Journal profile
Constitutionale
ISSN 2723-2492 · eISSN 2745-9322 · Faculty of Law Universitas Lampung · Indonesia
Constitutionale: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Constitutionale is published by Faculty of Law Universitas Lampung. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Indonesian Election Politics and Participation, together about 47.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
FOCUSThe Constitutionale Journal focuses on the dissemination of the constitution and the constitutional law universally. These discussions are embedded into a territory through an organization, which leads to a group attached with supreme authorization representing the society's accepted values in forms of norms that contributed obligatory rules expressed in the regulations. Furthermore, the Journal Constitutionale functionalizes law to organize social transformation according to dynamic society changes.SCOPEThe Constitutionale Journal publishes articles that consist of research or conceptual studies regarding the study of Indonesia's constitution and state administration, (local) governmental law, juridical law, constitutional court, and legislation. The journal encourages contributions on fields that have correlation or interests to the following discussions:• State’s constitution• Election law• Governmental law• Judicial court• Constitutional law• Constitutional court• Legislation and policy• citizen shift• Human Right Law• Sovereignty• Territory and population• Clarity, stability, application, and protection of human rights• The court of human rights• Representative institution• Legal system See the full list of Abstracting and Indexing. Focus and Scope Peer Review Process Open Access Policy Author Guidelines Copyright Notice Author Fees Editorial Team Peer-Reviewers List Publication Ethics Mandatory Author Declaration Research Ethics Statement Abstracting & Indexing Policy of Screening for Plagiarism
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Zulkarnain Ridlwan AffiliationPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 9, India 2, Iraq 2, Italy 1, Denmark 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences30.4%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences9.8%
- Indonesian Election Politics and ParticipationSocial Sciences7.4%
- Legal Studies and PoliciesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Legal and Policy Analysis in IndonesiaSocial Sciences5.9%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.4%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Public Administration in Developing NationsSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 92 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 20 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 2–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Mandatory Author Declaration: signed by all authors, uploaded as additional file, covers logistical and ethical issues. Model summary
Authors must understand and acknowledge the policies set out in Mandatory Author Declaration form. This is a mandatory part of the submission that covers a number of logistical and ethical issues. Mandatory Author Declaration must be signed by all authors and uploaded as an additional file.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Research ethics: highest ethical standards; approval required to publish or share identified data; compliance stated in Mandatory Author Declaration. Model summary
Constitutionale is committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in the publication process, ensuring strict oversight in several key areas. Researchers must obtain specific approval to publish or share identified data.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 10. Copyright and Licensing:
Copyright and licensing: Authors retain copyright but grant non-exclusive publishing rights to Constitutionale; articles published under CC BY-SA 4.0. Model summary
Authors retain copyright but grant a non-exclusive publishing rights to Constitutionale. For more details visit the following link: Copyright Notice. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 9. Open Access Policy
Open access: direct open access to content, research freely accessible to the public. Model summary
Constitutionale is committed to supporting the broad dissemination of knowledge and ensuring that all articles published in the journal are freely and openly accessible to the public. This allows anyone to read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, search, or link to the article text without any cost or restrictions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 11. Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy: submitted article must adhere to journal's plagiarism standards; see Policy of Screening for Plagiarism. Model summary
We enforce a strict plagiarism policy. Plagiarism is defined as the unauthorized use of someone else's work without proper attribution. Authors are required to ensure that the submitted manuscript is original and free from plagiarism, with a similarity percentage of 15% or less. Plagiarism may include: direct plagiarism (copying text without citation) self-plagiarism (reusing one's own work withou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law Universitas Lampung
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2723-2492
- Electronic ISSN
- 2745-9322
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Constitutionale
How long does peer review take at Constitutionale?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Constitutionale?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 2–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Constitutionale based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (9), India (2) and Iraq (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Constitutionale?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Constitutionale is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Constitutionale open access, and what is the APC?
Constitutionale is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .