The PAP journal was first published in 1992 and has been published online in open access on the Emerald Insight Platform since 2018. This year marks the 32nd anniversary of its first launch and the 8th anniversary of its online publication with Emerald. It currently publishes three issues with at least one special issue and around twenty-five articles per year.
In 2024, PAP attracted around 200 paper submissions from authors in 53 countries. Its articles have been widely read and cited worldwide, with total downloads exceeding 23,000 in the last 12 months. PAP has achieved a 2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.2, as released by Clarivate, and is abstracted and indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). The Scopus/Web of Science Citations reached 292 and 140, respectively, in 2024 (an increase from 192 and 111 in 2023), while the Scopus CiteScore index rose to 2.8 in 2024 from 2.5 in 2023.
In summary, PAP is abstracted and indexed by: Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), CrossRef, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Discovery Service, Google Scholar, Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest), Healthcare Administration Database (ProQuest), ProQuest Central, ProQuest Central Basic (Korea), ProQuest Central Essentials, ProQuest Central Student, Publicly Available Content Database (ProQuest), Summons (ProQuest), WorldCat and The British Library. Academics and practitioners in public administration, management, public policy, and related fields are encouraged to contribute papers to this journal.
In this special issue on Ageing, Productivity, and Socio-Economic Development: Policy Options, we are delighted to have Professor Lichia Saner-Yiu from CSEND as Guest Editor. The eight articles focus on the productive potential of the elderly, the implications of ageing on socio-economic development, and policy options. In addition to macro analyses, there are country-specific case studies, including those from Belgium, Czech Republic, China, Germany, USA, Japan, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, as well as a book review. Please refer to the Introduction to the special issue for brief descriptions of each article. We hope this special issue will make significant contributions to the understanding of ageing for policy makers, scholars, and practitioners in various countries around Asia and the world.
Peter K.W. Fong
Editor-in-Chief, PAP Journal
President, Hong Kong Public Administration Association
About the Editor-in-Chief
Professor Peter K.W. Fong, PhD (New York University), is President of Hong Kong Public Administration Association and Editor-in-Chief of PAP Journal. He teaches strategic management and supervises DBA students’ dissertations of the University of Wales TSD. He also serves as Principal Consultant of the International Chamber of Sustainable Development and holds memberships of HK Institute of Planners & Planning Institute Australia. He was a Teaching Fellow of Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; Visiting Scholar, MIT; Founding Director of EMBA programme, HKU Business School; Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Urban Design, HKU; Executive Vice President of City University of Macau; Honorary Professor, China Training Centre for Senior Civil Servants in Beijing; Studies Director, Civil Service Training & Development Institute, HKSAR Government. He was appointed as Advisory/Visiting Professors by Tongji, Tsinghua, Renmin, and Tianjin universities in Mainland China, Chinese University of HK and HK Polytechnic University, and Consultants, the World Bank and Delta Asia Bank. Peter K.W. Fong can be contacted at: fongpeter@netvigator.com
