Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Public Administration

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

H-Index

105

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

14679299, 00333298

Coverage

1923-2022

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Scope

Public Administration, founded in 1922, is a major refereed journal with global circulation and global coverage. The journal publishes articles on all facets of public administration, public policy and public management. The editors are especially interested in papers that deal with major administrative challenges that generate theoretical advances and provide substantive insights. The journal has three core objectives: • To stimulate international scholarly and practitioner dialogue in public administration, public management, public organization theory and policy analysis. • To encourage critical and comparative analysis of challenges facing contemporary systems of governing. • To publish theoretically and empirically rigorous research on topics of broad and vivid current interest. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Public Administration1999Q1
Public Administration2000Q1
Public Administration2001Q1
Public Administration2002Q1
Public Administration2003Q1
Public Administration2004Q1
Public Administration2005Q1
Public Administration2006Q1
Public Administration2007Q1
Public Administration2008Q1
Public Administration2009Q1
Public Administration2010Q1
Public Administration2011Q1
Public Administration2012Q1
Public Administration2013Q1
Public Administration2014Q1
Public Administration2015Q1
Public Administration2016Q1
Public Administration2017Q1
Public Administration2018Q1
Public Administration2019Q1
Public Administration2020Q1
Public Administration2021Q1
Public Administration2022Q1
Sociology and Political Science1999Q1
Sociology and Political Science2000Q1
Sociology and Political Science2001Q1
Sociology and Political Science2002Q1
Sociology and Political Science2003Q1
Sociology and Political Science2004Q1
Sociology and Political Science2005Q1
Sociology and Political Science2006Q1
Sociology and Political Science2007Q1
Sociology and Political Science2008Q1
Sociology and Political Science2009Q1
Sociology and Political Science2010Q1
Sociology and Political Science2011Q1
Sociology and Political Science2012Q1
Sociology and Political Science2013Q1
Sociology and Political Science2014Q1
Sociology and Political Science2015Q1
Sociology and Political Science2016Q1
Sociology and Political Science2017Q1
Sociology and Political Science2018Q1
Sociology and Political Science2019Q1
Sociology and Political Science2020Q1
Sociology and Political Science2021Q1
Sociology and Political Science2022Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19991.152
20001.052
20011.164
20020.752
20031.077
20041.098
20051.321
20061.764
20070.939
20081.021
20090.905
20101.554
20111.658
20121.283
20131.768
20141.378
20151.539
20162.605
20171.989
20182.287
20191.477
20201.313
20211.617
20221.561
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199937
200025
200116
200231
200337
200445
200544
200646
200748
200857
200953
201062
201191
201256
201367
201463
201566
201672
201774
201856
201963
202063
202172
2022115
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19991.198
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20001.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20011.207
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20021.421
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20031.725
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20042.128
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20052.419
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20063.070
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20072.331
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20082.415
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20092.846
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20103.015
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20113.132
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20122.620
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20133.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20142.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20153.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20163.298
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20173.612
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20183.640
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20193.836
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20203.657
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20213.586
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20224.992
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19991.198
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20001.127
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20011.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20021.051
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20031.806
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20041.976
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20052.442
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20062.794
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20071.933
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20082.275
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20092.556
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20102.601
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20112.680
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20122.432
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20132.823
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20142.617
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20152.478
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20163.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20173.751
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20183.344
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20192.926
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20202.627
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20213.764
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20225.146
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.808
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20001.205
