Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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 Maureen Pirog. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.576, ranking it 31st out of 333 journals in the category "Economics" and 2nd out of 46 journals in the category "Public Administration".

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" and "Public Policy."

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

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.

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.