Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Public Works Management & Policy
ISSN 1087-724X · eISSN 1552-7549 · SAGE
Public Works Management & Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 241 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 21.6% (journal website); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Works Management & Policy is published by SAGE 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-Private Partnership Projects, Transportation Planning and Optimization and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, together about 26.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Works Management & Policy (PWMP), published quarterly, is a peer-reviewed international journal for academics and practitioners in public works and the public and private infrastructure industries. Articles convey research results, evaluate management innovations, suggest methods of analysis and evaluation, and examine policy issues. PWMP addresses the planning, financing, development, and operations of civil infrastructure systems at all levels of society-federal, state and local. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 36, United Kingdom 3, Italy 2, Mainland China 1, Australia 1 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public-Private Partnership ProjectsBusiness, Management and Accounting11.2%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences9.1%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences5.6%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences5.2%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions5%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology4.9%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 226OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 882 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 24 | 10 | 52 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 40 |
| 2023 | 36 | 17 | 149 |
| 2022 | 45 | 9 | 207 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 106 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 21.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 241 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 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 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8
- case studyPWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- commentaryPWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- hypothesisPWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- research articlePWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validity are addressed.Length not stated
- reviewPWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- viewpointPWMP publishes the following article types: Research Articles undergo a rigorous peer-review process to ensure concerns of contribution, reliability, and validi…Length not stated
- viewpoint articlesViewpoint Articles undergo a lighter peer review process, typically with only two reviewers.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Data sharing policy Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review policy Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double Anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor, Associate Editors Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscript…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
Clinical trial registration policy Model summary
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1087-724X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-7549
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Works Management & Policy
What CAS zone is Public Works Management & Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Works Management & Policy 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 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Public Works Management & Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Public Works Management & Policy?
The publisher reports about 241 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21.6%. 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 Public Works Management & Policy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Public Works Management & Policy based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (36), United Kingdom (3) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Works Management & Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Works Management & Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Public Works Management & Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Public Works Management & Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .