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Public Personnel Management
ISSN 0091-0260 · eISSN 1945-7421 · SAGE
Public Personnel Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.13; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Personnel Management 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, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Labor Movements and Unions, together about 37.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences15.2%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting13.9%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences8.8%
- Human Resource Development and Performance EvaluationPsychology7.9%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences5.9%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences4%
- Human Resource and Talent ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
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 | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 2 |
| 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 | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3.13LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 816OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,062 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 40 | 9 | 61 |
| 2024 | 25 | 16 | 180 |
| 2023 | 44 | 14 | 380 |
| 2022 | 21 | 7 | 473 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 275 |
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.
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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0091-0260
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-7421
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Personnel Management
What CAS zone is Public Personnel Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Personnel Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Industrial Relations & Labor / 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 Personnel Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.13; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 84.
Which databases index Public Personnel Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Personnel Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Public Personnel Management open access, and what is the APC?
Public Personnel Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .