Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Chinese Public Administration Review
ISSN 1539-6754 · eISSN 2573-1483 · SAGE
Chinese Public Administration Review: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 3,650; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Public Administration Review is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance and Local Government Finance and Decentralization, together about 46.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences22.7%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences14.3%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences9.1%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences8%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences3.7%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 374 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 2 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 50 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 81 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 76 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 92 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 77 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1539-6754
- Electronic ISSN
- 2573-1483
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Public Administration Review
What CAS zone is Chinese Public Administration Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chinese Public Administration Review is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Chinese Public Administration Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Public Administration Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Chinese Public Administration Review open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese Public Administration Review is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .