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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Journal of Public Affairs (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Public Affairs published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Public Administrationrank 47 of 96 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Journal of Public Affairs
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Public Affairs is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$2,900.
02Review time
Review time of Journal of Public Affairs
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Journal of Public Affairs published between Nov 2024 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 302 days of submission, and the middle half took between 196 and 406 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs ranks 23 of 28 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Public Administration →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Journal of Public Affairs
Journal of Public Affairs follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group.
Authors affiliated in 84 countries qualify for a full waiver. See the countries →
Waivers apply to fully open access journals. If Journal of Public Affairs is a hybrid journal, you can publish without any fee through the subscription route.
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Retractions and research integrity at Journal of Public Affairs
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Journal of Public Affairs has 3 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Sep 2020. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
Who funds research published in Journal of Public Affairs
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Journal of Public Affairs
- ISSN
- 1472-3891
- eISSN
- 1479-1854
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell all its journals →
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Public Administration
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
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05How to submit
How to submit to Journal of Public Affairs
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Journal of Public Affairs accepts. You find it on the official website of the journal, usually under "For authors" or "Submit".
- Use the journal's template. Wiley-Blackwell offers Word and LaTeX templates for many of its journals. If your manuscript is in Word and the journal wants LaTeX, our LaTeX Template Conversion moves it into the template.
- Check the fit. Read the aims and scope and a few recent issues; papers outside the scope are the most common reason for a desk rejection. The Journal Finder shows journals that published the closest work.
- Check the fee. Journal of Public Affairs is not a fully open access journal, so authors usually pay nothing unless they choose open access for their article or the journal charges page or colour fees. The guide for authors states the current charges.
- Check your manuscript before you submit. The free Submission Readiness Check asks the seven questions our reviewers ask in every audit and takes about 2 minutes.
06Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Journal of Public Affairs
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07Same subject
Public Administration journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Journal of Public Affairs when the 90 journals of Public Administration in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Journal of Public Procurement | 2.44 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 44 | Public Integrity | 2.43 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 45 | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice | 2.33 | SSCI | Subscription |
| 46 | Social Policy and Administration | 2.33 | SSCI | Subscription |
| 48 | Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy | 2.19 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 49 | Australian Journal of Public Administration | 2.19 | SSCI | Subscription |
| 50 | International Review of Administrative Sciences | 2.15 | SSCI | Subscription |
| 51 | International Public Management Journal | 2.02 | SSCI | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
08Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
09Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Journal of Public Affairs?
Based on 173 research articles Journal of Public Affairs published from Nov 2024 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 302 days, and half of them were accepted between 196 and 406 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 15 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Public Affairs?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Public Affairs is 2.32: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.32 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Journal of Public Affairs?
The h-index of Journal of Public Affairs is 71 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 71 of its papers have each been cited at least 71 times. Its i10-index is 823.
What is the APC of Journal of Public Affairs?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$2,900 for Journal of Public Affairs (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Journal of Public Affairs?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Public Affairs is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Journal of Public Affairs indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Journal of Public Affairs appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Public Affairs an SCIE journal?
Journal of Public Affairs is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Public Affairs in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Journal of Public Affairs is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does Journal of Public Affairs offer an APC waiver?
Journal of Public Affairs follows the policy of Wiley: full waiver or 50% discount by Wiley's country list (close to Research4Life), applied automatically when enough of the authors are eligible. The corresponding author's country decides the group, and for a full waiver at least half of all authors must be affiliated in a country of the same eligible group. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Journal of Public Affairs retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 3 retracted papers in Journal of Public Affairs, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are plagiarism of text, error in text, copyright claims. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
Who funds research published in Journal of Public Affairs?
10% of 185 recent research articles in Journal of Public Affairs name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Ural Federal University.
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