Public Administration Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal the field of public administration. It was established in 1940 and has been one of the top-rated journals in the field. It is the official journal of the American Society for Public Administration and is published by Wiley-Blackwell. The co-editors-in-chief are Jos Raadschelders Ohio State University and Katherine Willoughby University of Georgia. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 8.3, ranking it 2nd out of 49 journals in the category "Public Administration".

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editors-in-chief: • 2018–2023: Jeremy L. Hall • 2018–2020: R. Paul Battaglio • 2012–2017: James L. Perry • 2006–2011: Richard J. Stillman II • 2000–2005: Larry D. Terry • 1997–1999: Irene S. Rubin • 1991–1996: David H. Rosenbloom • 1985–1990: Chester A. Newland • 1977–1984: Louis C. Gawthrop • 1966–1977: Dwight Waldo • 1963–1966: Vincent Ostrom • 1961–1963: John A. Perkins • 1958–1960: James W. Fesler • 1956–1958: York Wilbern • 1953–1956: Frederick C. Mosher • 1951–1953: Wallace S. Sayre • 1949–1951: Fritz Morstein Marx • 1947–1949: Rowland Egger • 1945–1947: E. Pendleton Herring • 1943–1945: Gordon R. Clapp • 1940–1943: Leonard D. White