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20011.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20021.024
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20031.660
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20042.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20051.756
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20062.258
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20071.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20081.862
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20092.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20102.027
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20112.409
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20121.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20132.769
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20142.016
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20152.369
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20163.550
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20173.536
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20182.527
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20191.846
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20202.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20213.905
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.607
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites199931
Self Cites200015
Self Cites20018
Self Cites200215
Self Cites200314
Self Cites200414
Self Cites200519
Self Cites200643
Self Cites200719
Self Cites200820
Self Cites200915
Self Cites201042
Self Cites201147
Self Cites201250
Self Cites201363
Self Cites201468
Self Cites201554
Self Cites2016106
Self Cites201770
Self Cites201868
Self Cites201940
Self Cites202034
Self Cites202136
Self Cites2022115
Total Cites1999127
Total Cites2000124
Total Cites2001136
Total Cites200282
Total Cites2003130
Total Cites2004166
Total Cites2005276
Total Cites2006352
Total Cites2007261
Total Cites2008314
Total Cites2009386
Total Cites2010411
Total Cites2011461
Total Cites2012501
Total Cites2013590
Total Cites2014560
Total Cites2015461
Total Cites2016686
Total Cites2017754
Total Cites2018709
Total Cites2019591
Total Cites2020507
Total Cites2021685
Total Cites20221019
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.906
External Cites per document20000.991
External Cites per document20011.306
External Cites per document20020.859
External Cites per document20031.611
External Cites per document20041.810
External Cites per document20052.274
External Cites per document20062.452
External Cites per document20071.793
External Cites per document20082.130
External Cites per document20092.457
External Cites per document20102.335
External Cites per document20112.407
External Cites per document20122.189
External Cites per document20132.522
External Cites per document20142.299
External Cites per document20152.188
External Cites per document20162.959
External Cites per document20173.403
External Cites per document20183.024
External Cites per document20192.728
External Cites per document20202.451
External Cites per document20213.566
External Cites per document20224.566
Cites per document19991.198
Cites per document20001.127
Cites per document20011.388
Cites per document20021.051
Cites per document20031.806
Cites per document20041.976
Cites per document20052.442
Cites per document20062.794
Cites per document20071.933
Cites per document20082.275
Cites per document20092.556
Cites per document20102.601
Cites per document20112.680
Cites per document20122.432
Cites per document20132.823
Cites per document20142.617
Cites per document20152.478
Cites per document20163.500
Cites per document20173.751
Cites per document20183.344
Cites per document20192.926
Cites per document20202.627
Cites per document20213.764
Cites per document20225.146
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20004.00
200112.50
20029.68
200316.22
20048.89
200513.64
200613.04
200718.75
200812.28
200920.75
201027.42
201113.19
201226.79
201320.90
201422.22
201525.76
201620.83
201725.68
201825.00
201934.92
202033.33
202134.72
202246.09
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20071
Non-citable documents20082
Non-citable documents20096
Non-citable documents20108
Non-citable documents201111
Non-citable documents20128
Non-citable documents20135
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20161
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20181
Non-citable documents20191
Non-citable documents20203
Non-citable documents20212
Non-citable documents20223
Citable documents1999106
Citable documents2000110
Citable documents200198
Citable documents200278
Citable documents200372
Citable documents200484
Citable documents2005113
Citable documents2006126
Citable documents2007134
Citable documents2008136
Citable documents2009145
Citable documents2010150
Citable documents2011161
Citable documents2012198
Citable documents2013204
Citable documents2014212
Citable documents2015185
Citable documents2016195
Citable documents2017201
Citable documents2018211
Citable documents2019201
Citable documents2020190
Citable documents2021180
Citable documents2022195
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199947
Uncited documents200051
Uncited documents200145
Uncited documents200238
Uncited documents200325
Uncited documents200432
Uncited documents200530
Uncited documents200626
Uncited documents200739
Uncited documents200847
Uncited documents200951
Uncited documents201045
Uncited documents201150
Uncited documents201252
Uncited documents201344
Uncited documents201451
Uncited documents201546
Uncited documents201643
Uncited documents201738
Uncited documents201855
Uncited documents201948
Uncited documents202041
Uncited documents202136
Uncited documents202221
Cited documents199959
Cited documents200059
Cited documents200153
Cited documents200240
Cited documents200347
Cited documents200452
Cited documents200583
Cited documents2006100
Cited documents200796
Cited documents200891
Cited documents2009100
Cited documents2010113
Cited documents2011122
Cited documents2012154
Cited documents2013165
Cited documents2014163
Cited documents2015140
Cited documents2016153
Cited documents2017163
Cited documents2018157
Cited documents2019154
Cited documents2020152
Cited documents2021146
Cited documents2022177
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