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Electronic Government

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1740-7494eISSN1740-7508

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.222

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.486

Total Worksi

844

Total Citationsi

7,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Information Science & Library Science; Public Administration; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Computer Science Applications; E-learning.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications844

Publisher OrgInderscience Publishers

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?

Inderscience Enterprises Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-7494 / 1740-7508

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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

120

2019

302

2020

167

2021

2022

2023

2024

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 AdministrationQ3

Computer Science ApplicationsQ4

E-learningQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library SciencePublic AdministrationSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

E-learningComputer Science ApplicationsPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

E-Government and Public ServicesTechnology Adoption and User BehaviourICT Impact and PoliciesSocial Media and PoliticsInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSmart Cities and TechnologiesInformation Technology Governance and StrategyService-Oriented Architecture and Web ServicesLocal Government Finance and Decentralization

Frequently asked questions about Electronic Government

Is Electronic Government a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Electronic Government: 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 Electronic Government?

Electronic Government 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 0.34.

Is Electronic Government indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Electronic Government is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Electronic Government?