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Federal Register

Office of the Federal Register · United States

ISSN0097-6326
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.101
H-Indexi
4
Total Worksi
11
Total Citationsi
1,761
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It provides a common platform for the U.S. Government to inform the public about the workings of the Federal Government. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) provides access to the official text of: Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, Administrative Regulations and Notices.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive
Total Publications11
Publisher OrgOffice of the Federal Register
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Office of the Federal Register
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0097-6326
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
1
1.7k
1993
1
0
1996
1
12
1997
2
10
1998
1
76
2002
1
0
2007
1
0
2010
1
0
2015

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

LawQ4
Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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Frequently asked questions about Federal Register

Is Federal Register a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Federal Register: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Federal Register?

Federal Register is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is Federal Register indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Federal Register is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Federal Register?

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. It provides a common platform for the U.S. Government to inform the public about the workings of the Federal Government. The Office of the Federal Register (OFR) provides access to the official text of: Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, Administrative Regulations and Notices.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref