Top Journals in Public Administration.

Lists taken from John P. Forrester and Sheilah S.Watson,  "An Assessment of Public Administration Journals: The Perspective of Editors and Editorial Board Members." Public Administration Review, Sept-Oct 1994: 474-482.

(A) Public Administration
1. Public Administration Review (PAR)
2. Administration & Society 
3. American Review of Public Administration 
4. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART)
5. Public Administration Quarterly
6. Public Productivity and Management Review (PPMR)
7. International Journal of Public Administration
8. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM),
9. Canadian Public Administration
10. State and Local Government Review (SLGR)
 
(B) Public Policy
1.   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
2.   Policy Sciences (PS) 
3.   Policy Studies Journal
4.   Policy Studies Review (PSR)
5.   Journal of Public Policy (JPP)
6.   Public Administration Review
7.   Urban Affairs Quarterly (UAQ)
8.   Social Science Quarterly
9.   Evaluation Review (ER)
10. Publius

(C) Public Budgeting and Finance
1.   Public Budgeting & Finance (PBF)
2.   Public Budgeting and Financial Management (PBFM)
3.   Public Administration Review
4.   Public Finance Quarterly (PFQ)
5.   National Tax journal
6.   Municipal Finance journal (MFJ)  (mean = 1.41), and
7.   PPMR
8.   Financial Accountability and Management
9.   [not ranked]
10. [not ranked]
 
(D) Public Personnel Administration
1.   Review of Public Personnel Administration (RPPA)
2.   Public Administration Review
3.   PPMR
4.   A&S
5.   Human Relations (HR)
6.   American Review of Public Administration
7.   PAQ
8.   IJPA
9.   [not ranked]
10. [not ranked]
 
(E) Public Organization Studies
1.   Public Administration Review
2.   A&S
3.   Organization Studies (OS)
4.   PPMR
5.   PAQ
6.   American Review of Public Administration
7.   Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
8.   IJPA
9.   JMS
10. SLGR
11. HR
 

Top 11 Journals in Public Administration (Douglas, 1996  PAR). No particular order.

 

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