Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public Administration Review
ISSN 0033-3352 · eISSN 1540-6210 · Wiley-Blackwell
Public Administration Review: CAS Zone 1 · Management (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.76; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,250; median 317 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 134 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Administration Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, Local Government Finance and Decentralization and Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, together about 42.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Administration Review (PAR), a bi-monthly professional journal, has been the premier journal in the field of public administration research, theory, and practice for 75 years. It is published for the American Society for Public Administration,TM/SM and is the only journal in public administration that serves both academics and practitioners interested in the public sector and public sector management. Articles identify and analyze current trends, provide a factual basis for decision making, stimulate discussion, and make the leading literature in the field available in an easily accessible format. With articles on a wide range of topics and expert book reviews, PAR is exciting to read and an indispensable resource.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editor-in-chief Jos RaadscheldersPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 18, Canada 6, Netherlands 6, Mainland China 2, Hong Kong, China 2 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences29.6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences7.8%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences5%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences4.1%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.6%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 5.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 254OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,357OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.18%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 89LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 124Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,004,763Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,880 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 77 | 53 |
| 2025 | 134 | 84 | 416 |
| 2024 | 134 | 81 | 1,080 |
| 2023 | 192 | 130 | 2,665 |
| 2022 | 154 | 64 | 3,273 |
| 2021 | 118 | 40 | 3,287 |
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
317 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 241 days – 424 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 334 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (299 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
- 363 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,250 / EUR 3,520 / GBP 2,890 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted3
- book reviewThe Book Review feature aims to engage scholars and practitioners in a lively discussion of books that take on timely topics, advances in theory and/or practice…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook ReviewsLength not stated
- research articlesResearch ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright
- Data availability Data Sharing
This journal encourages data sharing.You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors will be required to assign copyright of their article to the American Society for Public Administration. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and articles cannot proceed through production unless copyright has been assigned. Upon receipt of a manuscript, Wiley’s Author Services systems will provide instructions to the corresponding author for completion of the license agreeme…
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
- 0033-3352
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6210
- Society / sponsor
- American Society for Public Administration
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 86, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Administration Review
What CAS zone is Public Administration Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Administration Review is in Zone 1 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Public Administration; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Public Administration Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.76; CiteScore 11.3, h-index 254.
How long does peer review take at Public Administration Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 317 days (interquartile range 241–424 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Public Administration Review based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), Canada (6) and Netherlands (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Administration Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Administration Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Public Administration Review open access, and what is the APC?
Public Administration Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,250.
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: .