This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Public Administration journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. These journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | American Society for Microbiology | 08938512, 10986618 | 8.964 |
| 2 | Annual Review of Public Health | Annual Reviews Inc. | 01637525, 15452093 | 8.451 |
| 3 | Eurosurveillance | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | 15607917, 1025496X | 4.417 |
| 4 | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Oxford University Press | 14779803, 10531858 | 3.811 |
| 5 | Journal of Travel Medicine | Oxford University Press | 11951982, 17088305 | 3.574 |
| 6 | Lancet Planetary Health, The | Elsevier BV | 25425196 | 3.389 |
| 7 | National Health Statistics Reports | U.S. National Center for Health Statistics | 23328363, 21648344 | 3.048 |
| 8 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | 19391307, 10768998 | 3.014 |
| 9 | Public Administration Review | Wiley-Blackwell | 00333352, 15406210 | 2.788 |
| 10 | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | World Health Organization | 15640604, 00429686 | 2.616 |
| 11 | Implementation Science | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17485908 | 2.55 |
| 12 | AIDS Patient Care and STDs | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 15577449, 10872914 | 2.544 |
| 13 | Obesity Reviews | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 1467789X, 14677881 | 2.536 |
| 14 | American Journal of Public Health | American Public Health Association Inc. | 00900036, 15410048 | 2.409 |
| 15 | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15248380, 15528324 | 2.407 |
| 16 | Journal of European Public Policy | Routledge | 14664429, 13501763 | 2.36 |
| 17 | BMJ Global Health | BMJ Publishing Group | 20597908 | 2.263 |
| 18 | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | Elsevier USA | 18730442, 14778939 | 2.225 |
| 19 | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Elsevier Inc. | 07493797, 18732607 | 2.208 |
| 20 | Translational Research | Mosby Inc. | 19315244 | 2.174 |
| 21 | Journal of the International AIDS Society | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 17582652 | 2.162 |
| 22 | Environmental Research Letters | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 17489326 | 2.111 |
| 23 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services | 15529924, 00916765 | 2.09 |
| 24 | Tobacco Control | BMJ Publishing Group | 09644563, 14683318 | 2.074 |
| 25 | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 02768739, 15206688 | 2.052 |
| 26 | Globalization and Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17448603 | 2.036 |
| 27 | Journal of Health Economics | Elsevier | 18791646, 01676296 | 2.033 |
| 28 | Journal of Public Relations Research | Routledge | 1062726X, 1532754X | 2.012 |
| 29 | Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 26666065 | 2.008 |
| 30 | Administrative Science Quarterly | Johnson School at Cornell University | 00018392, 19303815 | 17.357 |
| 31 | Lancet Public Health, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 24682667 | 11.372 |
| 32 | Public Management Review | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14719037 | 1.974 |
| 33 | Educational Administration Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0013161X, 15523519 | 1.949 |
| 34 | Policy and Society | Elsevier Ltd. | 14494035 | 1.944 |
| 35 | Current Environmental Health Reports | Springer International Publishing AG | 21965412 | 1.935 |
| 36 | Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health | Elsevier BV | 24685844 | 1.932 |
| 37 | Policy Studies Journal | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0190292X, 15410072 | 1.924 |
| 38 | Accident Analysis and Prevention | Elsevier Ltd. | 18792057, 00014575 | 1.91 |
| 39 | Milbank Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0887378X, 14680009 | 1.905 |
| 40 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance | JMIR Publications Inc. | 23692960 | 1.893 |
| 41 | Journal of Adolescent Health | Elsevier USA | 1054139X, 18791972 | 1.888 |
| 42 | Review of Public Personnel Administration | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0734371X | 1.853 |
| 43 | Journal of Virus Eradication | Elsevier Ltd. | 20556659, 20556640 | 1.799 |
| 44 | Epidemics | Elsevier | 17554365, 18780067 | 1.787 |
| 45 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20499957 | 1.77 |
| 46 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | 00221465, 21506000 | 1.758 |
| 47 | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | Cambridge University Press | 20457979, 20457960 | 1.747 |
| 48 | Biosafety and Health | Elsevier BV | 25900536 | 1.734 |
| 49 | AIDS and Behavior | Springer New York | 10907165, 15733254 | 1.704 |
