Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Int. Rev. of Adm. Sci. Edited by Christopher Pollitt Publication history 1957-present | Discipline Administration Publisher SAGE Publications | |
Former names Formerly (1953-1956): Progress in Public Administration (0552-3060) | ||
International Review of Administrative Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Public Administration. The journal's editor is Christopher Pollitt (Catholic University of Leuven). It has been in publication since 1957 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
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Scope
International Review of Administrative Sciences focuses solely on comparative and international topics as related to academic and professional public management and public administration. The journal seeks to provide a forum for the discussion of comparisons, new techniques and approaches in governance, the dialogue between academics and practitioners, and debates about the future of public management and public administration.
Abstracting and indexing
International Review of Administrative Sciences is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 0.848, ranking it 21 out of 39 journals in the category ‘Public Administration’.