About the Journal

Aims and Scope
The Review of Public Administration and Management (ROPAM) is an Open Access journal and aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information in the form of research article, review article, conference proceeding, case report, etc. in all areas of the concerned field and provide free and unrestricted access to published articles for readers around the world and provide the highest possible standards of publication by scrutinizing the papers through peer-review assisted by the eminent experts from all parts of the globe.

About Journal
ROPAM is a referred Journal that is published by The Department of Public Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka – Nigeria bi-annually (July and December). The Journal endeavours to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, students, resource persons and other people in the academia who are interested in the discussion of current and future issues and challenges impacting on the field of Public Administration, Management Sciences, Humanities, Education, Arts and Social Sciences. We adopt double blind peer review policy in which both authors and reviewers are kept anonymous so as to maintain the high technical and quality standards as required by the researchers.
ROPAM deals with the study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies. Public Administration is centrally concerned with the activities that are governmental in nature, that is, the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulations, legislative activities, taxation, national defense, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs, international assistance, and the administration of government programs. The journal includes a wide range of fields in its discipline to create a platform for the authors to make their contribution towards the journal.
The journal makes use of 'Editorial Manager System' for attaining high quality in the peer-review process. 'Editorial Manager System' is an online manuscript submission, review and tracking system. The peer-review process is mainly performed by the Editorial Board Members of the journal or outside experts; at least two independent reviewers' approval is required, followed by the editor's approval for acceptance of any citable manuscript. Authors may submit manuscript and track its progress through the editorial tracking system. Reviewers can download manuscript and submit their opinion to the editor. Editors are supposed to oversee the entire submission/review/revise/publish process.

Publisher
Department of Public Administration Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria and Zainab Arabian Research Society for Multidisciplinary Issues Dubai, United Arab Emirate.

Indexed in
Inon Space, EBSCOhost, Open J-Gate, Cabell’s Directory, Ulrich’s Directory, DOAJ, and ProQuest database

Editorial Policy

  • The Review of Public Administration and Management is a biannual journal published by the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-Nigeria and ZARSMI, Dubai.

  • The purpose of the Journal is to promote and share knowledge, skills and innovations in government and the wider Public and Private Sector environment in Nigeria and abroad.

  • The Journal publishes peer-reviewed articles, case studies, fieldwork notes, viewpoints, policy briefs, book reviews (not peer-reviewed) and research results from practitioners of all grades and professions, academics and other specialists on the broad spectrum of subject-matter.

  • All manuscripts are circulated anonymously to specialist referees for evaluation. Reports from referees may be made available to authors, but the names of referees will be withheld. On the basis of the referees’ reports, content and other deficiencies, the Editor reserves the right to make minor alterations or to reject any manuscript.

  • Copyright of articles published in the Journal vests in the journal and may not be published or reproduced in any form without prior consent from the Editor.

  • Warning: Infringement of copyright exposes offenders to criminal proceedings that could result in civil actions and/or a fine/ imprisonment and a criminal record. Therefore, authors are advised to acknowledge the origin of any content in an article or other contribution obtained from another source.

  • Reprints of articles can be obtained from the Editor on the Payment of a prescribed Fee.

  • Opinions expressed in the Journal are, however, those of the individual authors, and are not necessarily subscribed to by the Editor, Editorial Committee or the Editorial Board.