Journal of Public Administration and Governance

Journal of Public Administration and Governance (JPAG) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published semiannually by Macrothink Institute. The journal publishes original research on public administration, governance institutions, and the implementation of public policy. It welcomes theoretical, empirical, and comparative studies of accountability, administrative reform, public management, government performance, and service delivery.

Journal title: Journal of Public Administration and Governance (JPAG)

ISSN: 2161-7104

Publisher: Macrothink Institute

Language: English

Peer review: Double-anonymized peer-review; review time 2–3 weeks

Publication model: Open Access (Gold OA; CC BY 4.0)

Publication frequency: Semiannual (two issues per year, June and December)

Author charges: Article Processing Charge 200USD — see the Article Processing Charges page

Abstracting and indexing: See the Indexing page

Persistent identifier: DOI (Crossref)

Contact: Editorial Office — jpag@macrothink.org

The journal accepts article submissions online or by e-mail.

If you have any questions, please contact us at jpag@macrothink.org

The journal welcomes research in the following areas, including but not limited to:

• Public administration and institutions
• Public policy and decision-making
• Governance systems and accountability
• Public-sector organizational management
• Public human resource management
• Administrative reform and institutional change
• Comparative governance research
• Public-sector performance assessment
• Public service delivery
• Public finance and resource allocation

a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.

b). Peer review. The review process may take 2-3 weeks.

c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.

d). The authors revise paper and pay Article Processing Charge (200USD).

e). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal's webpage, free of charge for download. We aim to post articles within 3 weeks of acceptance. Each paper published in this journal is assigned a DOI® number (Crossref), which appears beneath the author's affiliation in the published paper.