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Journal of Public Procurement

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1535-0118eISSN2150-6930

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.439

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.134

Total Worksi

449

Total Citationsi

8,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Administration.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications449

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-0118 / 2150-6930

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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

368

2019

634

2020

375

2021

135

2022

317

2023

104

2024

102

2025

2026

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.

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public Administration

Scopus Categories

Public Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Procurement and PolicyOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementPublic-Private Partnership ProjectsConstruction Project Management and PerformanceAuction Theory and ApplicationsSustainable Supply Chain ManagementCorruption and Economic DevelopmentLegal Issues in South AfricaTaxation and Compliance StudiesPublic Policy and Administration Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Procurement

Is Journal of Public Procurement a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Public Procurement: 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 Journal of Public Procurement?

Journal of Public Procurement 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 1.66.

Is Journal of Public Procurement indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Public Procurement is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Public Procurement?