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Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego · Poland · Est. 2011

ISSN1731-8297eISSN2658-1922
DOAJOpen Access
H-Indexi
5
Total Worksi
524
Total Citationsi
214
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.14
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Opole Studies in Administration and Law (OSAP) is a semi-annual journal published both in print and, starting in 2022, exclusively online on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, functioning on an open access basis. The presented research papers articles and case comments are prepared in accordance with the binding principles of ethical publishing standards and best practices. They are subjected to the process of double-blind peer review. The Journal publishes also reviews and reports on important scientific events. It has been coming out continuously since 2003, and as a quarterly – since 2012, and from 2022 as a semi-annual. Texts for publication are continuously accepted online through the OJS system. When accepted for publication, selected articles are published under Ahead. They are citable by their digital object identifier (DOI). The Opole Studies in Administration and Lawis indexed in the following databases: The journal is co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science within the programme"Rozwój czasopism naukowych"["Development of Scientific Journals"] under contract no. RCN/SP/0248/2021/1. Project duration: 1 October 2022. - 30 September 2024. The amount of co-financing is 35,499.00 PLN. The programme aims to support the journal's editorial team in implementing the journal's development strategy, which includes internationalisation, improving the digitisation of the journal and upgrading the level of publishing and editorial practices. Publication in the columns of the Journal is free of charge. Online access to articles on the OJS Platform of the Opole University Journals is open at:https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/osapAll printed issues of journal are preserved by theNational Library of Poland. According to the Act of 26 January 1984Prawo prasowe (Press Law),the journal was registered by the District Court in Opole in the register of newspapers and journals under item 821.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguagePolish, English, French
1st Year Published2011
Frequencysemi-annual
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications524
Publisher OrgUniversity of Opole
OA Since2015
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1731-8297 / 2658-1922
Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Polish, English, French

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
136
59
2019
64
18
2020
29
13
2021
21
40
2022
26
13
2023
29
9
2024
21
3
2025
13
0
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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Polish Law and Legal SystemPolish Legal and Social IssuesLocal Governance and PlanningPolish Historical and Cultural StudiesHistorical and Cultural Studies of PolandTheology and Canon Law StudiesIntellectual Property Rights and MediaEuropean and International Law StudiesClassical Studies and Legal HistoryMedieval European History and Architecture

Frequently asked questions about Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne

Is Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne?

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.14.

Is Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne?

The Opole Studies in Administration and Law (OSAP) is a semi-annual journal published both in print and, starting in 2022, exclusively online on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, functioning on an open access basis. The presented research papers articles and case comments are prepared in accordance with the binding principles of ethical publishing standards and best practices. They are subjected to the process of double-blind peer review. The Journal publishes also reviews and reports on important scientific events. It has been coming out continuously since 2003, and as a quarterly – si

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref