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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
ISSN 0276-8739 · eISSN 1520-6688 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,770; median 365 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 105 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, together about 32.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This journal encompasses issues and practices in policy analysis and public management. Listed among the contributors are economists, public managers, and operations researchers. Featured regularly are book reviews and a department devoted to discussing ideas and issues of importance to practitioners, researchers, and academics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences12.2%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences10.8%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences9.4%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences6.6%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences4.2%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
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 | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEconLitERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, RePEc
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 184OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,055OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 84Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 261,247Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,594 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 21 | 7 |
| 2025 | 105 | 49 | 125 |
| 2024 | 106 | 62 | 356 |
| 2023 | 105 | 67 | 656 |
| 2022 | 109 | 32 | 851 |
| 2021 | 81 | 17 | 971 |
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
365 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 277 days – 520 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 42 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 428 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (171 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)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,770 / EUR 3,150 / GBP 2,530 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 100
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Information
Since a new U.S. copyright law became effective January 1978, the transfer of copyright from author to publisher, heretofore implicit in the submission of a manuscript, must now be explicitly transferred to enable the publisher to assure maximum dissemination of the author’s work. Once an article has been received by Wiley for production the corresponding author will receive an email from Wiley's …
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0276-8739
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-6688
- Society / sponsor
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.8; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 184.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 365 days (interquartile range 277–520 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Policy Analysis and Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, EconLit, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Policy Analysis and Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,770.
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: .