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International Public Management Journal

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1559-3169

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

324

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 256d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.226

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.564

Total Worksi

849

Total Citationsi

24,298

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration; Business and International Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications849

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1559-3169

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.3k

2019

979

2020

686

2021

572

2022

338

2023

206

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.

Business and International ManagementQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Business and International ManagementPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringManagement and Organizational StudiesJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorAccounting and Organizational ManagementLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationE-Government and Public ServicesPublic-Private Partnership ProjectsRegulation and Compliance StudiesExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Frequently asked questions about International Public Management Journal

Is International Public Management Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Public Management Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Public Management Journal?

International Public Management Journal 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 1.57.

Is International Public Management Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Public Management Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Public Management Journal?