Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public Money & Management
ISSN 0954-0962 · eISSN 1467-9302 · Taylor & Francis
Public Money & Management: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.66; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 62 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 167 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Money & Management 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, Accounting and Organizational Management and Local Government Finance and Decentralization, together about 34.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Money & Management (PMM) is a highly-respected international journal covering finance, policy and management issues in public services. PMM was started over 40 years ago by CIPFA to have an impact on global practice through high-quality research. Professor Andreas Bergmann is Editor in Chief of PMM ; Karen Johnston is Deputy Editor, and Lord Bichard is Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board. PMM is a valuable resource for academics, politicians and policy-makers, consultants and advisors, practitioners in all types of public service organizations, journalists, and students on both academic and professional courses. PMM publishes articles which contribute new knowledge as a basis for policy or management improvements, or which reflect on evidence from public service management and finance. PMM 's articles are rigorously double-anonymous refereed by at least two experts to ensure impact and quality; practitioners are very often asked to review as well as academics. The editors welcome contributions from a broad international perspective, which offer critical examinations or undertake comparative analyses. In order to maintain the interests of our readership, the editors look for overall balance in coverage of topics and locations in PMM. Where there is particular interest in one area, PMM publishes themed issues which are guest edited by well-known specialists in that area. PMM's themes are highly topical and have international application. The full list of PMM themes can be found here. Guidelines for Guest Editors of theme issues can be found online here. For further information on theme issues, contact the managing editor: ml@michaelalavender.com. Please note that PMM does not accept unsolicited applications for Editorial team positions. Peer review statement Public Money & Management is an international, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality, original research contributions to scientific knowledge. Research article submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via the ScholarOne submission site. New Development articles are generally peer reviewed, but occasionally can be published subject to editorial review. Debate articles are not peer reviewed and published subject to editorial review. Authorship of PMM articles No changes to the author team are permit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editor-in-chief Andreas BergmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 34, United States 7, Italy 5, Australia 4, Mainland China 3 (77 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences20.3%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences6.9%
- Healthcare innovation and challengesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Public-Private Partnership ProjectsBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Community Development and Social ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
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
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Accounting and Tax Index (Online Edition), Business Periodicals Index, C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Current Abstracts, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, EBSCOhost, Ecology Abstracts (Bethesda), Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, H.W. Wilson, IBSS - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, P A I S International in Print (Annual), Periodicals Index Online, ProQuest Central, Public Administration Abstracts, 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
- 2.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.64Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,104OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 108LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 360,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,112 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 57 | 65 |
| 2025 | 167 | 77 | 413 |
| 2024 | 135 | 73 | 763 |
| 2023 | 119 | 69 | 762 |
| 2022 | 97 | 46 | 817 |
| 2021 | 130 | 73 | 1,828 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
62 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 30 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
AI use must be declared per T&F policy; undeclared AI leads to desk rejection. Model summary
PMM strictly follows Taylor & Francis’s AI policy ( https://taylorandfrancis.com/our-policies/ai-policy/) During the ScholarOne submission process authors are requested to read that policy and to acknowledge any use of AI, providing the name of the tool used and what it was used for. Articles that are suspected of using undeclared AI will be desk rejected.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
No changes to author team after acceptance. Model summary
No changes to the author team are permitted after an article has been accepted by PMM.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
No unsolicited applications for editorial team positions. Model summary
Public Money & Management 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 a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review; submission via ScholarOne. Model summary
All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via the ScholarOne submission site.
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
- 0954-0962
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9302
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 7 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Money & Management
What CAS zone is Public Money & Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Money & Management 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Public Money & Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.66; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Public Money & Management?
The publisher reports about 62 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24% (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 JCR quartile is Public Money & Management 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 Public Money & Management based?
Of the 77 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (34), United States (7) and Italy (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Money & Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Money & Management 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 Money & Management open access, and what is the APC?
Public Money & Management 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: .