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Global Public Policy and Governance

Springer · China · Est. 2021

ISSN2730-6305

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.644

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.053

Total Worksi

141

Total Citationsi

971

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Political Science; Public Administration; Political Science and International Relations; Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications141

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2730-6305

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

406

2021

415

2022

172

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.

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

DevelopmentQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Public AdministrationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Political SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

Political Science and International RelationsPublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Policy and Administration ResearchSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceLocal Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Policy and Reform StudiesE-Government and Public ServicesPolicy Transfer and LearningClimate Change Policy and EconomicsChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceCorruption and Economic DevelopmentInternational Development and Aid

Frequently asked questions about Global Public Policy and Governance

Is Global Public Policy and Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Public Policy and Governance: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Global Public Policy and Governance?

Global Public Policy and Governance 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 1.69.

Is Global Public Policy and Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Public Policy and Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Global Public Policy and Governance?