114 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Public Administration. 29 of them are fully open access. Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 2 592 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Policy and Society, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Policy & Politics.
114 journals
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| Public Management ReviewTaylor & Francis | 39 % | 133 | 4.75 | 140 | Subscription |
| Public Administration ReviewWiley | 37 % | 146 | 3.82 | 253 | Subscription; open access option 4 250 USD |
| Public Performance & Management ReviewTaylor & Francis | 38 % | 56 | 5.44 | 72 | Subscription |
| Journal of Public Administration Research and TheoryOxford University Press | 40 % | 40 | 5.94 | 188 | Subscription; open access option 4 029 USD |
| Public AdministrationWiley | 34 % | 85 | 4.94 | 158 | Subscription; open access option 3 950 USD |
| Social Work EducationTaylor & Francis | 45 % | 145 | 1.40 | 72 | Subscription |
| The British Journal of Social WorkOxford University Press | 35 % | 261 | 1.83 | 128 | Subscription; open access option 4 492 USD |
| International Journal of Public Sector ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited | 36 % | 50 | 3.89 | 98 | Subscription |
| International Journal of Public AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 35 % | 95 | 2.83 | 84 | Subscription |
| Public Money & ManagementTaylor & Francis | 30 % | 130 | 2.99 | 80 | Subscription |
| Journal of Social Work EducationTaylor & Francis | 46 % | 65 | 1.44 | 90 | Subscription |
| Australian Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 38 % | 63 | 2.25 | 68 | Subscription |
| Policy and SocietyElsevier BV | 25 % | 39 | 10.92 | 86 | 1 634 USD |
| The American Review of Public AdministrationSAGE Publishing | 37 % | 39 | 3.00 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Perspectives on Public Management and GovernanceOxford University Press | 38 % | 22 | 4.41 | 38 | Subscription; open access option 4 029 USD |
| Journal of Teaching in Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 45 % | 45 | 1.53 | 48 | Subscription |
| Administration & SocietySAGE Publishing | 35 % | 56 | 2.49 | 108 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| International Public Management JournalTaylor & Francis | 38 % | 49 | 2.00 | 75 | Subscription |
| Australian Journal of Public AdministrationWiley | 35 % | 55 | 2.17 | 81 | Subscription; open access option 3 120 USD |
| Public Policy and AdministrationSAGE Publishing | 35 % | 27 | 3.60 | 67 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Social WorkSAGE Publishing | 35 % | 76 | 1.61 | 61 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Policy Design and PracticeTaylor & Francis | 30 % | 33 | 3.96 | 38 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Policy SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media | 27 % | 38 | 4.94 | 112 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Review of Public Personnel AdministrationSAGE Publishing | 33 % | 35 | 2.66 | 84 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| European Journal of Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 34 % | 114 | 1.27 | 58 | Subscription |
| Public Organization ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media | 32 % | 91 | 1.65 | 61 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Industrial Relations JournalWiley | 31 % | 44 | 2.49 | 68 | Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Public AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 31 % | 24 | 3.93 | 31 | Subscription |
| International Social WorkSAGE Publishing | 32 % | 95 | 1.36 | 74 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| British Journal of Industrial RelationsWiley | 29 % | 73 | 1.92 | 113 | Subscription; open access option 3 860 USD |
| Policy & PoliticsPolicy Press | 24 % | 34 | 5.65 | 90 | Subscription |
| Research on Social Work PracticeSAGE Publishing | 27 % | 114 | 1.71 | 99 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Policy Studies JournalWiley | 25 % | 59 | 2.87 | 125 | Subscription; open access option 4 050 USD |
| International Review of Administrative SciencesSAGE Publishing | 30 % | 44 | 2.11 | 101 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| International Journal of Social Work Values and EthicsPublisher unknown | 36 % | 31 | 1.65 | 9 | Subscription |
| GovernanceWiley | 22 % | 97 | 2.83 | 128 | Subscription; open access option 3 730 USD |
| Review of Policy ResearchWiley | 23 % | 70 | 3.03 | 81 | Subscription; open access option 3 300 USD |
| Canadian Public AdministrationWiley | 33 % | 51 | 1.41 | 44 | Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD |
| Policy StudiesTaylor & Francis | 21 % | 58 | 4.05 | 66 | Subscription |
| Social WorkOxford University Press | 34 % | 53 | 1.33 | 125 | Subscription |
| Public Personnel ManagementSAGE Publishing | 28 % | 28 | 3.04 | 84 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Industrial RelationsSAGE Publishing | 31 % | 45 | 1.77 | 62 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Nordic Social Work ResearchTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 55 | 1.41 | 29 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Administrative Theory & PraxisTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 27 | 2.06 | 51 | Subscription |
| Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & GovernanceTaylor & Francis | 35 % | 38 | 1.33 | 36 | Subscription |
| Journal of Public Affairs EducationTaylor & Francis | 25 % | 41 | 2.77 | 46 | Subscription |
| Economic and Industrial DemocracySAGE Publishing | 27 % | 55 | 1.89 | 74 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewSAGE Publishing | 25 % | 63 | 2.04 | 218 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Scandinavian Journal of Public AdministrationUniversity of Gothenburg | 37 % | 23 | 1.50 | 21 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Social Service ResearchTaylor & Francis | 24 % | 72 | 1.96 | 66 | Subscription |
| Labor HistoryTaylor & Francis | 35 % | 63 | 0.89 | 41 | Subscription |
| Teaching Public AdministrationSAGE Publishing | 32 % | 22 | 2.04 | 24 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Public Administration QuarterlySPAEF | 36 % | 25 | 1.35 | 40 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Advances in Social WorkIndiana University School of Social Work | 39 % | 55 | 0.73 | 41 | Open access, fee unknown |
| European Policy AnalysisWiley | 23 % | 38 | 2.85 | 36 | Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD |
| International Review of Public AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 32 % | 26 | 1.65 | 37 | Subscription |
| Chinese Public Administration ReviewPublisher unknown | 30 % | 24 | 1.96 | 13 | 3 650 USD |
| Public IntegrityTaylor & Francis | 22 % | 60 | 2.38 | 46 | Subscription |
| Journal of Public Child WelfareTaylor & Francis | 26 % | 50 | 1.54 | 40 | Subscription |
| Qualitative Social WorkSAGE Publishing | 27 % | 78 | 1.19 | 77 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Policy Analysis and ManagementWiley | 20 % | 101 | 1.91 | 183 | Subscription; open access option 3 770 USD |
| Local Government StudiesTaylor & Francis | 20 % | 56 | 2.54 | 71 | Subscription |
| International Review of Public PolicyInternational Public Policy Association | 30 % | 28 | 1.44 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Social Work PracticeTaylor & Francis | 33 % | 39 | 0.99 | 53 | Subscription |
| Journal of Evidence-Based Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 25 % | 55 | 1.47 | 23 | Subscription |
| Financial Accountability and ManagementWiley | 20 % | 41 | 2.81 | 85 | Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD |
| Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and PracticeRoutledge | 23 % | 37 | 2.31 | 69 | Subscription |
| Child & Family Social WorkWiley | 20 % | 130 | 1.38 | 101 | Subscription; open access option 3 560 USD |
| Transfer European Review of Labour and ResearchSAGE Publishing | 24 % | 40 | 1.83 | 59 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Public PolicyCambridge University Press | 20 % | 35 | 2.82 | 99 | 3 550 USD |
| Ethics and Social WelfareTaylor & Francis | 21 % | 40 | 2.11 | 41 | Subscription |
| International Journal of School Social WorkNew Prairie Press | 27 % | 10 | 3.33 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social Work/Maatskaplike WerkStellenbosch University | 24 % | 41 | 1.46 | 27 | 185 USD |
| European Journal of Industrial RelationsSAGE Publishing | 29 % | 21 | 1.41 | 73 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Journal of Labor and SocietyWiley | 30 % | 38 | 0.85 | 35 | Subscription; open access option 2 500 USD |
| The Clinical SupervisorHaworth Press | 28 % | 17 | 1.41 | 48 | Subscription |
| Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and SocietyWiley | 23 % | 34 | 1.34 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD |
