Journal profile
Der offentliche Sektor
ISSN 1563-4604 · eISSN 2412-3862 · Fachbereich Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik, TU Wien · Austria
Der offentliche Sektor: fully open access; no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Der offentliche Sektor is published by Fachbereich Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik, TU Wien. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Local Governance and Planning, Urban Planning and Governance and Public Policy and Administration Research, together about 30.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal “The Public Sector” is a major forum for debate on the role and challenges of public intervention, with a particular focus on the relationship between economic and social change, policy design and policy impact on different spatial levels. The journal is multidisciplinary and brings together contributions from public economics, urban and regional planning, infrastructure policy, fiscal policy, environmental economics, land use policy and planning, planning law, real estate management and housing economics, political science, urban sociology and related fields. More...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences13.6%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences8.5%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences8.1%
- Urban Planning and ValuationEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5.5%
- transportation and logistics systemsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences4.3%
- German Economic Analysis & PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 186 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Fachbereich Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik, TU Wien
- Country or region
- Austria
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 1563-4604
- Electronic ISSN
- 2412-3862
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Der offentliche Sektor
How long does peer review take at Der offentliche Sektor?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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.
Is Der offentliche Sektor open access, and what is the APC?
Der offentliche Sektor is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .