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Public Management Review
ISSN 1471-9037 · eISSN 1471-9045 · Taylor & Francis
Public Management Review: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.92; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 313 days to acceptance (112 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 146 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Management Review is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 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% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Management Review seeks to: explore the developing field of public management embrace research both about the strategic and operational management of public services and about social/public policy development and implementation encourage in particular work which either presents new empirical knowledge about public management and/or developed theory encourage questioning both of the legitimacy and hegemony of the ’new public management’ paradigm and its alternatives, and of the developing pluralism in public management which encompasses the governance of inter-sectoral relationships between government, non-profit and for-profit organisations in the provision of public services. The remit of Public Management Review is to promote the dissemination and discussion of such research about public management. Its specific target audience is the academic and research community. Public Management Review is an international journal, seeking to draw together and learn lessons from the development of public management across the world rather than being parochially focused upon one area and encourages cross-national and comparative research papers. The Journal promotes inter-disciplinary work. Much of the most important work about public management is coming at the cusp of traditional disciplines. Public Management Review promotes such cross-boundary learning and conceptualisation. This Journal is uniquely placed to offer a leading light on the rapidly developing interest in public management across the world, and especially in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. It covers such key issues as: social policy making and implementation in the plural state inter-sectoral (government non-profit-for profit) relationships the evaluation and critique of the ’new public management’ paradigm governance institutions and processes globalization and convergence in public management state reform and structural adjustment, and the operational/ strategic management of public service organisations, including such issues as contracting, marketing and strategic management. Peer Review Policy All papers in PMR have undergone rigorous peer review, based upon an initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of double anonymized peer review. Authors are encouraged to review the T&F AI Policy. Dignity Statement The PMR community is diverse, vibrant and committed to sustainable research practices. As such, every one of our authors and research participants should be treated wit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Stephen P. OsbornePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Spain 1, Australia 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences27.9%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences9%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences4.1%
- Public-Private Partnership ProjectsBusiness, Management and Accounting3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · 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
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC, IBSS, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online), PAIS International: Peer-reviewed Journals List, Swets Information Services, Thomson Gale
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
- 4.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.54LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 2.54Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.82LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.82Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,472OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 144LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 1,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,251 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143 | 80 | 53 |
| 2025 | 146 | 75 | 524 |
| 2024 | 132 | 71 | 1,397 |
| 2023 | 147 | 78 | 2,851 |
| 2022 | 104 | 60 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 134 | 69 | 4,723 |
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
313 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 245 days – 388 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 332 days
- Sample
- 112 articles with submission and acceptance dates (309 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 83 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
Article types accepted1
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authorship: no changes to the author team after submission, except where a reviewer explicitly recommends an additional author. Model summary
Once a paper is submitted to PMR through the T&F Submission Portal site, no changes to the author team are permitted. The only exception to this is where a reviewer of the paper makes an explicit recommendation for an additional author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Dignity: harassment or bullying of any form will not be tolerated. Model summary
Harassment or bullying of any form will not be tolerated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Public Management Review 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 discoverability an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of double anonymized peer review. Model summary
All papers in PMR have undergone rigorous peer review, based upon an initial editorial screening followed by a minimum of double anonymized peer review.
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
- 1471-9037
- Electronic ISSN
- 1471-9045
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Management Review
What CAS zone is Public Management Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Management Review is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Management / 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 Public Management Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.92; CiteScore 11.5, h-index 140.
How long does peer review take at Public Management Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 112 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 313 days (interquartile range 245–388 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 Public Management Review in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (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 2 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of Public Management Review based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (1), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Management Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Management Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Public Management Review open access, and what is the APC?
Public Management Review 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .