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Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review

University of Public Service, Ludovika University Press · Hungary · Est. 2016

ISSN2786-0736

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.178

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.447

Total Works

156

Total Citations

145

2yr Mean Citedness

0.44

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Aims & Scope

Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review , founded in 2016, is a Central European journal with global coverage, publishing original research articles, proceedings, and book reviews on all facets of public administration, public policy, and public management both on Central and Eastern Europe and other parts of the world. The journal aims to promote critical legal thinking, legal practice, and scholarly debate by providing a forum for disseminating academic research findings on the fields of public law and public finance, and through its Open Access policy, it wishes to contribute to a greater global exchange of knowledge.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionHungary

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications156

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~25 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Public Service, Ludovika University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2786-0736

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

LawQ3

FinanceQ4

Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawFinancePublic Administration

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic and Fiscal StudiesTaxation and Legal IssuesPolish Law and Legal SystemOmbudsman and Human RightsEuropean and International Law StudiesHungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionLocal Governance and PlanningLegal and Policy IssuesJudicial and Constitutional Studies