Nonprofit Policy Forum
Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2010
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Aims & Scope
The mission of Nonprofit Policy Forum ( NPF ) is to serve as an international journal that publishes original research and analysis on public policy issues and the public policy process critical to the work of nonprofit organizations. NPF provides a forum and an authoritative and accessible source of information for scholars, leaders, and policy-makers worldwide. A primary goal of NPF is to provide nonprofit leaders and policy-makers with readily accessible and relevant scholarly research. In addition to being an accessible source of information, NPF creates a publishing venue for the expanding population of nonprofit-public policy scholars. Because the field of nonprofit studies is interdisciplinary in nature, the range of disciplines for both authors and readers spans a wide array of interests. Major topics addressed in the journal include: 1) various dimensions of the government/nonprofit relationship comprising but not limited to: government funding of nonprofit service delivery, government regulation of the nonprofit sector, and nonprofit advocacy activities aimed at influencing government policy; 2) issues related to blurring sector boundaries such as: hybrid organizational forms, social enterprises, and social investment; 3) transnational non-governmental organizations and cross-national NGO/nonprofit issues; and 4) developments in particular policy fields (e.g., health, human services, arts) and their effects on nonprofits.
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Publication & Citation Trend
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Frequently asked questions about Nonprofit Policy Forum
Is Nonprofit Policy Forum a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of Nonprofit Policy Forum?
Nonprofit Policy Forum 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 0.84.
Is Nonprofit Policy Forum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Nonprofit Policy Forum is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Nonprofit Policy Forum?
The mission of Nonprofit Policy Forum ( NPF ) is to serve as an international journal that publishes original research and analysis on public policy issues and the public policy process critical to the work of nonprofit organizations. NPF provides a forum and an authoritative and accessible source of information for scholars, leaders, and policy-makers worldwide. A primary goal of NPF is to provide nonprofit leaders and policy-makers with readily accessible and relevant scholarly research. In addition to being an accessible source of information, NPF creates a publishing venue for the expandin
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