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Regulation and Governance

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1748-5983eISSN1748-5991

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.536

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.144

Total Worksi

1,076

Total Citationsi

31,128

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Political Science; Public Administration; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,076

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-5983 / 1748-5991

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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

2019

2.3k

2020

1.9k

2021

926

2022

1.4k

2023

576

2024

139

319

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.

LawQ1

Public AdministrationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LawPolitical SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political SciencePublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Regulation and Compliance StudiesPolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactPublic Policy and Administration ResearchLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGlobal Financial Regulation and CrisesEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolicy Transfer and LearningCorruption and Economic Development

Frequently asked questions about Regulation and Governance

Is Regulation and Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Regulation and Governance: 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 Regulation and Governance?

Regulation and Governance 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 2.39.

Is Regulation and Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Regulation and Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Regulation and Governance?