Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Croatian and Comparative Public Administration
ISSN 1848-0357 · eISSN 1849-2150 · Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration
Croatian and Comparative Public Administration: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Croatian and Comparative Public Administration is published by Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Regional Development and Management Studies, Local Government Finance and Decentralization and European and International Law Studies, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editor-in-chief izv. prof. dr. sc. Vedran ĐulabićPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Regional Development and Management StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.7%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences10.5%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences8.1%
- Ombudsman and Human RightsSocial Sciences7.1%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.8%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences6.3%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences6%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Index Copernicus International (Warsaw, Poland)Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 295 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 7 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 18 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 56 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration
- ISSN
- 1848-0357
- Electronic ISSN
- 1849-2150
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Croatian and Comparative Public Administration
What CAS zone is Croatian and Comparative Public Administration in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Croatian and Comparative Public Administration?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Croatian and Comparative Public Administration open access, and what is the APC?
Croatian and Comparative Public Administration is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .