In June 2025, the international journal Global Public Policy and Governance (GPPG), hosted by the Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) at Fudan University, achieved a CiteScore of 4.3 according to Elsevier’s 2025 journal evaluation metrics. Among 738 journals in the “Political Science and International Relations” category, GPPG ranked in the top 14%, placing it firmly in the Q1 quartile. In the “Development” category, it ranked in the top 26% of 309 journals, securing a leading position in Q2. In the SJR rankings, which consider both citation quantity and quality, GPPG also entered Q1 in “Political Science and International Relations” and maintained a Q2 ranking in “Public Administration.”

Figure 1: GPPG’s CiteScore and SJR Rankings

Clarivate’s 2024 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) further highlighted GPPG’s rising influence, with its impact factor reaching 2.2. Among 322 journals in the “Political Science” category, it ranked 84th, placing it at the top of Q2. In “Public Administration,” it ranked 38th out of 90 journals, again securing a strong Q2 position. These metrics reflect international recognition of GPPG’s publishing quality and reinforce the journal’s mission to advance knowledge and research in global governance.

Figure 2: GPPG Impact Factor Rankings

Launched in spring 2021 and published by Springer Nature, GPPG serves as the flagship journal of the China–Arab Network for Public Policy and Administration (CANSPPA). To date, it has published 17 issues under the leadership of founding editor-in-chief Dean Yijia Jing of IGPP. Its editorial board includes 44 internationally renowned scholars from 11 countries and regions. Since its inception, GPPG has pursued initiatives such as themed issues, a young editorial board, and annual academic conferences, enabling it to publish a substantial number of high-quality research articles in a short period and gain broad recognition in the field of global governance. The journal was indexed in SCOPUS in 2022, included in China’s AMI Comprehensive Evaluation Database for Humanities and Social Science Journals the same year, and added to the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) under Web of Science in 2024. In 2025, GPPG received Springer Nature’s “International Influence Award,” and Dean Jing was recognized as a “Distinguished Editor” by Springer Nature in 2022.

Figure 3: Rising Trends of GPPG’s Impact Factor and CiteScore