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Current Issue
Volume 29,
Issue 2,
1 September 2026

About the Journal

Public Administration and Policy is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, journal publishing research on public administration and management, specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. Public Administration and Policy is owned and jointly sponsored by Hong Kong Public Administration Association and SPEED, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Paper — up to 7000 words
  • Case Study — up to 7000 words
  • Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words
  • Viewpoint — up to 4000 words
  • Editorial — up to 3000 words
  • Book Review — up to 1500 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Journal specific formatting

For this journal there is a maximum of 350 words for the abstract.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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Calls for papers

Closes: 7th March 2027

The rapidly aging global population, combined with persistent manpower shortages and fragmented care and gerontechnology ecosystems, is intensifying pressure on long-term care and community support systems. Aging-in-Place (AiP) is strongly preferred by older adults, yet remains constrained by limited assistive infrastructure, caregiver burnout, and concerns about burdening families and services.

Guest editor(s): Dr. Stephanie W. LEE, Dr. Tai Ming WUT