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APPAM founded the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) in 1981 through the merger of two other journals – Policy Analysis and Public Policy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has published JPAM since 1981 and co-owns the journal with APPAM. In 2007, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. acquired Blackwell Publishing Ltd., and JPAM became one of the titles under the Wiley-Blackwell group of journals within John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Other jounals in this group include Public Administration Review and Policy Studies Journal. The current contract for publishing JPAM runs until the end of 2009. JPAM is published quarterly and is a peer-reviewed research journal. The creation of JPAM fulfilled one of the primary reasons for APPAM's existence: the dissemination of the highest quality, multidisciplenary research in public policy and management. As the Association's journal of record, JPAM's ultimate purpose is building a professional community of scholars and practitioners devoted to more effective policy analysis and public management. JPAM welcomes unsolicited manuscripts from all sources. JPAM is under the management of its editor, appointed to a five-year term by the APPAM Policy Council. The editors to date have been the following: Raymond Vernon, 1981-1985 deceased David Weimer, 1985-1989 Lee Friedman, 1989-1994 Janet Rothenberg-Pack, 1994-1999 Peter Reuter, 1999-2004 Maureen Pirog 2004-present The JPAM editor works with several associate and section editors and an editorial board of 24 persons appointed to fixed, staggered terms. The editorial board advises the editor on matters of policy. Every year APPAM awards the Raymond Vernon Memorial Prize for the best article published in the current volume of JPAM. The prize selection committee usually is drawn from the editorial board, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., underwrites all expenses related to the prize. The JPAM editor also appoints section editors to manage four special sections in the journal: Policy Retrospectives, Professional Practice, Curriculum and Case Notes, and Book Reviews. These sections usually publish shorter, specialized articles on those topics. JPAM has a strong reputation for publishing an eclectic mix of articles on policy and management topics. A survey published in 2003 by the American Political Science Association found JPAM ranked in the top 35 among its peer journals. The journal is widely known among environmental policy researchers, and has published well-regarded (and cited) articles on education, social welfare, consumer product safety, health care and many other topics. JPAM editor Peter Reuter published an extensive evaluation of JPAM in the pages of the journal in 2002. Data in that study included results from a survey of APPAM members. To access the survey results, please click here. To read the evaluation of JPAM published in PS: Political Science and Politics please click here. Note: This article is posted here by permission of the American Political Science Association for personal use only. Please do not transmit this document to others or download it for any other purpose than reading it. To read Peter Reuter's assessment of JPAM, please click here. Note: This article is posted here for personal use only and should not be transmited to others or dowloaded for other reasons than to read it. The entire run of JPAM from volume 1, issue 1, to the present now is available on-line through John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All active APPAM members have access to this collection as a membership benefit. For detailed information, please select the menu item above this page for "JPAM Online." The J-STOR electronic archive includes JPAM (volume 1 through the volume five years earlier than the current volume) within the Arts and Sciences IV collection. Henceforth, the "wall" between JPAM on J-STOR and the recent five years of issues will move forward each year. At this time APPAM does not have an arrangement in place with J-STOR to provide members access to that archive. Many members do have access to J-STOR through their institution/employer or a local library. The entirety of JPAM online is searchable through Google Scholar and other indexing services. |
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