Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
International Public Management Journal
ISSN 1096-7494 · eISSN 1559-3169 · Taylor & Francis
International Public Management Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.35; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 326 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Public Management Journal is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering and Management and Organizational Studies, together about 43.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Public Management Journal (IPMJ) publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical work on public management, broadly defined. IPMJ features work from scholars around the world who rigorously investigate various aspects of public management and administration, including (but not limited to): public leadership, organizational theory and behavior, performance and accountability, collaborative governance and networks, comparative public administration, policy implementation, public budgeting and finance, contracting and privatization, behavioral public administration, coproduction and participation, digital governance and AI, nonprofits and NGOs, and emerging issues. IPMJ seeks to provide a bridge between cutting-edge social science research, involving both quantitative and qualitative methods, and its application to the challenges of public management and governance in complex societies. IPMJ intends to stimulate and reflect the ideas and interests of an international constituency of scholars and practitioners. Peer Review Policy: All papers in IPMJ have undergone rigorous peer review, based upon an initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of two double anonymized peer reviews. Authors are encouraged to review the T&F AI Policy. Authorship / ORCID IDs: It is strongly preferred that all authors on all manuscripts supply an ORCID ID at submission.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences28.8%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences7.8%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences2.6%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCISCIEWeb of SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Business Source Alumni Edition, Business Source Complete, Business Source Corporate, Business Source Corporate Plus, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Current Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Public Administration Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), ABI/INFORM Collection, ABI/INFORM Global (American Business Information), Business Premium Collection, Politics Collection, Professional ABI/INFORM Complete, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Central, Social Science Premium Collection, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Selective
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor
- 2.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.23Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.41Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 466OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 201,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 30 | 5 |
| 2025 | 44 | 15 | 78 |
| 2024 | 64 | 28 | 246 |
| 2023 | 35 | 14 | 399 |
| 2022 | 49 | 18 | 623 |
| 2021 | 56 | 19 | 774 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
326 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 258 days – 389 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 361 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (108 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 96 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 43 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
Authors are encouraged to review the T&F AI Policy. Model summary
Authors are encouraged to review the T&F AI Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
ORCID IDs strongly preferred for all authors at submission. Model summary
It is strongly preferred that all authors on all manuscripts supply an ORCID ID at submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
International Public Management Journal is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the dis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of two double anonymized peer reviews. Model summary
All papers in IPMJ have undergone rigorous peer review, based upon an initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of two double anonymized peer reviews.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1096-7494
- Electronic ISSN
- 1559-3169
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Public Management Journal
What CAS zone is International Public Management Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Public Management Journal 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 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Public Management Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.35; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at International Public Management Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 326 days (interquartile range 258–389 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is International Public Management Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of International Public Management Journal based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Public Management Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Public Management Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ESCI, SCIE and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Public Management Journal open access, and what is the APC?
International Public Management Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .