International Review of Administrative Sciences

International Review of Administrative Sciences is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 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, Local Government Finance and Decentralization and E-Government and Public Services, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Review of Administrative Sciences (IRAS ) is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to academic and professional public administration. Founded in 1927 it is the oldest scholarly public administration journal specifically focused on comparative and international topics. IRAS seeks to shape the future agenda of public administration around the world by encouraging reflection on international comparisons, new techniques and approaches, the dialogue between academics and practitioners, and debates about the future of the field itself.IRAS is the official journal of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), the European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). IRAS is published in three different language editions - English, French and Chinese."As the global village is evolving understanding the diversity of national perspectives on a growing variety of issues is an essential necessity, not a luxury. The careful selection of topics and articles in the International Review of Administrative Sciences provides a wealth of information for developing such understanding and meeting the needs of practitioners and academics." Arie Halachmi, Institute of Government at Tennessee State University, USA and Zhongshan University, China "I have been doing research and editing in comparative public administration for the last twenty five years. I have always found the International Review of Administrative Sciences indispensable reading. It provides us with articles containing glimpses of new theoretical thinking, but also with accounts of best practices introduced by governments around the world." Ignacio Pichardo, Former President of IIAS, El Colegio Mexiquense "International Review of Administrative Sciences offers thought-provoking contributions from both scholars and practitioners on a wide variety of topics related to international and comparative administration. Few journals can match IRAS in presenting timely analysis, dialogue, and debate on administrative issues from the industrialized countries of the global North, both in Europe and the Americas, and from the developing and transitioning nations of the global South." Derick W. Brinkerhoff, RTI Senior Fellow in International Public Management Research Triangle Institute This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)All issues of International Review of Administrative Sciences are available to browse online.Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iras

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Editor-in-chief Manuel PedroPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Germany 7, Belgium 7, United Kingdom 5, France 5, Canada 5 (82 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

3.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher)

3.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

7.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.53LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

101OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

925OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.05OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

30.19%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

35LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

9.8%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

278 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

42 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

SAGE

ISSN

0020-8523

Electronic ISSN

1461-7226

Society / sponsor

International Institute of Administrative Sciences

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website