Continuity and Change in PAR’s Editorial Team

• Author: James L. Perry
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12641
• Published date: 01 September 2016
• Date: 01 September 2016

Public Administration Review,

Vol. 76, Iss. 5, pp. 699. © 2016 by

The American Society for Public Administration.

DOI: 10.1111/puar.12641.

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Editorial

D uring the last three years, the Public

Administration Review (PAR ) editorial team

has expanded significantly with the addition

of new features and feature editors, and the addition

of associate editors, now numbering six. PAR has

simultaneously experienced tremendous increases in

new manuscripts submitted. Over the last two years,

submissions increased 40%, from 385 in 2013 to

540 in 2015. In 2016, PAR is on track for another

record year, having received our 300th submission

by mid-July.

I am pleased to announce that Rick Feiock has

agreed to extend his three-year term as Editor for an

additional year through 2017 to continue managing

the review process. Rick will be joined in his editor

responsibilities by Gregg G. Van Ryzin, who will

serve as Co-editor. We are exceptionally pleased to

add Gregg in this editorial leadership role to assist in

supervising the large editorial team and handling the

expanding flow of manuscripts. He has served PAR

exceptionally well for the last two years as Associate

Editor and has outstanding qualifications and

credentials. Gregg is professor and interim dean at the

School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers

University—Newark, where he previously directed the

doctoral program. He is a widely published scholar in

public management and administration, with a focus

on citizens and their experiences with government

services and institutions. Gregg is a psychologist by

training with a background in survey research and an

interest in experimental and behavioral approaches to

public administration.

PAR ’s tremendous performance in terms of media

attention, readership, downloads, and journal

rankings over my term as Editor in Chief has been

gratifying. With this editorial team in place I am

confident that PAR will continue on this path through

the transition to the next editorial team and continue

PAR ’s position as the preeminent global professional

journal in public administration.

–James L. Perry, Editor in Chief

James L. Perry

Indiana University, Bloomington

Continuity and Change in PAR ’s Editorial Team