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European Public Law

Kluwer Law International · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1354-3725eISSN1875-8207

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.332

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.72

Total Worksi

1,681

Total Citationsi

5,645

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on European Union law, particularly concerning its interaction with national legal systems, fundamental rights, and administrative processes. Recent articles examine issues such as the impact of emergency measures on constitutional democracies, the oversight of EU executive actions in migration policy, the legal implications of digital transformation in public sectors, and the interpretation of EU directives on free movement and residence rights.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,681

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Law International

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1354-3725 / 1875-8207

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

195

2018

124

2019

232

2020

291

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European and International Law StudiesEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceTaxation and Legal IssuesOmbudsman and Human RightsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesEU Law and Policy AnalysisInternational Arbitration and Investment LawCorporate Governance and LawHuman Rights and Immigration

Frequently asked questions about European Public Law

Is European Public Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Public Law: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 European Public Law?

European Public Law is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.21.

Is European Public Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Public Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.