Journal-level metrics
The metrics below are produced by third parties as ways to quantify the impact this journal has on the research community.
Please note that these metrics should always be considered in the context of how they are calculated. As a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) we also emphasise that none of these journal-level metrics should be used to judge the impact of an individual article or author, or their research outputs.
For full details of how these metrics are calculated, please see our guide to journal-level metrics.
Journal metrics
| 2-year Impact Factor | 2.4 |
| 5-year Impact Factor | 2.3 |
| Eigenfactor | 0.00101 |
| Article Influence Score | 0.954 |
| CiteScore | 3.8 |
| Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) | 0.752 |
| Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP) | 1.365 |
Past Journal Impact Factors
2021 – 2.611
27 out of 49 Public Administration
61 out of 188 Political Science
2020 – 2.513
29 out of 47 Public Administration
66 out of 182 Political Science
2019 – 1.75
68 out of 181 Political Science
25 out of 48 Public Administration
2018 – 1.805
59 out of 176 Political Science
27 out of 47 Public Administration
2017 – 1.262
77 out of 169 Political Science
29 out of 47 Public Administration
2016 – 1.778
44 out of 165 Political Science
12 out of 47 Public Administration
2015 – 1
65 out of 163 Political Science
23 out of 47 Public Administration
2014 – 0.92
64 out of 161 Political Science
19 out of 46 Public Administration
2013 – 1.125
44 out of 157 Political Science
18 out of 46 Public Administration
2012 – 1.033
49 out of 157 Political Science
14 out of 47 Public Administration
2011 – 0.727
58 out of 149 Political Science
20 out of 45 Public Administration
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Publishing statistics
We will soon be providing annual statistics about this journal's publishing activity. Please check back later.
Article counts
The table below displays information about the number of articles published in this journal in 2022. For further details of how articles are counted, please see this page.
Published articles
| Total number of articles last year | 37 (as of July 2023) |
| Number of OA articles last year | 24 (as of July 2023) |
| Number of articles last year supported by subscription revenue | 13 (as of July 2023) |
Data for cOAlition S
This journal is registered with cOAlition S as a Transformative Journal, and provides additional annual statistics to cOAlition S. For more information please refer to this page.