Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Aims & Scope

This journal encompasses issues and practices in policy analysis and public management.

Listed among the contributors are economists, public managers, and operations researchers.

Featured regularly are book reviews and a department devoted to discussing ideas and issues of importance to practitioners, researchers, and academics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1028

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	468

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.398

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	2.30

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• <i>Experimental and Quasi‐Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference</i>, by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, and Donald T. Campbell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001, 623 pp., $65.56.

  Citation: 757

  Authors: Robert

• An Introduction to the TAXSIM Model

  Citation: 625

  Authors: Daniel, Elisabeth

• Three conditions under which experiments and observational studies produce comparable causal estimates: New findings from within‐study comparisons

  Citation: 429

  Authors: Thomas D., William R., Vivian C.

• Does school accountability lead to improved student performance?

  Citation: 386

  Authors: Eric A., Margaret E.

• The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions

  Citation: 382

  Authors: Kosali, Aparna, John

• Motivation for Compliance with Environmental Regulations

  Citation: 354

  Authors: Søren C., Peter J.

• The impact of no Child Left Behind on student achievement

  Citation: 341

  Authors: Thomas S., Brian

• Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Germà, Xavier, Mildred E.

• Privatization, Information and Incentives

  Citation: 330

  Authors: David E. M., Joseph E.

• Asset‐based measurement of poverty

  Citation: 330

  Authors: Andrea, Silvia, Timothy M.

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