| Journal name | Total Citations | 2024 JIF | JIF Quartile | 2024 JCI | % of Citable OA |
| JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY | 7,664 | 6.3 | Q1 | 2.35 | 30.77 |
| Policy and Society | 2,301 | 6.1 | Q1 | 2.62 | 99.08 |
| CLIMATE POLICY | 6,353 | 5.2 | Q1 | 1.65 | 44.11 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 5,829 | 5.1 | Q1 | 1.99 | 56.70 |
| POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL | 3,906 | 4.9 | Q1 | 2.16 | 42.73 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW | 13,272 | 4.9 | Q1 | 2.05 | 46.69 |
| Public Management Review | 8,033 | 4.9 | Q1 | 1.45 | 40.64 |
| Earth System Governance | 797 | 4.6 | Q1 | 2.02 | 100.00 |
| JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY | 7,667 | 4.5 | Q1 | 2.20 | 69.17 |
| Regulation & Governance | 2,310 | 3.8 | Q1 | 2.53 | 72.93 |
| POLICY SCIENCES | 3,336 | 3.7 | Q1 | 1.69 | 56.60 |
| Journal of Chinese Governance | 493 | 3.7 | Q1 | 1.24 | 6.12 |
| Perspectives on Public Management and Governance | 616 | 3.7 | Q1 | 1.17 | 23.21 |
| Review of Policy Research | 1,570 | 3.2 | Q1 | 1.34 | 40.41 |
| Public Policy and Administration | 1,124 | 3.2 | Q1 | 1.24 | 40.70 |
| JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY | 2,333 | 3.2 | Q1 | 1.04 | 43.48 |
| POLICY AND POLITICS | 1,909 | 3.1 | Q1 | 1.79 | 23.28 |
| Behavioural Public Policy | 1,110 | 3.1 | Q1 | 1.62 | 58.60 |
| Review of Public Personnel Administration | 1,817 | 3.1 | Q1 | 1.26 | 25.49 |
| GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS | 3,539 | 3.1 | Q1 | 1.20 | 51.89 |
| International Public Management Journal | 1,789 | 3.0 | Q1 | 0.89 | 30.00 |
| European Policy Analysis | 493 | 2.9 | Q1 | 1.49 | 69.33 |
| Public Performance & Management Review | 1,893 | 2.8 | Q2 | 1.15 | 14.79 |
| Data & Policy | 387 | 2.7 | Q2 | 0.91 | 100.00 |
| Policy Design and Practice | 772 | 2.6 | Q2 | 1.47 | 96.20 |
| PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT | 1,276 | 2.6 | Q2 | 1.10 | 21.62 |
| INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES | 2,412 | 2.6 | Q2 | 1.08 | 26.73 |
| JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY | 2,536 | 2.6 | Q2 | 1.06 | 67.53 |
| AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 2,999 | 2.5 | Q2 | 1.00 | 13.73 |
| Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management | 935 | 2.5 | Q2 | 0.96 | 26.67 |
| International Journal of Public Sector Management | 1,775 | 2.5 | Q2 | 0.77 | 19.29 |
| Critical Policy Studies | 1,138 | 2.4 | Q2 | 0.96 | 54.46 |
| JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT | 3,075 | 2.4 | Q2 | 0.93 | 29.19 |
| Policy Studies | 1,317 | 2.3 | Q2 | 1.07 | 40.54 |
| ADMINISTRATION & SOCIETY | 2,779 | 2.3 | Q2 | 1.04 | 23.33 |
| Journal of Public Procurement | 519 | 2.3 | Q2 | 0.88 | 18.18 |
| Science and Public Policy | 3,140 | 2.3 | Q2 | 0.74 | 40.50 |
| SOCIAL POLICY & ADMINISTRATION | 2,616 | 2.2 | Q2 | 1.09 | 66.94 |
| Global Public Policy and Governance | 185 | 2.2 | Q2 | 0.96 | 23.33 |
| JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC POLICY | 3,943 | 2.2 | Q2 | 0.89 | 13.79 |
| Environment and Planning C-Politics and Space | 3,544 | 2.2 | Q2 | 0.62 | 41.61 |
| Journal of Public Policy | 1,542 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.91 | 70.80 |
| AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 1,425 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.88 | 69.77 |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 3,004 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.76 | 15.90 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT | 1,309 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.76 | 35.29 |
| PUBLIC MONEY & MANAGEMENT | 2,399 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.74 | 38.02 |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | 340 | 2.1 | Q2 | 0.66 | 7.14 |
| JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION | 626 | 2.0 | Q3 | 1.15 | 14.86 |
| Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy | 560 | 2.0 | Q3 | 0.76 | 58.73 |
| Nonprofit Management & Leadership | 1,506 | 1.9 | Q3 | 0.73 | 27.12 |
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES | 1,861 | 1.9 | Q3 | 0.71 | 34.38 |
| CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY | 1,192 | 1.9 | Q3 | 0.56 | 24.53 |
| Journal of Public Affairs | 2,854 | 1.8 | Q3 | 0.83 | 15.83 |
| European Journal of Social Security | 299 | 1.7 | Q3 | 0.68 | 34.25 |
| Public Organization Review | 910 | 1.7 | Q3 | 0.61 | 19.00 |
| International Journal of Public Leadership | 280 | 1.5 | Q3 | 0.58 | 9.09 |
| Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis | 1,240 | 1.4 | Q3 | 1.26 | 34.18 |
| Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance | 691 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.78 | 17.89 |
| CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY-ANALYSE DE POLITIQUES | 1,008 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.54 | 4.26 |
| CANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA | 609 | 1.4 | Q3 | 0.46 | 54.46 |
| Nonprofit Policy Forum | 249 | 1.2 | Q3 | 0.65 | 100.00 |
| Central European Public Administration Review | 88 | 1.2 | Q3 | 0.54 | 54.55 |
| Public Integrity | 686 | 1.1 | Q3 | 0.49 | 12.07 |
| NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy | 195 | 1.0 | Q3 | 0.42 | 100.00 |
| Public Works Management & Policy | 406 | 1.0 | Q3 | 0.39 | 16.67 |
| Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 729 | 1.0 | Q3 | 0.37 | 10.64 |
| Public Budgeting and Finance | 554 | 1.0 | Q3 | 0.33 | 39.29 |
| Chinese Public Administration Review | 105 | 1.0 | Q3 | 0.26 | 95.08 |
| International Social Security Review | 408 | 0.9 | Q4 | 0.40 | 25.45 |
| Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs | 143 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.44 | 74.55 |
| Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal | 178 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.42 | 100.00 |
| Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences | 314 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.37 | 100.00 |
| Revista de Administracao Publica | 605 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.32 | 98.33 |
| Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance | 116 | 0.8 | Q4 | 0.23 | 100.00 |
| Electronic Government- an International Journal | 69 | 0.7 | Q4 | 0.24 | 2.08 |
| Gestion y Politica Publica | 135 | 0.6 | Q4 | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya-Public Administration Issues | 122 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.17 | 98.36 |
| Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research | 114 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.16 | 95.59 |
| Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios Municipales | 33 | 0.5 | Q4 | 0.04 | 93.10 |
| Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government | 268 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.23 | 17.09 |
| Croatian and Comparative Public Administration | 96 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.15 | 94.52 |
| Cadernos Gestao Publica e Cidadania | 71 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.13 | 87.85 |
| Civil Szemle | 130 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.12 | 0.00 |
| Revista de Gestion Publica | 36 | 0.4 | Q4 | 0.02 | 81.82 |
| Journal of Judicial Administration | 55 | 0.3 | Q4 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Revista do Servico Publico | 154 | 0.3 | Q4 | 0.10 | 57.85 |
| Administration | 71 | 0.2 | Q4 | 0.13 | 100.00 |
| Opera-Colombia | 37 | 0.2 | Q4 | 0.05 | 96.23 |
| Amme Idaresi Dergisi | 65 | 0.1 | Q4 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Administracao Publica e Gestao Social | 62 | 0.1 | Q4 | 0.00 | 13.27 |