Communications: Annual Report 1999
| Author | R. A. W. Rhodes,Peter Bogason,Walter Kickert,Bill Jenkins |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9299.00227 |
| Date | 01 September 2000 |
| Published date | 01 September 2000 |
COMMUNICATIONS
ANNUAL REPORT 1999
R. A. W. RHODES, PETER BOGASON, BILL JENKINS AND WALTER
KICKERT
When the Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA) owned Public Adminis-
tration, the editors always reported annually on the journal’s fortunes. The practice
lapsed when the RIPA went into receivership. Now, with the launch of the journal
as a European journal of public administration, we thought it was a good idea to
reintroduce an annual report covering the journal’s work in the previous year. It
will provide an opportunity to air problems and to tell readers where the journal
is heading.
The report describes the flow of manuscripts and the contents of the journal
before briefly surveying each section. It ends with a resume´ of our plans for the
journal and a ‘thank you’ to the many people who have helped during the year.
MANUSCRIPTS
Table 1 shows the total number of manuscripts submitted in 1999 and their distri-
bution between the main sections of the journal.
There has been a steady flow of material and the increase in submissions on
Western Europe is both noteworthy and pleasing. On average we accept 1 in 4
papers (26 out of 109 submissions) but there are variations between sections; for
example: ‘Public Management’ accepted 1 in 2 submissions because of the relative
shortage of material.
CONTENTS
Table 2 shows the number of articles published in 1999 for each section of the
journal.
Table 3 classifies the articles published in 1999 by their subject matter. It uses the
categories in Rhodes 1995 and Rhodes and Dargie 1997 and so updates their histori-
cal analysis of the journal’s contents. It shows a wide distribution of material, apart
from the planned increase in articles on Western Europe and the EU.
TABLE 1 Manuscripts submitted, 1999, by journal section*
Journal section Number of manuscripts
Main 62
European Forum 52†
Public Management (including Notes) 7
TOTAL 121
*Excludes conference papers and commissioned pieces.
†Includes 12 papers carried forward from 1998 to ensure we had enough copy to launch this
new section.
Public Administration Vol. 78 No. 3, 2000 (723–728)
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