Welcome to the Innovation Journal
The Innovation Journal (TIJ) is an independent, blind peer-reviewed, Internet-based journal devoted to building knowledge about public sector innovation. The public sector is defined as the government-funded sector, the non-profit sector and private-sector knowledge that is relevant or could be relevant to the public sector. It publishes scholarly and practitioner-oriented papers, books, case studies, review essays, and book reviews. TIJ has a French site, La Revue de l’innovation and publishes in French. Contributions of articles relevant to government and non-profit sector innovation and your comments about this site are welcome.
The Innovation Journal has been linked from a number of Internet sites and has been listed as one of the ten best public administration sites on the world wide web by both the Australian Public Administration Association and ASPANET. The American Society for Public Administration is the largest public administration organization in the world.
The Innovation Journal is indexed/aggregated by:
1. Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory (Proquest)
2. CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (Proquest)
3. Political Science full text (ProQuest)
4. Ebsco
5. Cabell’s Directory and Scholarly Analytics
6. Scopus
7. Elsevier
8. Google Scholar
9. AskBisht
9. Scimago Journal and Country Rank (Q3, 154th of 234 Public Administration journals)
What’s New
Volume 31, Issue 2, 2026 – Special Issue on Ukraine
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
- The Digital State in the Context of Systemic Instability: Institutional Challenges and Innovative Solutions, by Gennadiy Ivanov, Olena Solodka, Olena Shepeta, Yurii Zaitsev, and Milena Kravchenko, Ukraine.
- Multilevel Public Governance of Human Capital in Ukraine under Conditions of Decentralization, Crisis Transformations and Digitalization, by Nataliia Stativka, Maksym Bublii, Liudmyla Naboka, Alisa Kosenko, and Tetiana Pokotylo, Ukraine.
- Institutional Capacity of Public Authorities as a Factor of Sustainable Development, by Oleksandr Donchenko, Oleksandr Yurkivskyi, Iryna Forkun, Oleh Martselyak, and Roman Kolisnichenko, Ukraine.
- Strategic Directions for Strengthening Democratic Institutions by Improving the Quality of Public Services and Enhancing the Anti-Corruption Capacity of Civil Society, by Tetiana Shestakovska, Olena Nikoliuk, Olena Lyndiuk, Serhiy Selyutin and Yuriy Gavrylechko, Ukraine.
- Public Administration in the Field of Sustainable Development: Legal Support and Digitalization, by Lidiia Karpenko, Kostiantyn Vitman, Tetiana Kharytonova, Khrystyna Hryhorieva and Anatolii Akhlamov, Ukraine.
- Institutional and Legal Support of the Activities of State Authorities in the Formation of Strategic Communications, by Oleksandr Karpenko, Nataliia Vasiuk, Larysa Gaievska, Valentyna Karlova and Anton Osmak, Ukraine.
- Anti-Corruption Mechanisms in the System of Improving the Efficiency of Public Administration, by Alina Pomaza-Ponomarenko, Yuliia Kobets, Petro Kozak, Solomiia Voskobiinyk and Rostyslav Shchokin, Ukraine.
- Ensuring Digital Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration Processes, by Maksym Yamkovyi, Yuliia Nehoda, Svitlana Dombrovska, Oleksii Shafranosh and NataliiaLepish, Ukraine.
- Digital Solutions as a Driver of Sustainable Innovations, by Oleksandr Halai, Sergii Neilenko, Yuliia Zemlina, Marta Derhaliuk and Oleksandr Akimov, Ukraine.
- Innovative Risk Management Mechanisms in the Public Sector, by Volodymyr Oliinyk, Nina Petrukha, Serhii Petrukha, Andrii Andrieiev and Oleksandr Shevchuk, Ukraine.
- Development of Management Competencies of Civil Servants in a Period of Systemic Changes, by Olena Slavkova, Yevhen Shcherbakha, Nadiia Radukh, Mariia Kholod and Nina Sychova, Ukraine.
- Modernization of the National System of Provision of Administrative Services by Public Authorities in Ukraine, by Serhii Prokopenko, Nataliia Goncharuk, Тetiana Mamatova, Iryna Chykarenko, and Oleh Kravtsov, Ukraine.
- Digital Approaches to Public Election Management in the Era of E-Democracy, Ganna Koval, Andriy Shaikan, Valentyn Orlov and Iurii Chornysh, Ukraine.
- Social Work as an Instrument of State Social Policy in the Context of Social Transformations and Digitalization, by Vita Hrytsaniuk, Emilia Kostyshyn, Andriy Lozynskyi, Mykhailo Nahirniak, Andrii Tsiupryk and Roman Velykyi, Ukraine.
- Modernization of Healthcare Governance in Ukraine: Integration of International Framework Approaches into an Innovative Regulatory Model, by Kateryna Romanenko, Serhii Zakharov, Nataliia Shevchenko, Olexandr Shevchenko, and Olena Nefodova, Ukraine.
- Digital State under Fire: Public Administration and Public Service Digitization Reform in Ukraine, by Aigerim Amirova, Asset Baktiyarov L.N. Gumilyov and Abilzhan Galy, Kazakhstan.
For the Visually Impaired
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Impact Factor
Scopus SC Imago ranks public administration journals by citations. Its SJR indicator measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, expressing how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is. The measure Cites per Doc. (2 years) measures the scientific impact of an average article published in the journal within two years of publication; it is computed using the same formula as Journal Impact Factor™ (Thomson Reuters). It also measures the impact within three years. In 2023, TIJ ranked 129th of 216 public administration journals. This was Q3 worldwide with a SJR of 0.315 and an H-index of 21 among the top 216 public administration journals, the ones that met the Scimago criteria. TIJ received a two-year average of 0.56 cites per article within two years. Because TIJ publishes in a specialized field, it receives fewer citations than more general journals. Nonetheless, it publishes most of the material on public sector innovation worldwide. See Scopus SC Imago.
Announcements
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are available for The Innovation Journal as a whole, on an annual basis, and for each of the issues and special issues. For more information on these opportunities, contact us at glor@magma.ca. The Innovation Journal also accepts advertising.
Invitation to Submit Papers
You are invited to submit material to The Innovation Journal. Before doing so, please review our information for authors. Please submit papers to glor@magma.ca.
Eleanor Glor
Editor in Chief