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Perspectives on Public Management and Governance

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2398-4910eISSN2398-4929

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.988

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.362

Total Worksi

204

Total Citationsi

4,696

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications204

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2398-4910 / 2398-4929

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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

1.5k

2019

408

2020

624

2021

461

2022

134

2023

2024

106

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchManagement and Organizational StudiesRegulation and Compliance StudiesE-Government and Public ServicesLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringPolicy Transfer and LearningAccounting and Organizational ManagementJudicial and Constitutional StudiesEvaluation and Performance Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Perspectives on Public Management and Governance

Is Perspectives on Public Management and Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Perspectives on Public Management and Governance: 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 Perspectives on Public Management and Governance?

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance 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 2.65.

Is Perspectives on Public Management and Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance?