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Public Sector Economics

Institute of Public Finance · Croatia · Est. 1983

ISSN2459-8860eISSN2459-8860

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.195

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.396

Total Worksi

345

Total Citationsi

1,593

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal welcomes original theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented papers that examine the role and functioning of the public sector at the macroeconomic, sectoral, and microeconomic levels.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Frequencyfour times a year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications345

Publisher OrgInstitute of Public Finance

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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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?

2459-8860 / 2459-8860

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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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

404

2019

119

2020

134

2021

116

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 and EconometricsQ4

FinanceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsPublic Administration

Scopus Categories

FinanceEconomics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthFiscal Policies and Political EconomyMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationTaxation and Compliance StudiesCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisGlobal Health Care IssuesRetirement, Disability, and Employment

Frequently asked questions about Public Sector Economics

Is Public Sector Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Sector Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Public Sector Economics?

Public Sector Economics 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 0.46.

Is Public Sector Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Sector Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Public Sector Economics?