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Journal of Local Government Issues

Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang · Indonesia · Est. 2018

ISSN2620-8091eISSN2620-3812
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
H-Indexi
7
Total Worksi
146
Total Citationsi
368
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.28
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Local Government Issues (LOGOS) is the journal of the Department of Government Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, which aims to encourage discussion, sharing, and debate on local government issues including governance, local politics, public policy, public services, elections, e-government, government leadership, urban politics, and other relevant topics. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars from the humanities and social sciences with research interests in poor, developing, and developed countries.

General Information

Country / RegionIndonesia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2018
Frequency2 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications146
Publisher OrgUniversitas Muhammadiyah Semarang
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-SA
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2620-8091 / 2620-3812
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
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
20
55
2019
15
47
2020
14
34
2021
19
110
2022
14
51
2023
16
13
2024
24
8
2025
8
0
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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

SMEs Development and Digital MarketingLocal Governance and DevelopmentIndonesian Election Politics and ParticipationPublic Administration in Developing NationsCommunity-based Tourism Development and SustainabilityEconomic Growth and Fiscal PoliciesIslamic Finance and CommunicationAsian Studies and HistoryLegal Studies and PoliciesAgricultural and Environmental Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Local Government Issues

Is Journal of Local Government Issues a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Local Government Issues: 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 Journal of Local Government Issues?

Journal of Local Government Issues 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 0.28.

Is Journal of Local Government Issues indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Local Government Issues is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Local Government Issues?

Journal of Local Government Issues (LOGOS) is the journal of the Department of Government Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, which aims to encourage discussion, sharing, and debate on local government issues including governance, local politics, public policy, public services, elections, e-government, government leadership, urban politics, and other relevant topics. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars from the humanities and social sciences with research interests in poor, developing, and developed countries.

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