Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Public Administration journal rankings 2006
45 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Public Administration has 45 ranked journals in 2006. The median OJR rose 0.17 on 2005 to 1.04, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.87. The top three are Public Administration, European Journal of Industrial Relations, and Public Administration Review.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
45 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Public AdministrationWiley · United Kingdom | 6.26Q1 | 2.85 0.97 up from 2005 | 150 | 15% | $3,950 | ||
2European Journal of Industrial RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.68Q1 | 2.64 0.50 up from 2005 | 54 | 48% | $3,650 | ||
3Public Administration ReviewWiley · United States | 4.91Q1 | 2.43 0.51 up from 2005 | 243 | 5% | $4,250 | ||
4Journal of Public Administration Research and TheoryOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.20Q1 | 2.82 1.09 up from 2005 | 149 | 28% | $4,029 | ||
5Public Management ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.07Q1 | 1.63 0.54 up from 2005 | 86 | 8% | — | ||
6The American Review of Public AdministrationSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.96Q1 | 1.41 0.22 up from 2005 | 66 | 5% | $3,900 | ||
7Administration & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 2.68Q1 | 1.60 0.43 up from 2005 | 99 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
8Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social WorkTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.46Q1 | 1.41 1.16 up from 2005 | 54 | 0% | — | ||
9Social Work ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.24Q1 | 1.00 0.10 down from 2005 | 56 | 8% | — | ||
10International Journal of Public Sector ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 1.28 0.15 up from 2005 | 122 | 8% | — | ||
11Economic and Industrial DemocracySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.20Q1 | 0.77 0.30 down from 2005 | 81 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
12British Journal of Industrial RelationsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 1.26 0.38 up from 2005 | 104 | 7% | $3,860 | ||
13Public Money & ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.87Q2 | 0.66 0.42 down from 2005 | 165 | 0% | — | ||
14Social WorkOxford University Press · United States | 1.65Q2 | 1.17 0.12 up from 2005 | 183 | 0% | — | ||
15The British Journal of Social WorkOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.57Q2 | 1.16 0.36 down from 2005 | 297 | 10% | $4,492 | ||
16Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and SocietyWiley · United States | 1.46Q2 | 0.60 0.06 down from 2005 | 142 | 16% | $3,470 | ||
17Industrial Relations JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 1.43Q2 | 0.51 0.15 down from 2005 | 101 | 7% | $2,900 | ||
18Journal of Social Work EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.42Q2 | 0.88 0.50 down from 2005 | 85 | 3% | — | ||
19Public Performance & Management ReviewTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.40Q2 | 0.00 0.62 down from 2005 | 37 | 0% | — | ||
20Qualitative Social WorkSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.21Q2 | 0.89 0.20 up from 2005 | 84 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
21Administration in Social WorkHaworth Press · United States | 1.18Q2 | 0.58 0.34 up from 2005 | 66 | 4% | — | ||
22European Journal of Social WorkTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.07Q2 | 0.55 0.15 down from 2005 | 77 | 2% | — | ||
23Social Work EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 0.83 0.13 up from 2005 | 158 | 3% | — | ||
24Journal of Social WorkSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.02Q3 | 0.68 0.23 up from 2005 | 64 | 2% | $3,650 | ||
25International Review of Administrative SciencesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.99Q3 | 0.52 0.07 up from 2005 | 163 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
26Journal of Industrial RelationsSAGE Publishing · Australia | 0.91Q3 | 0.64 0.34 up from 2005 | 88 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
27International Social WorkSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.81Q3 | 0.54 0.12 up from 2005 | 126 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
28Australian Social WorkTaylor & Francis · Australia | 0.78Q3 | 0.55 0.19 down from 2005 | 183 | 5% | — | ||
29Journal of Social Work PracticeTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.76Q3 | 0.84 0.44 up from 2005 | 67 | 7% | — | ||
30Canadian Public AdministrationWiley · United Kingdom | 0.48Q3 | 0.27 0.08 up from 2005 | 89 | 9% | $2,900 | ||
31PracticeTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.45Q3 | 0.24 0.05 down from 2005 | 61 | 7% | — | ||
32Public Policy and AdministrationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.44Q3 | 0.20 0.05 up from 2005 | 151 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
33Journal of Teaching in Social WorkTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.42Q3 | 0.18 0.02 down from 2005 | 76 | 0% | — | ||
34Labor Studies JournalSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.41Q3 | 0.29 0.16 up from 2005 | 282 | 0% | $3,400 | ||
35The Journal of Sociology & Social WelfareWestern Michigan University · United States | 0.38Q4 | 0.18 0.04 down from 2005 | 359 | 67% | — | ||
36Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial ManagementEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.36Q4 | 0.20 0.05 up from 2005 | 80 | 0% | — | ||
37Social Work With GroupsTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.34Q4 | 0.57 0.05 up from 2005 | 103 | 0% | — | ||
38Financial Accountability and ManagementWiley · United Kingdom | 0.33Q4 | 0.20 0.01 up from 2005 | 70 | 19% | $2,900 | ||
39Smith College Studies in Social WorkTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.31Q4 | 0.23 0.06 down from 2005 | 63 | 2% | — | ||
40New Global DevelopmentTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.23Q4 | 0.13 0.13 up from 2005 | 31 | — | — | ||
41The Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social WorkUnited Kingdom | 0.13Q4 | 0.22 0.04 down from 2005 | 33 | 65% | — | ||
42Advances in Social WorkOAIndiana University School of Social Work · United States | 0.12Q4 | 0.06 0.02 up from 2005 | 52 | 100% | — | ||
43Journal of Baccalaureate Social WorkUnited States | 0.12Q4 | 0.11 0.08 up from 2005 | 80 | 0% | — | ||
| 0.00Q4 | 0.00 0.02 down from 2005 | 83 | 0% | — | |||
44Comparative labor law & policy journalCambridge University Press · United States | 0.00Q4 | 0.00no change | 34 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Public Administration highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science776
- Education409
- Political Science and International Relations243
- Public Administration45
- Gender Studies44
- Communication38
- Health34
- Safety Research34
- Linguistics and Language31
- Library and Information Sciences30
- Anthropology29
- Demography27
- Transportation27
- Law25
- Urban Studies22
- Geography, Planning and Development17
- Cultural Studies8
- Development2
- General Social Sciences2
- Human Factors and Ergonomics1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
8 additional Public Administration journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 45
- Window papers (baseline)
- 7,069 +16.0% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 1.04 +32.0% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 6
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 39 | 39 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51 | 49 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 5,291 | 5,454 | 5,737 | 6,096 | 6,309 | 6,459 | 7,069 | 7,550 | 8,059 | 8,152 | 8,390 | 8,538 | 8,687 | 9,064 | 9,283 | 9,721 | 9,886 | 10,257 | 9,866 | 9,630 | 9,356 | 9,519 | 9,597 | 9,348 | 9,065 | 8,961 | |
| Median OJR | 1.23 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 1.20 | 1.07 | 1.3317 | 1.51 | 1.41 | 1.21 | 1.239 | 1.48 | 1.3324 | 1.243 | 1.192 | 1.46 | 1.36 | 1.34 | 1.22 | 1.18 | 1.189 | 1.37 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.