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. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annual Review of Public Health | Annual Reviews Inc. | 01637525, 15452093 | 9.963 |
| 2 | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | American Society for Microbiology | 08938512, 10986618 | 7.584 |
| 3 | Eurosurveillance | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) | 15607917, 1025496X | 4.145 |
| 4 | Lancet Planetary Health, The | Elsevier BV | 25425196 | 3.586 |
| 5 | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | Oxford University Press | 14779803, 10531858 | 3.337 |
| 6 | Public Administration Review | Wiley-Blackwell | 00333352, 15406210 | 3.311 |
| 7 | Lancet Regional Health - Americas, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 2667193X | 3.174 |
| 8 | Implementation Science | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17485908 | 2.861 |
| 9 | Milbank Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0887378X, 14680009 | 2.828 |
| 10 | Research and Politics | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20531680 | 2.704 |
| 11 | Obesity Reviews | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 1467789X, 14677881 | 2.699 |
| 12 | Journal of Travel Medicine | Oxford University Press | 11951982, 17088305 | 2.69 |
| 13 | American Journal of Public Health | American Public Health Association Inc. | 00900036, 15410048 | 2.645 |
| 14 | Globalization and Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 17448603 | 2.587 |
| 15 | Journal of Occupational Health Psychology | Educational Publishing Foundation | 19391307, 10768998 | 2.478 |
| 16 | Trauma, Violence, and Abuse | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15248380, 15528324 | 2.422 |
| 17 | Journal of Health and Social Behavior | American Sociological Association | 00221465, 21506000 | 2.409 |
| 18 | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | World Health Organization | 15640604, 00429686 | 2.384 |
| 19 | BMJ Global Health | BMJ Publishing Group | 20597908 | 2.376 |
| 20 | Policy and Society | Oxford University Press | 14494035 | 2.37 |
| 21 | Tobacco Control | BMJ Publishing Group | 09644563, 14683318 | 2.331 |
| 22 | Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | Cambridge University Press | 20457979, 20457960 | 2.324 |
| 23 | Review of Public Personnel Administration | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0734371X | 2.303 |
| 24 | Environmental Health Perspectives | Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services | 15529924, 00916765 | 2.251 |
| 25 | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance | Oxford University Press | 23984910, 23984929 | 2.218 |
| 26 | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Elsevier Inc. | 07493797, 18732607 | 2.181 |
| 27 | Journal of Adolescent Health | Elsevier USA | 1054139X, 18791972 | 2.175 |
| 28 | Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 26666065 | 2.168 |
| 29 | Public Management Review | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14719037 | 2.157 |
| 30 | Environmental Research Letters | IOP Publishing Ltd. | 17489326 | 2.119 |
| 31 | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 02768739, 15206688 | 2.111 |
| 32 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | BMJ Publishing Group | 14702738, 0143005X | 2.105 |
| 33 | Journal of Health Economics | Elsevier | 18791646, 01676296 | 2.083 |
| 34 | Journal of Urban Health | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10993460, 14682869 | 2.076 |
| 35 | Health Reports | Statistics Canada | 12091367, 08406529 | 2.04 |
| 36 | Administrative Science Quarterly | Johnson School at Cornell University | 00018392, 19303815 | 16.555 |
| 37 | Lancet Public Health, The | Elsevier Ltd. | 24682667 | 10.591 |
| 38 | Policy Studies Journal | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0190292X, 15410072 | 1.97 |
| 39 | Accident Analysis and Prevention | Elsevier Ltd. | 18792057, 00014575 | 1.956 |
| 40 | Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease | Elsevier USA | 18730442, 14778939 | 1.932 |
| 41 | Journal of European Public Policy | Routledge | 14664429, 13501763 | 1.922 |
| 42 | Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications | 27724204 | 1.9 |
| 43 | Educational Administration Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0013161X, 15523519 | 1.886 |
| 44 | Translational Research | Mosby Inc. | 19315244 | 1.857 |
| 45 | Preventive Medicine | Academic Press Inc. | 10960260, 00917435 | 1.837 |
| 46 | Journal of the International AIDS Society | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 17582652 | 1.833 |
| 47 | Current Environmental Health Reports | Springer International Publishing AG | 21965412 | 1.791 |
| 48 | SSM - Population Health | Elsevier Ltd. | 23528273 | 1.785 |
| 49 | Public Health Reviews | 21076952, 03010422 | 1.78 | |
| 50 | International Journal of Consumer Studies | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14706423, 14706431 | 1.753 |
| 51 | Journal of Rural Health | Wiley-Blackwell | 0890765X, 17480361 | 1.753 |
| 52 | American Review of Public Administration | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15523357, 02750740 | 1.745 |
| 53 | Criminology and Public Policy | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17459133, 15386473 | 1.737 |
| 54 | Chemosphere | Elsevier Ltd. | 456535 | 1.727 |
