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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
68
/ 100
Established
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ WoS ESCI56
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total68
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
25
weeks to publish · journal-reported
Slow · vs ~15 wk median
Q3
SJR Rank
Top 75% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.221
H-Indexi
5
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.447
Total Worksi
156
Total Citationsi
145
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.44
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

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

9/12 · 75%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Public Service, Ludovika University Press
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2786-0736
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
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
Citations received
14
13
2019
11
19
2020
19
24
2021
8
15
2022
25
40
2023
15
14
2024
17
6
2025
9
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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

FinanceQ3
LawQ3
Public AdministrationQ3

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

Frequently asked questions about Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review

Is Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review?

Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 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 0.44.

Is Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review?

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 contrib

How much does it cost to publish in Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review?

Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.

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