal of Public Affairs 8 92nd Q1 ESCI B No
19 Government and Opposition 8 92nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
20 Journal of Human Rights, Culture and Legal System 7.9 92nd Q1 – – No
21 International Review of Administrative Sciences 7.9 91st Q1 SSCI B No
22 Review of Policy Research 7.7 91st Q1 SSCI – No
23 Criminology and Public Policy 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
24 Journal of Public Relations Research 7.2 90th Q1 SSCI B No
25 Perspectives on Public Management and Governance 7.2 90th Q1 ESCI – No
26 Journal of Information Technology and Politics 7.1 89th Q1 SSCI – No
27 Journal of Social Policy 7 89th Q1 SSCI A No
28 Educational Administration Quarterly 6.9 88th Q1 SSCI – No
29 Journal of Asian Public Policy 6.9 88th Q1 SSCI – No
30 Policy Sciences 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI B No
31 Bestuur 6.8 87th Q1 – – Yes
32 Urban Governance 6.7 87th Q1 – – Yes
33 Public Personnel Management 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 6.7 86th Q1 ESCI B No
35 European Policy Analysis 6.7 86th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Policy Design and Practice 6.5 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management 6.4 85th Q1 ESCI B No
38 Critical Policy Studies 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
39 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 6.2 84th Q1 SSCI B No
41 Education Sciences 6.2 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Administration and Society 6.1 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
43 Public Performance and Management Review 6.1 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
44 Governance 6.1 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
45 Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5.8 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
46 International Public Management Journal 5.8 81st Q1 SSCI B No
47 Policy and Politics 5.8 81st Q1 SSCI A No
48 Journal of Public Policy 5.7 80th Q1 SSCI B Yes
49 Voluntas 5.7 80th Q1 SSCI B No
50 Journal of Money Laundering Control 5.6 80th Q1 ESCI C No
51 Journal of Chinese Governance 5.6 79th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Education Inquiry 5.5 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 International Journal of Public Administration 5.5 78th Q1 ESCI B No
54 Globalizations 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI – No
55 International Journal of Public Sector Management 5.4 78th Q1 ESCI B No
56 Science and Public Policy 5.2 77th Q1 SSCI C No
57 Teaching Public Administration 5.2 77th Q1 ESCI – No
58 Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 5.1 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
59 Journal of Public Affairs Education 4.8 76th Q1 ESCI – No
60 Politics and Governance 4.8 76th Q1 SSCI – Yes
61 Public Money and Management 4.8 75th Q1 SSCI A No
62 Social Policy and Administration 4.8 75th Q1 SSCI A No
63 American Review of Public Administration 4.7 74th Q2 SSCI B No
64 Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 4.7 74th Q2 ESCI – No
65 Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 4.7 73rd Q2 SSCI B No
66 Australian Journal of Public Administration 4.6 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
67 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 4.6 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
68 Journal of Educational Administration 4.6 72nd Q2 SSCI B No
69 Area Development and Policy 4.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
70 Public Administration and Development 4.6 71st Q2 SSCI A No
71 Administrative Theory and Praxis 4.5 71st Q2 – B No
72 Environmental Economics 4.4 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 Administratie si Management Public 4.4 70th Q2 – – No
74 Digital Government: Research and Practice 4.3 70th Q2 – – No
75 Global Public Policy and Governance 4.3 69th Q2 ESCI – No
76 Data and Policy 4.2 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Journal of Public Procurement 4.1 69th Q2 ESCI – No
78 New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 4 68th Q2 – C Yes
79 Infrastructure Asset Management 4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
80 Contemporary Economic Policy 3.9 67th Q2 SSCI B No
81 Journal of Education and Work 3.9 67th Q2 ESCI B No
82 Statistics and Public Policy 3.9 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
83 European Journal of Social Security 3.8 66th Q2 ESCI – No
84 Politics and the Life Sciences 3.8 66th Q2 – – No
85 Information Polity 3.7 65th Q2 ESCI B No
86 Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences 3.7 65th Q2 – – No
87 Problems and Perspectives in Management 3.7 65th Q2 – – Yes
88 Public Integrity 3.6 64th Q2 ESCI – No
89 Publius: The Journal of Federalism 3.5 64th Q2 SSCI – No
90 Society and Economy 3.3 63rd Q2 – C Yes
91 Lex Scientia Law Review 3.3 63rd Q2 – – Yes
92 Journal of Data and Information Science 3.2 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
93 International Journal of Public Leadership 3.2 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
94 Research and Politics 3.2 62nd Q2 SSCI – Yes
95 Regional Statistics 3.2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
96 Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 3.1 61st Q2 SSCI C No
97 International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare 3.1 61st Q2 ESCI – No
