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Q1Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
About Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 3.301 and H-index of 157.
Coverage: 1991-2025. Research categories: Marketing (Q1); Public Administration (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1).
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Seunghyun Kim
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2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag027Conditional Compliance: The Role of Sector and Policy Design in State Sexual Misconduct Policy
Jaeyeong Nam, Daniel L Fay, Emily Boykin, Elizabeth Bell et al.
2026-08-19 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag026Institutional amnesia and public administration: does history repeat?
Alastair Stark, Hridesh Gajural, Jack Corbett, Dennis C Grube et al.
2026-08-11 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag025Large language models and conversational counter-arguments to antipublic sector bias
John D Marvel, Sheeling Neo, Rachel Cho, Sangwon Ju et al.
2026-08-05 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag020Institutionalized enforcement of administrative compliance: state regulator use of noncompliance burdens
Mingxu (Emma) Li, Daniel L Fay
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Sandra Henninger, Rick Vogel
2026-07-17 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag022Anti-corruption efforts and citizen-initiated accountability: evidence from administrative litigation
Weitao He, Haohao Li, Luning Liu
2026-07-16 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag021Bureaucratic turnover under new governments: the moderating effect of bureaucratic and political layering
Bjørn Mo Forum
2026-07-13 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag016The voice of the voiceless: refugees’ perceptions of participation under constraint
Khaldoun AbouAssi, Corbin M Walls
2026-07-08 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag019Representative bureaucracy and administrative burdens: exploring the intersection of lived experience, gender, and professional qualities
Ryan J Lofaro, Elizabeth Bell, Colt Jensen
2026-07-06 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag018Playing with time: data manipulation within the performance evaluation cycle
Jiayuan Li, Zhibin Chen, Manqian Cui, Xuelian Zhang et al.
2026-07-06 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag017Organizational strategies for system robustness: how managers navigate the institutional architecture of complex systems
Adam Wiechman, Aaron Deslatte, Elizabeth A Koebele, Margaret Garcia et al.
2026-07-02 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag014Mapping the temporal evolution of causal effects in public administration and policy research
Lefteris Jason Anastasopoulos, Inkyu Kang
2026-06-15 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag015The power of compassion-seeking: how enforcement officers’ discursive strategies foster citizens’ cooperative responses under policy ambiguity
Fan Yang, Guigui Chai
2026-06-05 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag012Awareness, costs, and take-up of social benefits: evidence from a field experiment in China
Wenchi Wei, Xin Chen, Xing Ni
2026-06-05 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag013Who is this for? How felt accountability shapes the enactment of accountability in public service delivery
Margit Ernst
2026-07-01 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag011Dual anchors in the shadow of the future: how renewal expectations and relational history govern behavior in public contracts
Deanna Malatesta, Faisal Saeed Cheema
2026-07-01 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag010Reversing the accountability chain: how relational power can shape accountability in public encounters
Sara C Closs-Davies, Koen P R Bartels, Doris Merkl-Davies
2026-07-01 · DOI: 10.1093/jopart/muag009Reviews
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