Public Administration

"The Disconnection of Advocacy and Analysis in Public Administration: A Critique of Robust Governance" by Gerry Stoker, Brenton Prosser, and B. Guy Peters challenges robust governance by arguing that public administration's advocacy for reform often fails to recognize the enduring influence of politics, limiting the feasibility of proposed institutional changes.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70074

"Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization" by Niels Opstrup, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Caroline Howard Grøn, & Anders Ryom Villadsen finds that senior civil servants who perform more politically oriented tasks are more likely to adjust or withhold professional advice under political pressure, but they remain willing to raise concerns with superiors, suggesting that core norms of candid advice persist despite functional politicization.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70072

Scopus journal rankings and CiteScores are out for 2025, and Public Administration is continuing its rise to the top! The 2025 CiteScore was 11.9, continuing the trend that Public Administration is the place to publish if you want your research cited!

"When Coproduction Meets Professionalism: Toward a Conceptual Framework for Understanding Challenges of Lay Input" by Rikke Kolding shows that lay input in coproduction is not uniformly challenging to professionalism. Instead, the type, need, and communication of lay input shape how professionals perceive and experience these challenges, offering a more nuanced understanding of professionalism in coproduction.

https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fpadm.70070