Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy

Croatian Yearbook of European Law & Policy is published by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European and International Law Studies, European Union Policy and Governance and European Criminal Justice and Data Protection, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Croatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal specialising in EU law and policy. It seeks to advance academic scholarship and postgraduate education, develop European academic networking, create professional opportunities for law academics, and promote academic reflection on European law and European values. The specific angle of the Yearbook aims to be critical, realistic and multidisciplinary. The editors recognise that significant answers to legal questions can be found only in a wider political, economic and social context. The editors welcome contributions on a wide range of European topics. Submission of Manuscripts CYELP publishes articles, notes, reports, comments, book reviews, editorial notes and editorial comments. CYELP does not charge article processing or submission fees. All manuscripts should be submitted online at www.cyelp.com (through the ‘Open Journal Systems’ software). Authors should follow the submission instructions provided on the specified website. These instructions relate particularly to the submission’s prior publication, layout, citation system, and methods of ensuring the anonymity of the review process. By submitting their manuscripts to CYELP, authors confirm that their articles represent original work, and have not been previously or simultaneously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. All published articles, notes, and comments are subject to a double-blind peer review procedure. According to the Croatian Classification System, contributions published as ‘articles’ are designated as ‘izvorni znanstveni rad’, and those published as ‘comments’, ‘reports’ and ‘notes’ are designated as ‘pregledni znanstveni rad’. Licence and Copyright All manuscripts published in CYELP are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution − Non-Commercial − No Derivatives 4.0 International License. This permits anyone to copy and redistribute their work in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes provided the original work and source are appropriately cited. For all manuscripts published in CYELP, the copyright remains with the author(s). This means that the author(s) grant the right of first publication to the Yearbook, while retaining the copyright to their manuscripts (accepted for publication or published in CYELP), and may republish these, in full or in part, in other publications, books or materials. However, the following conditions should be met: the manuscript is published op

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): LAW

Editor-in-chief Nika Bačić SelanecPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of SciencePublisher website

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.26LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

15OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

42OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.25OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

95.45%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 25 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 25 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law

Country or region

Croatia

Language

English

ISSN

1845-5662

Official links

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• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
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