Danube

De Gruyter Open Ltd · Germany · Est. 2012

ISSN1804-8285

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.136

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.461

Total Worksi

228

Total Citationsi

965

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Danube is an international professional journal that publishes research related to Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. It refers to the tradition of the humanities-oriented periodical of the same title.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications228

Publisher OrgVysoká škola PRIGO

OA Since2012

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

De Gruyter Open Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1804-8285

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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?

N/A

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

129

2019

128

2020

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q4

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthTaxation and Compliance StudiesEconomic Growth and ProductivityCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionEconomic and Fiscal StudiesEuropean and International Law StudiesOmbudsman and Human RightsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesGlobal Health Care Issues

Frequently asked questions about Danube

Is Danube a predatory journal?

Danube was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2022-04-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Danube?

Danube is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.136.

Is Danube indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Danube is indexed in Scopus.