| 50 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | BMJ Publishing Group | 14702738, 0143005X | 1.667 |
| 51 | Society and Mental Health | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21568731, 21568693 | 1.666 |
| 52 | Policy Sciences | Springer Netherlands | 00322687, 15730891 | 1.661 |
| 53 | Research and Politics | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20531680 | 1.659 |
| 54 | Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17502640, 17502659 | 1.637 |
| 55 | Criminology and Public Policy | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17459133, 15386473 | 1.618 |
| 56 | Public Administration | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14679299, 00333298 | 1.617 |
| 57 | American Review of Public Administration | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15523357, 02750740 | 1.612 |
| 58 | Remedial and Special Education | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15384756, 07419325 | 1.607 |
| 59 | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | Wiley-Blackwell | 03630234, 1943278X | 1.607 |
| 60 | Health Reports | Statistics Canada | 12091367, 08406529 | 1.602 |
| 61 | Journal of Rural Health | Wiley-Blackwell | 0890765X, 17480361 | 1.552 |
| 62 | Governance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 09521895, 14680491 | 1.525 |
| 63 | Chemosphere | Elsevier Ltd. | 456535 | 1.505 |
| 64 | Public Health Reviews | 21076952, 03010422 | 1.494 | |
| 65 | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health | Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena | 14384639 | 1.474 |
| 66 | Value in Health | Elsevier Ltd. | 10983015, 15244733 | 1.472 |
| 67 | Exposure and Health | Springer Netherlands | 24519766, 24519685 | 1.471 |
| 68 | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Public Library of Science | 19352727, 19352735 | 1.45 |
| 69 | Policy and Internet | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 19442866 | 1.445 |
| 70 | Nicotine and Tobacco Research | Oxford University Press | 1469994X, 14622203 | 1.439 |
| 71 | Safety Science | Elsevier | 9257535 | 1.438 |
| 72 | Preventive Medicine | Academic Press Inc. | 10960260, 00917435 | 1.406 |
| 73 | Vaccine | Elsevier BV | 0264410X, 18732518 | 1.392 |
| 74 | Medical Care | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 15371948, 00257079 | 1.388 |
| 75 | International Journal for Equity in Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14759276 | 1.369 |
| 76 | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health | 03553140, 1795990X | 1.363 |
| 77 | Prevention Science | Springer New York | 13894986, 15736695 | 1.362 |
| 78 | Human Resources for Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14784491 | 1.358 |
| 79 | Journal of Global Health | Edinburgh University Global Health Society | 20472986, 20472978 | 1.349 |
| 80 | PharmacoEconomics | Adis International Ltd | 11707690, 11792027 | 1.321 |
| 81 | Conflict and Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17521505 | 1.32 |
| 82 | Journal of Urban Health | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10993460, 14682869 | 1.318 |
| 83 | Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source | BioMed Central Ltd. | 1476069X | 1.307 |
| 84 | Epidemiology and health | Korean Society of Epidemiology | 20927193 | 1.302 |
| 85 | Frontiers in Public Health | Frontiers Media S.A. | 22962565 | 1.298 |
| 86 | Quality of Life Research | Springer Netherlands | 15732649, 09629343 | 1.296 |
| 87 | Regulation and Governance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17485983, 17485991 | 1.293 |
| 88 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20472994 | 1.286 |
| 89 | Health Education and Behavior | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526127, 10901981 | 1.279 |
| 90 | Policy and Politics | Policy Press | 03055736, 14708442 | 1.278 |
| 91 | Qualitative Health Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15527557, 10497323 | 1.278 |
| 92 | Journal of Infection and Public Health | Elsevier BV | 18760341, 1876035X | 1.277 |
| 93 | Global Health Research and Policy | BioMed Central Ltd. | 23970642 | 1.275 |
| 94 | Harm Reduction Journal | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14777517 | 1.273 |
| 95 | LGBT Health | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 23258306, 23258292 | 1.263 |
| 96 | International Public Management Journal | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15593169, 10967494 | 1.258 |
| 97 | Preventing chronic disease | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 15451151 | 1.253 |
| 98 | SSM - Population Health | Elsevier Ltd. | 23528273 | 1.25 |
| 99 | Government and Opposition | Cambridge University Press | 0017257X, 14777053 | 1.24 |
| 100 | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | Academic Press Inc. | 01476513, 10902414 | 1.239 |