98 AHURI Final Report 3.1 60th Q2 – – No
99 Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy 3 60th Q2 ESCI – No
100 Public and Municipal Finance 3 59th Q2 – – Yes
101 Retos (Ecuador) 3 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
102 Revista de Ciencias Sociales 3 59th Q2 – – Yes
103 BMC Global and Public Health 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
104 Public Administration and Policy 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Journal of Community Practice 2.9 57th Q2 ESCI – No
106 Public Works Management and Policy 2.9 57th Q2 ESCI – No
107 International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior 2.8 57th Q2 ESCI C No
108 Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 2.8 56th Q2 ESCI C No
109 Labour and Industry 2.8 56th Q2 ESCI B No
110 Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 2.8 55th Q2 SSCI – No
111 Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs 2.7 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
112 Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance 2.6 55th Q2 SSCI – No
113 Journal of Race Ethnicity and the City 2.6 54th Q2 – – No
114 Nonprofit Policy Forum 2.6 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
115 Frontiers in Political Science 2.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
116 International Social Security Review 2.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
117 IAFOR Journal of Education 2.4 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
118 Journal of Intercultural Communication 2.4 52nd Q2 – C No
119 Canadian Public Administration 2.4 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
120 Yale Journal on Regulation 2.4 51st Q2 SSCI B No
121 Central European Public Administration Review 2.3 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
122 Journal of Governance and Regulation 2.3 51st Q2 – – No
123 International Review of Public Administration 2.3 50th Q2 – B No
124 Public Administration and Information Technology 2.3 50th Q2 – – No
125 Journal of Library Administration 2.3 49th Q3 ESCI – No
126 NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 2.3 49th Q3 ESCI – No
127 Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 2.2 48th Q3 SSCI B No
128 Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration 2.2 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
129 International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology 2.1 48th Q3 – – No
130 State and Local Government Review 2.1 47th Q3 – – No
131 World Water Policy 2.1 47th Q3 – – No
132 Journal of Policy Studies 2.1 46th Q3 – – No
133 Jurnal IUS Kajian Hukum dan Keadilan 2.1 46th Q3 – – Yes
134 Journal of Central Banking Law and Institutions 2 46th Q3 – – Yes
135 Canadian Public Policy 2 45th Q3 SSCI B No
136 Revista de Administracao Contemporanea 1.9 45th Q3 – – Yes
137 Chinese Public Administration Review 1.9 44th Q3 ESCI – No
138 International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age 1.9 44th Q3 ESCI – No
139 Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 1.9 44th Q3 – – Yes
140 Public Administration Quarterly 1.8 43rd Q3 – A No
141 Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 1.8 43rd Q3 SSCI – Yes
142 Public Finance Review 1.8 42nd Q3 ESCI B No
143 International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management 1.8 42nd Q3 – – Yes
144 Journal of Integrated Care 1.8 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
145 SpringerBriefs in Political Science 1.8 41st Q3 – – No
146 Revista Cientifica General Jose Maria Cordova 1.7 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
147 Central European Journal of Public Policy 1.7 40th Q3 – – Yes
148 Innovation Journal 1.7 40th Q3 – – No
149 Revista Espanola de la Transparencia 1.7 40th Q3 – – Yes
150 R-Economy 1.7 39th Q3 – – Yes
151 Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences 1.7 39th Q3 SSCI – Yes
152 Electronic Government 1.6 38th Q3 ESCI – No
153 Journal of Law and Legal Reform 1.6 38th Q3 – – Yes
154 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies 1.5 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
155 Presidential Studies Quarterly 1.5 37th Q3 SSCI – No
156 Sustainable Social Development 1.5 37th Q3 – – No
157 International Journal of Public Policy 1.5 36th Q3 – – No
158 Scienze Regionali 1.5 36th Q3 – – No
159 Teruleti Statisztika 1.5 36th Q3 – – No
160 Public Budgeting and Finance 1.5 35th Q3 ESCI C No
161 International Journal of Electronic Governance 1.4 35th Q3 – – No
162 International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management 1.4 34th Q3 – – No
163 Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice 1.4 34th Q3 ESCI – No
164 Journal of School Administration Research and Development 1.4 34th Q3 – – No
165 Public Administration Issues 1.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
166 Regional Research of Russia 1.3 33rd Q3 – – No
167 Innovar 1.3 32nd Q3 – – Yes
168 Journal of Information Policy 1.3 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
169 European Journal of Government and Economics 1.2 32nd Q3 – C Yes
170 Relacoes Internacionais no Mundo Atual 1.2 31st Q3 – – No
171 Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance 1.2 31st Q3 – – No
172 Revista de Administracao Publica 1.2 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
173 Gestion y Politica Publica 1.1 30th Q3 SSCI – No
174 Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche 1.1 30th Q3 ESCI – No
175 Balkan Social Science Review 1.1 29th Q3 – – No
176 Indonesian State Law Review 1.1 29th Q3 – – No
177 Civil Szemle 1.1 28th Q3 SSCI – Yes
178 International Journal of Public Policy and Administration Research 1.1 28th Q3 – – No
179 Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciencia da Informacao 1.1 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
180 Croatian and Comparative Public Administration 1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
181 Public Finance Quarterly 1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
182 Diponegoro Law Review 1 26th Q3 – – Yes
183 Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics 1 26th Q3 – – No
184 Public Policy and Administration 1 26th Q3 – – No
185 Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 0.9 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
186 Studia Iuridica Lublinensia 0.9 25th Q3 – – Yes
187 Governance and Public Management 0.9 24th Q4 – – No
188 Kontakt 0.9 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
189 Journal of Policy History 0.9 23rd Q4 AHCI, SSCI – No
190 Social Security Bulletin 0.8 23rd Q4 – – No
191 European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance 0.8 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
192 Jurnal Litigasi 0.8 22nd Q4 – – Yes
193 Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze 0.8 21st Q4 – – Yes
194 Juridical Tribune - Review of Comparative and International Law 0.8 21st Q4 ESCI – No
195 Contributions to Political Science 0.7 21st Q4 – – No
196 Desde el Sur 0.7 20th Q4 – – Yes
197 Local and Urban Governance 0.7 20th Q4 – – No
198 Eunomia. Revista en Cultura de la Legalidad 0.6 19th Q4 – – Yes
199 Journal of Special Education Leadership 0.6 19th Q4 – – No
200 Zhurnal Issledovanii Sotsial'noi Politiki 0.6 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
201 Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance 0.6 18th Q4 – – No
202 Quality of Life in Asia 0.6 18th Q4 – – No
203 African Renaissance 0.6 17th Q4 – – No
204 Masalah-Masalah Hukum 0.6 17th Q4 – – Yes
205 Revista Catalana de Dret Public 0.6 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
206 Archeion 0.6 16th Q4 – – Yes
207 Frontiers of Business Research in China 0.6 16th Q4 ESCI – No
208 Geneses 0.6 15th Q4 – – No
209 Halduskultuur 0.6 15th Q4 – – No
210 Jurnal Pengabdian Hukum Indonesia 0.6 15th Q4 – – No
211 Ceridap 0.6 14th Q4 – – Yes
212 European State Aid Law Quarterly 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
213 Journal of Education Finance 0.6 13th Q4 – C No
214 International Series on Public Policy 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
215 Tirtayasa Journal of International Law 0.5 13th Q4 – – No
216 African Review (Tanzania) 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
217 Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
218 Administration 0.5 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
219 Advances in Library Administration and Organization 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
220 Gouvernement et Action Publique 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
221 Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies 0.4 10th Q4 – – No
222 Cuadernos de Derecho Local 0.4 10th Q4 – – No
223 Amme Idaresi Dergisi 0.4 9th Q4 SSCI – No
224 Canada and International Affairs 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
225 Estudios en Derecho a la Informacion 0.4 9th Q4 – – Yes
226 Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho. Universidad de Extremadura 0.4 8th Q4 – – Yes
227 Public Administration, Governance and Globalization 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
228 New Perspectives in German Political Studies 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
229 Reforma y Democracia 0.4 7th Q4 SSCI – No
230 Revista de Derecho Administrativo Economico 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
231 African Multidisciplinary Tax Journal (AMTJ) 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
232 Verwaltung 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
233 History of Economic Thought and Policy 0.3 5th Q4 ESCI C No
234 Krakowskie Studia z Historii Panstwa i Prawa 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
235 Przeglad Prawa Rolnego 0.3 5th Q4 – – Yes
236 Moderna Arhivistika 0.3 4th Q4 – – Yes
237 Revista Brasileira de Politicas Publicas 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
238 Estonian Discussions on Economic Policy 0.3 3rd Q4 – – Yes
239 Memleket: Siyaset Ve Yonetim 0.3 3rd Q4 – – No
240 Cadernos de Dereito Actual 0.2 3rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
241 P.A. Persona e Amministrazione 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
242 Revista Aequitas 0.2 2nd Q4 – – No
243 African Journal of Public Administration and Environmental Studies 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
244 Advances in Educational Administration 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
245 European Administrative Governance 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
246 ASEAN Journal of Education 0.1 0th Q4 – – No
247 Federal Register 0 0th Q4 – – No

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