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Administration

De Gruyter Open Ltd. · Germany · Est. 1953

ISSN0001-8325eISSN2449-9471

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total30

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.149

H-Index

CiteScore

0.8

SNIP

0.183

Total Works

348

Total Citations

1,245

2yr Mean Citedness

0.51

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Aims & Scope

Administration is the peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Ireland. It has been published quarterly since 1953. As the principal journal concerned with Irish public administration and its development, it seeks to combine original scholarship on public administration from a variety of disciplines with the insights and experiences of practitioners.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Frequency4 times per year

StatusActive

Total Publications348

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate80%

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

De Gruyter Open Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-8325 / 2449-9471

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q4

Public AdministrationQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Irish and British StudiesHealthcare innovation and challengesPublic Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Policy and Reform StudiesHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism