Journal metric profile

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Impact factor, five-year JIF, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

Impact Factor 2.500 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 4.000 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 29/90 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 2.500. Its listed JIF quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 29 out of 90 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 2,999 total citations, 36 total articles, 37 citable items. The five-year JIF is 4.000, which is 1.500 points above the listed two-year JIF. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The JIF without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.000.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 0275-0740 and electronic ISSN 1552-3357. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameAMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Abbreviated journalAM REV PUBLIC ADM
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,322
ISSN0275-0740
eISSN1552-3357
Total cites2,999
Total articles36
Citable items37
Cited half-life7.9 years
Citing half-life10.5 years
Impact Factor2.500
5-Year JIF4.000
JIF without self-cites2.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.000
JIF quartileQ2
JIF rank29/90
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is 2.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?

AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.

Can a journal impact factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. A journal impact factor is a journal-level citation average. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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