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 1, 2026
Open Issue
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
- The Impact of Innovation Climate on Innovative Work Behaviour: An empirical investigation in Public Sector Laboratories in Bahrain, by Hasan Ali Alnafea, Soud AlMahamid and Abdulkarim Hasan Rashed, all of Kingdom of Bahrain.
- Digital Innovations in Public Services in Kazakhstan: Impact on Citizens’ Trust and Perception, by Adilet Kusherbayev, Academy of Public Administration under the President, Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Citizen-State Communication through Kazakhstani Public Councils: Balancing Traditional and Innovative Channels, by Zhuldyz Davletbayeva, Alexandr Zagrebin, Gulnur Makulbayeva, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Review Essay:
- Crisis or Conundrum: The Problematic Rhetoric of Gender, reviewed by Donald R. Officer, author and researcher, Wellington, Canada.
Book Review:
- Permanent Wars, The Neocons, and East-West Relations: The Ukraine and Gaza Wars in Context, by Dr. Alexander Dawoody, reviewed by Shahub Tossi, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
| Title | Author | Categories | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (31-1-01) The Impact of Innovation Climate on Innovative Work Behaviour: An empirical investigation in Public Sector Laboratories in Bahrain | Abdulkarim Hasan Rashed, Hasan Ali Alnafea, Soud AlMahamid | Peer-Reviewed Papers | 2026, v31i1 |
| 2026 (31-1-02) Digital Innovations in Public Services in Kazakhstan: Impact on Citizens’ Trust and Perception | Adilet Kusherbayev | Peer-Reviewed Papers | 2026, v31i1 |
| 2026 (31-1-03) Citizen-State Communication through Kazakhstani Public Councils: Balancing Traditional and Innovative Channels | Alexandr Zagrebin, Gulnur Makulbayeva, Zhuldyz Davletbayeva | Peer-Reviewed Papers | 2026, v31i1 |
| 2026 (31-1-04) Crisis or Conundrum: The Problematic Rhetoric of Gender | Reviewed by Donald R. Officer | Book Essays | 2026, v31i1 |
| 2026 (31-1-05) Permanent Wars, The Neocons, and East-West Relations: The Ukraine and Gaza Wars in Context | Reviewed by Shahub Tossi | Book Reviews | 2026, v31i1 |
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
If you would like to receive announcements of new material being published in The Innovation Journal, please send a request to the Editor-in-Chief. Announcements are sent out approximately three times per year.
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