Core Journals in Public Affairs
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A highly selective list of some of the top journals in the field…
Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)
The Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) is ranked among the top five most influential and frequently cited management journals for management scholars and others interested in research in new management trends and techniques.
Administrative Science Quarterly
The Administrative Science Quarterly is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal publishing theoretical and empirical work that advances the study of organizational behavior and theory. ASQ publishes articles that contribute to organization theory from a number of disciplines, including organizational behavior and theory, sociology, psychology and social psychology, strategic management, economics, public administration, and industrial relations.
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory serves as a bridge between public administration or public management scholarship and public policy studies. The Journal aims to provide in-depth analysis of developments in the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance. Each issue brings you critical perspectives and cogent analyses, serving as an outlet for the best theoretical and research work in the field.
Journal of Public Policy
The Journal of Public Policy publishes research that applies social scientific theories and concepts to significant problems around the world. Articles deal with broad issues of relevance to social scientists and policy-makers in America, Eastern and Western Europe, Japan and other advanced industrial nations. The Journal of Public Policy gives particular emphasis to articles that cut across disciplines such as studies in national and international political economy and politics and policy-making in the European Union.
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
NVSQ focuses on nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and voluntarism. It crosses over into many different disciplines, including Anthropology, Arts and humanities, Economics, Education, Health, History, Law, Management, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Religious Studies, Social Work, Sociology, and Urban Affairs.
Public Administration & Management: An Interactive Journal
“The first peer-reviewed journal on the Internet”—this journal publishes articles which will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in the fields of public administration and management.
Public Administration Quarterly
Public Administration Quarterly began publication as the Southern Review of Public Administration. It is a general journal publishing single-article manuscripts and symposia in all areas of public administration, and is committed to the consistent use of the blind-review process in making publishing decisions.
Public Administration Review
PAR serves both academics and practitioners interested in the public sector and public sector management. Articles identify and analyze current trends, provide a factual basis for decision making, stimulate discussion, and make the leading literature in the field available in an easily accessible format. With articles on a wide range of topics and expert book reviews, PAR is exciting to read and an indispensable resource.
Public Management
Public Management includes articles, special reports, commentary, interviews, ethics and news of note for managers. It is published for members of the International City/County Management Association.
Public Personnel Management
This journal includes articles on all aspects of personnel management for public organizations published for members of the International Personnel Management Association.
