JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY: Aim & Scope

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Political Science | Public Administration.
The ISSN of this journal is 1477-9803.

Impact factor of JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY

Journal Title	JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
Impact Factor	5.2
SJR	3.337
ISSN	1477-9803
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	3.907
2019	3.407
2020	3.289
2021	7.000
2022
2025	5.2

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

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