Development of Public Administration Research with a Bibliometric Analysis

Table 2

Journals' ranks in the field of public administration in JCR from 1998–2016 (in rank order by JCR 2016).

Rank	JCR abbreviated title	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
1	J PUBL ADM RES THEOR †						14	7	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
2	PUBLIC ADMIN REV †	8	5	3	4	4	7	8	5	3	3	3	9	14	16	20	16	6	5	2
3	J POLICY ANAL MANAG †	5	4	6	3	3	1	2	8	4	2	5	4	1	12	3	3	2	3	3
4	J EUR PUBLIC POLICY †		2	1	1	2	6	5	12	7	4	1	6	7	8	9	11	7	7	4
5	PUBLIC ADMIN †	7	8	7	11	6	3	3	7	5	7	6	8	12	4	12	4	11	8	5
6	REGUL GOV															5	12	8	4	6
7	CLIM POLICY †							10	4	19	12	9	5	6	11	7	6	9	6	7
8	GOVERNANCE †	3	7	5	7	1	4	1	2	10	9	8	3	4	6	6	8	4	2	8
9	PUBLIC MANAG REV †										21	12	14	11	15	17	10	16	9	9
10	POLICY STUD J †	19	21	16	19	23	24	20	14	11	18	19	23	13	3	16	2	5	10	10
11	POLICY POLIT †	4	6	10	5	5	5	9	9	8	8	20	22	25	22	25	13	18	19	11
12	J PUBLIC POLICY														20	14	18	19	23	12
13	ENVIRON PLANN C †	10	9	8	8	13	9	16	18	12	16	13	11	15	9	15	15	10	11	13
14	POLICY SCI †	16	11	24	14	17	10	12	15	14	15	10	16	8	1	13	9	3	12	14
15	INT PUBLIC MANAG J													3	24	8	25	22	16	15
16	J EUR SOC POLICY											7	7	5	7	4	5	12	13	16
17	REV POLICY RES													10	23	10	20	15	20	17
18	SCI PUBL POLICY															18	21	17	16	18
19	PUBLIC POLICY ADMIN																			19
20	REV PUBLIC PERS ADM													19	33	20	14	14	18	20
21	J SOC POLICY †	2	3	2	6	7	2	6	6	6	5	14	12	16	10	11	7	21	21	21
22	AM REV PUBLIC ADM †	15	24	17	14	16	22	15	13	16	12	16	15	17	14	22	22	13	15	22
23	INT REV ADM SCI †	14	22	22	17	20	16	21	22	21	22	15	17	21	18	31	24	27	33	23
24	J ACCOUNT PUBLIC POL													25	13	24	19	32	14	24
25	SOC POLICY ADMIN												13	20	28	19	17	23	22	25
26	NONPROFIT MANAG LEAD														27	37	38	34	35	26
27	PUBLIC MONEY MANAGE †	17	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	17	11	23	26	23	25	22	27	33	32	27
28	POLICY SOC																33	37	24	28
29	ADMIN SOC †	12	12	19	10	12	15	22	11	9	10	11	10	18	19	35	26	26	26	29
30	AUST J PUBL ADMIN †	18	15	20	24	18	20	23	19	20	23	18	21	24	29	32	35	38	34	30
31	J COMP POLICY ANAL														31	34	36	30	36	31
32	PUBLIC PERS MANAGE †	23	18	23	23	15	21	24	24		25	24	29	34	34	41	42	42	38	32
33	LOCAL GOV STUD †										20	20	18	29	35	26	28	24	29	33
34	CONTEMP ECON POLICY †	6	13	14	18	11	13	17	17	15	17	22	20	28	26	27	32	36	37	34
35	PUBLIC ADMIN DEVELOP †	20	16	13	12	9	8	14	16	13	14	25	24	22	21	28	23	20	28	35
36	PUBLIC PERFORM MANAG														32	33	39	28	25	36
37	LEX LOCALIS														39	39	30	25	30	37
38	CAN PUBLIC POL †	13	19	18	21	14	18	18	20	18	26	26	28	32	37	29	28	29	39	38
39	POLICY STUD-UK														17	36	37	35	27	39
40	HUM SERV ORG MANAGE																		41	40
41	J HOMEL SECUR EMERG											17	19	31	29	38	40	39	40	41
42	TRANSYLV REV ADM SCI													33	40	40	31	41	43	42
43	CAN PUBLIC ADMIN †	24	14	21	22	21	17	26	25	23	27	28	30	30	36	42	41	40	42	43
44	GEST POLIT PUBLICA												27	38	42	45	44	46	46	44
45	REV CLAD REFORMA DEM													35	41	44	43	44	45	45
46	CIV SZLE												31	36	43	43	45	43	44	46
47	AMME IDARESI DERG												32	38	45	47	46	45	47	47
48	J COLLECT NEG PUB SE	22
49	PHILOS PUBLIC AFF	1	1	4	2	8	12	4	3	1	6	4	1	9	5	1
50	SOC SECUR BULL	9	20	15	16	24		13
51	INNOVAR-REV CIENC AD													37	44	46
52	PUBLIC INTEREST	11	17	12	13	19	23	19	21		19
53	ADMIN SOC WORK	21	23	11	20	22	19	25	23	21	24	27	25	27	38	30	34	31	31

Notes: A journal with symbol † means a resident journal.