Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

*Journal of Policy Analysis and Management*
Discipline	Public administration
Language	English
Edited by
Publication details
History	1981–present
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	3.444 (2017)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Policy Anal. Manag.
Indexing;
ISSN	0276-8739 (print); 1520-6688 (web);
LCCN	81649164
OCLC no.	07442272
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues and practices in policy analysis and public management. It was established in 1981 and contains books reviews and a department devoted to discussing ideas and issues of importance to practitioners, researchers, and academics. It is the official journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and published by Wiley-Blackwell. The current editor-in-chief is . According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.444, ranking it 27th out of 353 journals in the category "Economics" and 5th out of 47 journals in the category "Public Administration".

History[]

The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management established the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management in 1981 through the merger of two other journals – Policy Analysis (1975-1981) and Public Policy (1940-1981).

Editors-in-chief[]

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management:

July 2018: Erdal Tekin
2014-2018 Kenneth Couch
2004-2014 Maureen Pirog
1999-2004 Peter Reuter
1994-1999 Janet Rothenberg-Pack
1989-1994 Lee Friedman
1985-1989 David Weimer
1981-1985 Raymond Vernon

Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize[]

Every year, the association awards the Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for the best article published in the current volume of the journal. The prize selection committee usually is drawn from the editorial board and Wiley-Blackwell underwrites all expenses related to the prize.

Journal sections[]

The journal has five special sections: Point/Counterpoint, Policy Retrospectives, Professional Practice, Methods for Policy Analysis, and Book Reviews. These sections usually publish shorter, specialized articles on those topics.

References[]

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External links[]

Official website