| PracticeTaylor & Francis | 33 % | 35 | 0.65 | 36 | Subscription |
| Journal of Social Equity and Public AdministrationUniversity of Minnesota Press | 26 % | 13 | 1.87 | 9 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Behavioral Public AdministrationPublisher unknown | 25 % | 13 | 2.19 | 27 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Canadian Journal of Program EvaluationUniversity of Toronto Press | 22 % | 41 | 1.15 | 33 | Subscription |
| Social Work in Health CareTaylor & Francis | 23 % | 32 | 1.27 | 72 | Subscription |
| Journal of Human ServicesPublisher unknown | 28 % | 15 | 1.26 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of workTaylor & Francis | 21 % | 28 | 1.56 | 40 | Subscription |
| AdministrationDe Gruyter Open | 25 % | 30 | 0.98 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social Work ResearchOxford University Press | 25 % | 29 | 0.94 | 77 | Subscription |
| Journal of Participation and Employee OwnershipEmerald Publishing Limited | 27 % | 13 | 1.29 | 14 | Subscription |
| Labor Studies JournalSAGE Publishing | 36 % | 27 | 0.47 | 35 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Social Work With GroupsTaylor & Francis | 30 % | 32 | 0.58 | 45 | Subscription |
| Journal of Public and Nonprofit AffairsMidwest Public Affairs Conference | 23 % | 39 | 0.81 | 19 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Global Labour JournalMcMaster University Library Press | 25 % | 31 | 0.71 | 30 | Open access, fee unknown |
| State and Local Government ReviewSAGE Publishing | 21 % | 28 | 0.98 | 44 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Journal of Labor ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media | 24 % | 12 | 1.17 | 63 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Journal of Progressive Human ServicesTaylor & Francis | 25 % | 24 | 0.70 | 36 | Subscription |
| Industrielle Beziehungen Zeitschrift für Arbeit Organisation und ManagementVerlag Barbara Budrich | 29 % | 30 | 0.47 | 12 | Subscription |
| Journal of Policy Practice and ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media | 29 % | 22 | 0.52 | 11 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| China Journal of Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 23 % | 22 | 0.75 | 23 | Subscription |
| Journal of Comparative Social WorkUniversity of Stavanger | 30 % | 14 | 0.62 | 14 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Central European Public Administration ReviewUniversity of Ljubljana | 20 % | 21 | 1.04 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Central European Journal of Public PolicyDe Gruyter Open | 21 % | 10 | 1.50 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International Journal of Social PedagogyUCL Press | 21 % | 16 | 1.04 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social work and educationCentre of Social Development and Innovation and Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University | 24 % | 45 | 0.41 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Sociology and Social WorkPublisher unknown | 21 % | 8 | 1.15 | 13 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social Work and Social Sciences ReviewPublisher unknown | 30 % | 19 | 0.32 | 19 | Subscription |
| The Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social WorkPublisher unknown | 32 % | 24 | 0.26 | 13 | Subscription |
| Social Work and Social WelfarePublisher unknown | 29 % | 10 | 0.44 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Cuadernos de Trabajo SocialComplutense University of Madrid | 24 % | 38 | 0.28 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Yearbook of Swiss Administrative SciencesUbiquity Press | 25 % | 10 | 0.29 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Baccalaureate Social WorkPublisher unknown | 45 % | 16 | 0.09 | 25 | Subscription |
| Social Work Experience and MethodsVytautas Magnus University | 22 % | 12 | 0.09 | 4 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Social Work Education and PracticePublisher unknown | 27 % | 21 | 0.06 | 5 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social work & societySocial Work & Society | 25 % | 27 | 0.02 | 28 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International public management reviewPublisher unknown | 32 % | 7 | 0.00 | 23 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Hong Kong Journal of Social WorkWorld Scientific | 26 % | 9 | 0.00 | 11 | Subscription |
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