ABSTRACTPublic administration has dedicated much discussion to the ranking of academic journals, but little to no research focused on the quality and contributions of publishing academic books. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed public administration scholars who have published books. We used the data from this survey to establish a scholarly ranking of book publishers in the field. The findings of the survey show public administration scholars prefer commercial over academic presses when publishing their books. This could be due to the authors’ decisions, the publishers seeking and supporting research in public administration, or, most likely, a combination of both.KEYWORDS: English-language publisherspublic administration scholarsranking book publishers Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. It states “Assume that you have just completed a book manuscript on a topic in your area of expertise as lead author or editor. Please indicate your ranking of publisher preferences with which you are willing to contract”2. There are three questions provided to which the respondents typed their answers: “What would be the first book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript?;” “What would be the second book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript if the manuscript were rejected at your first attempt?;” “What would be the third book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript if the manuscript were rejected at your second attempt?”Additional informationFundingThe authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Notes on contributorsSungdae LimSungdae Lim is an assistant professor of public administration at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Lim’s research interests center on nonprofit- and public-sector leadership, public service innovation, and mission-oriented sensemaking with emphasis on social change performance and community engagement. He has published articles with these foci in refereed journals such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit and Management Leadership, Journal of Civil Society, Nonprofit Policy Forum, International Journal of Public Administration, and Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs.Hyunseok HwangHyunseok Hwang is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston. His research interests include organization theory, community resilience, public & nonprofit management, and social entrepreneurship. Hi research has appeared in journals such as Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, VOLUNTAS, Nonprofit Policy Forum, City & Community, the Social Science Journal, Social Science Quarterly, Natural Hazards Review, and Journal of Professions and Organization.Bruce D. McDonaldBruce D. McDonald III is a professor of public budgeting and finance at North Carolina State University. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, co-editor-in-chief of both Public Finance Journal and Journal of Public Affairs Education. He also serves as the editor of Routledge’s Public Budgeting and Finance Book Series and co-editor of Routledge’s Public Affairs Education Book Series. He also sits on several boards of nonprofit organizations, including the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance.William HatcherWilliam Hatcher is a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He currently serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He received both a B.S. in political science (2003) and an MPA (2004) from Georgia College and State University and a Ph.D. in public policy and administration from Mississippi State University (2010). Dr. Hatcher has served as a public planner and as chair of the Board of Adjustment in Richmond, Kentucky. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Public Affairs Education, American Journal of Public Health, American Review of Public Administration, Community Development, and Public Administration Quarterly.