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American Review of Public Administration

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN1552-3357

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.221

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

1.25

Total Worksi

1,721

Total Citationsi

56,690

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science; Marketing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyBimonthly, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,721

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-3357

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.7k

2019

3.7k

2020

782

2021

311

2022

482

2023

192

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

MarketingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationE-Government and Public ServicesManagement and Organizational StudiesFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorRegulation and Compliance StudiesFiscal Policies and Political EconomyPolicy Transfer and Learning

Frequently asked questions about American Review of Public Administration

Is American Review of Public Administration a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Review of Public Administration: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Review of Public Administration?

American Review of Public Administration is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.89.

Is American Review of Public Administration indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Review of Public Administration is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Review of Public Administration?