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Lex Localis

Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor · Slovenia · Est. 2009

ISSN1581-5374

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / 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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.184

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.368

Total Worksi

2,678

Total Citationsi

3,476

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government is an international journal for the study of the politics, administration, and management of local affairs. It is dedicated to the study and analysis of local governance, politics, administration, and management.

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General Information

Country / RegionSlovenia

Primary LanguageSlovenian

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 696 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,678

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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?

Institute for Local Self-Government Maribor

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1581-5374

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Slovenian

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

254

2019

206

2020

190

2021

178

2022

2023

218

2024

1.8k

215

2025

167

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.

LawQ3

Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Local Government Finance and DecentralizationGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological Modeling and AnalysisFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthPublic Policy and Administration ResearchElectrical and Electromagnetic ResearchOrganizational and Employee PerformanceRegional Development and PolicyIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesCorruption and Economic Development

Frequently asked questions about Lex Localis

Is Lex Localis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lex Localis: 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 Lex Localis?

Lex Localis is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.184.

Is Lex Localis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lex Localis is indexed in Scopus.