Reviewing the content of scientific - research articles of public administration in prestigious journals of this field in Iran

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate and analysis the content of articles in the field of public administration in prestigious journals of this field in Iran. Selected public administration journals are research journals that carry out the mission of developing public administration knowledge in the Iran, Which is included in the present text Tehran University Public Administration Journal, Shahid Beheshti University Perspective Public Management Journal and Public Organization Management Journal Payame Noor University. The present study uses content analysis method and the statistical population of this study consists of 656 articles published in selected journals between 2011 and 2018, and so the census is used. Given the political nature of the field of public administration, the main finding of the present paper is that the selected journals should consider the political approach in producing articles to address issues facing government agencies and help improve the functioning of the country's administrative system, On the other hand, the findings of the study show that the articles produced in selected journals have shown the least attention to development management, comparative management, ethics and citizenship in administrative systems. The findings show that most articles have a applied purpose and have used statistical methods to analyze the data, while most articles have a positivist approach.