American Review of Public Administration (ARPA)

The American Review of Public Administration is one of the elite scholarly journals in public administration and public affairs. ARPA’s identity lies at the core of the field of public administration, and its quality and reputation have grown in tandem as the journal marked its fortieth year in 2010. ARPA focuses substantively on public administration broadly defined, publishing scholarship on all aspects of the field, including such traditional areas as organization and management studies, program and performance evaluation, and budgeting and financial management, as well as such emerging areas as network governance, public involvement and public service motivation. Although rooted in U.S. public administration, ARPA also increasingly carries research from international and comparative settings authored by international scholars. The journal has no disciplinary or methodological bias, other than an insistence on analytical excellence and substantive relevance. Toward that end, all manuscripts are subjected to a blind peer-review process prior to acceptance and publication. Even the occasional invited essays from leading scholars are subject to independent reviews by the co-editors. The journal also gives a high priority to timeliness, with decisions on most manuscript submissions completed in less than two months’ time. Time from final acceptance to print publication is about 12 months, with on-line publication in about six months. Acceptance rate for manuscripts submitted over the last six years has averaged seventeen percent.

Manuscript Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/arpa where authors will be required to set up an online account on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne. Submission of a manuscript implies a commitment by the author to publish in the journal, if the manuscript is accepted, and the editors assume that any manuscript submitted to ARPA is not currently under consideration by any other journal. Manuscripts between 20 and 30 pages are especially welcome. Manuscripts are subjected to blind peer review and require the author's name(s) and affiliation listed in a separate file. Any other identification, including any references in the manuscript, the notes, the title, and reference sections should be removed from the paper and listed in a separate file. Accepted submissions must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), latest edition. Each submission should also include an abstract between 100-150 words and a brief biographical sketch of each author, in separate files.

Contributors interested in preparing book reviews should contact:

Naim Kapucu
Book Review Editor Center for Public & Nonprofit Management
Department of Public Administration
University of Central Florida
HPA II Suite 238M,
Orlando, FL 32816-1395
Email: nkapucu@mail.ucf.edu

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