Public Administration and Policy
Last updated ISSN 1727-2645
Public Administration and Policy is published by Emerald Publishing Limited in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Public Administration and Policy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
- Socioeconomic Development in Asia
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
Key facts
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1727-2645, 2517-679X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 224 |
| Publishing since | 2002 |
| Journal website | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/pap |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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