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Financial Theory and Practice

Institute of Public Finance · Croatia · Est. 1996

ISSN1846-887XeISSN1845-9757

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

351

Total Citationsi

1,616

2yr Mean Citednessi

219.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal's scope evolved from public finances of Yugoslavia to market-oriented systems, EU accession, and broader issues like transition to a market economy, role of institutions, economic growth and development, and EU integration. Since 2017, with the name change to Public Sector Economics, the focus is on public sector economics, aligning with the publisher's research activities.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications351

Publisher OrgInstitute of Public Finance

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Public Finance

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1846-887X / 1845-9757

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2011

231

2012

183

2013

437

2014

2015

255

2016

2017

219

2025

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)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesEvaluation and Optimization ModelsFiscal Policies and Political EconomyInsurance and Financial Risk ManagementRegional Development and Management StudiesTaxation and Compliance StudiesLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceEconomic and Fiscal Studies

Frequently asked questions about Financial Theory and Practice

Is Financial Theory and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Financial Theory and Practice: 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 Financial Theory and Practice?

Financial Theory and Practice 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 219.00.

Is Financial Theory and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Financial Theory and Practice is indexed in DOAJ.