About the Journal

Overview 

Developments in Administration (DinA) is the international, open access, and double-blind peer-reviewed online scientific journal of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA). It provides a scientific contribution in the fields of Public Administration, Development Studies, and Area Studies. 

Focus and Scope

DinA focuses on contemporary processes of administrative reform undertaken for development purposes, understood in the framework of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Its aim is to strengthen the research practice of non-Western countries, thus it especially welcomes (comparative) case studies of non-Western administrative areas and is explicitly open to unorthodox approaches and arguments. 

Journal Sections

Research articles can be published stand-alone, or included in a symposium that approaches a special theme through a couple of consistent contributions, under the coordination of (a) guest editor(s). 

The policy notes' section provides a space for concise contributions advocating public administration solutions to contemporary public policy challenges, and primarily targeting an audience of public administration professionals.

It also publishes book reviews, on basis of submissions. 

All sections are indexed and double-blind peer reviewed. 

Publication Frequency

DinA publishes two issues per year. New content is made available online as soon as available, before inclusion in an issue.

Open Access and Licencing Policies

DinA is a gold open access journal. All content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication. Authors also retain proprietary rights such as patent rights and the right to use the work for personal or educational purposes, as outlined in our Author Agreement. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. This allows users to share (copy and redistribute) the material in its original form for non-commercial purposes, provided the work is properly cited.

Author's Processing Charges

• Article Processing Charges (APC): The journal does not charge authors a flat APC for publication.
• Sponsorship & Waivers:  All publication costs are fully covered by the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) for authors who are members of IIAS, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA) and/or the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), or whose work originated from an IIAS Group event.
• Non-Member Policy: Currently, no fees are charged to non-member authors.
• Submission Fees: There are no fees for this article submission or editorial processing.