| 55 | Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health | Wiley-Blackwell | 15386341 | 1.698 |
| 56 | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20499957 | 1.692 |
| 57 | Policy Design and Practice | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 25741292 | 1.678 |
| 58 | Health Education and Behavior | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526127, 10901981 | 1.65 |
| 59 | LGBT Health | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 23258306, 23258292 | 1.644 |
| 60 | AIDS Patient Care and STDs | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 15577449, 10872914 | 1.638 |
| 61 | Disability and Health Journal | Elsevier Inc. | 19366574, 18767583 | 1.635 |
| 62 | National Health Statistics Reports | U.S. National Center for Health Statistics | 23328363, 21648344 | 1.602 |
| 63 | Public Administration | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14679299, 00333298 | 1.561 |
| 64 | International Journal for Equity in Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14759276 | 1.548 |
| 65 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance | JMIR Publications Inc. | 23692960 | 1.547 |
| 66 | American Journal of Health Economics | University of Chicago Press | 23323493, 23323507 | 1.541 |
| 67 | Nicotine and Tobacco Research | Oxford University Press | 1469994X, 14622203 | 1.512 |
| 68 | Vaccine: X | Elsevier Ltd. | 25901362 | 1.509 |
| 69 | Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health | Elsevier BV | 24685844 | 1.508 |
| 70 | Journal of Community Health | Springer Netherlands | 00945145, 15733610 | 1.494 |
| 71 | Vaccine | Elsevier BV | 0264410X, 18732518 | 1.493 |
| 72 | Emerging Contaminants | KeAi Communications Co. | 24056650, 24056642 | 1.478 |
| 73 | International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health | Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena | 14384639 | 1.47 |
| 74 | Exposure and Health | Springer Netherlands | 24519766, 24519685 | 1.467 |
| 75 | Preventing chronic disease | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | 15451151 | 1.464 |
| 76 | Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities | Springer Nature | 21968837 | 1.453 |
| 77 | Regulation and Governance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17485983, 17485991 | 1.449 |
| 78 | Epidemics | Elsevier | 17554365, 18780067 | 1.448 |
| 79 | Health and Place | Elsevier Ltd. | 13538292 | 1.448 |
| 80 | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health | 03553140, 1795990X | 1.43 |
| 81 | Safety Science | Elsevier | 9257535 | 1.429 |
| 82 | Prevention Science | Springer New York | 13894986, 15736695 | 1.42 |
| 83 | Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology | Nature Publishing Group | 1559064X, 15590631 | 1.415 |
| 84 | Harm Reduction Journal | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14777517 | 1.414 |
| 85 | Value in Health | Elsevier Ltd. | 10983015, 15244733 | 1.414 |
| 86 | Government and Opposition | Cambridge University Press | 0017257X, 14777053 | 1.41 |
| 87 | Society and Mental Health | SAGE Publications Inc. | 21568731, 21568693 | 1.394 |
| 88 | AIDS and Behavior | Springer New York | 10907165, 15733254 | 1.392 |
| 89 | PharmacoEconomics | Adis International Ltd | 11707690, 11792027 | 1.389 |
| 90 | Global Health Research and Policy | BioMed Central Ltd. | 23970642 | 1.368 |
| 91 | Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17502640, 17502659 | 1.368 |
| 92 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | BioMed Central Ltd. | 20472994 | 1.367 |
| 93 | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | Academic Press Inc. | 01476513, 10902414 | 1.348 |
| 94 | American Journal of Community Psychology | Wiley-Blackwell | 00910562, 15732770 | 1.32 |
| 95 | Injury Prevention | BMJ Publishing Group | 14755785, 13538047 | 1.317 |
| 96 | Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source | BioMed Central Ltd. | 1476069X | 1.313 |
| 97 | American Journal of Industrial Medicine | Wiley-Liss Inc. | 02713586, 10970274 | 1.307 |
| 98 | BMC Public Health | BioMed Central Ltd. | 14712458 | 1.307 |
| 99 | Governance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 09521895, 14680491 | 1.305 |
| 100 | Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts | Royal Society of Chemistry | 20507887, 20507895 | 1.299 |
| 101 | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Public Library of Science | 19352727, 19352735 | 1.298 |
| 102 | Policy and Politics | Policy Press | 03055736, 14708442 | 1.295 |
| 103 | Medical Care | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 15371948, 00257079 | 1.293 |
| 104 | Global Public Health | Routledge | 17441706, 17441692 | 1.291 |
| 105 | International Journal of Public Health | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | 16618564, 16618556 | 1.289 |
| 106 | Family Medicine and Community Health | Compuscript Ltd. | 20098774, 23056983 | 1.286 |
| 107 | Journal of Global Health | Edinburgh University Global Health Society | 20472986, 20472978 | 1.286 |
| 108 | Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences | SAGE Publications Ltd | 23727330, 23727322 | 1.263 |
| 109 | Policy Sciences | Springer Netherlands | 00322687, 15730891 | 1.256 |
| 110 | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space | SAGE Publications Ltd | 23996552, 23996544 | 1.253 |