About the Journal

The journal *Pressing problems of public administration* is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes original research articles presenting the latest findings from theoretical and applied research in the field of public administration.

UDC 35
Year of establishment: 1997

Frequency of publication: twice a year (in June and December).

 

The collection of scientific papers “Pressing problems of public administration” has open-access status and is available on the “Scientific Periodicals of Ukraine” platform at the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, on Google Scholar, and in Index Copernicus International

The collection of scientific papers consists of the following sections:

THEORY AND HISTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MECHANISMS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
POLITICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC SERVICE: ASPECTS AND PRACTICES
GLOBAL EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN POLICY

The researchers’ geographical scope covers both domestic and foreign countries.

The mission of this collection is to serve as an authoritative academic platform for discussions on public policy and governance and to strengthen the influence of researchers on the adoption of well-considered strategic decisions in the modern state.

The priority research areas covered in our publications, and on which our journal has focused since 2022, are:
- public administration methodology: principles, mechanisms, and critiques;
- discussion of new public administration tools;
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long-term trends in public administration that directly influence public policy;
- major global challenges to which the field of public administration can offer new solutions;
- the development of national public administration systems;
- the democratization of society and public administration, particularly through digital means;
- developments and new solutions for local self-government and regional development;
- building human and managerial capacity for the country’s modernization in the 21st century, etc.

 

Since 2005, the journal has been included in the list of Ukrainian scientific professional publications in which the results of dissertations for the degrees of Doctor of Science and Candidate of Science may be published.

The journal is a Category “B” professional publication in Ukraine in the field of knowledge 28 – “Public Management and Administration” (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 724 dated August 9, 2022).

 

DOI: 10.26565/1684-8489
(https://periodicals.karazin.ua/apdu)

Media identifier in the Register of Media Entities: R40-06755 (Decision No. 2802 of December 18, 2025, of the National Council of Ukraine on
Television and Radio Broadcasting. Minutes No. 28)

Information about the media entity: 4 Maidan Svobody, Kharkiv, 61022, +38 057 341-27-12, e-mail: univer@karazin.ua

Publisher and owner of all rights to the collection of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University since 2021.

61022, Ukraine, Kharkiv, 4 Svobody Square.
EDRPOU Code: 02071205 Publisher’s ROR: https://ror.org/03ftejk10
Unique DOI prefix of the journal publisher: 10.26565
Scientific periodicals of Karazin University:
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Contact information for the publisher and founder publishing@karazin.ua