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Administrative Theory and Praxis

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1949-0461

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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SJR Scorei

0.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.971

Total Worksi

1,252

Total Citationsi

12,737

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Administrative Theory & Praxis is a quarterly journal for critical, normative, or interpretive scholarship focused on various aspects of public administration theory, governance, and management. It serves as an outlet for research on new theories and frameworks for the field of public administration and governance.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,252

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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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5/11 · 45%

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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?

1949-0461

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

682

2019

1.3k

2020

185

2021

175

2022

126

2023

2024

116

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Business and International ManagementQ3

Public AdministrationQ3

Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International ManagementPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchManagement and Organizational StudiesFoucault, Power, and EthicsNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringHannah Arendt's Political PhilosophyCritical Theory and PhilosophyPolitical and Economic history of UK and USContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticePolitical Philosophy and EthicsSocial Media and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Administrative Theory and Praxis

Is Administrative Theory and Praxis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Administrative Theory and Praxis: it is indexed in 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 Administrative Theory and Praxis?

Administrative Theory and Praxis is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.334.

Is Administrative Theory and Praxis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Administrative Theory and Praxis is indexed in Scopus.