Journal profile · Multiple
Global Public Policy and Governance
ISSN 2730-6291 · eISSN 2730-6305 · Springer Nature
Global Public Policy and Governance: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,290; median 119 days to acceptance (53 articles, last 24 months); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Public Policy and Governance is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, E-Government and Public Services and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, together about 23% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Global Public Policy and Governance (GPPG) promotes multidisciplinary research to reflect on how increasing global interdependence has shaped public policy and governance in its values, structures, dynamics, and consequences, and vice versa. The journal welcomes organizational, administrative, managerial, and policy-based research that explores public sector reforms and developments in an increasingly globalized world. GPPG encourages innovative public administration research that breaks through current theoretical paradigms embedded in sovereignty boundaries. We welcome empirical work, case studies and theoretical inquiry that present new models and paradigms. GPPG is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish and increase knowledge in the area of global public policy and governance. Many public policy issues are globally or regionally linked, including domestic policy adoptions with regional or global relevance. The scope of GPPG covers comparative public policy and governance, domestic public policy and governance with global relevance, public policy diffusion across national borders, and regional/global policy and governance through supranational mechanisms. Publications in GPPG are not limited by areas of public policy and preference is given to topics of widespread significance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Yijia JingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 15 in mainland China (about 23%); most named Mainland China 15, United States 15, United Kingdom 12, Hong Kong, China 4, Netherlands 3 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences9.2%
- E-Government and Public ServicesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science6.1%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences6.1%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Policy Transfer and LearningSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
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
Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSSPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 115,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 157 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 30 | 13 | 88 |
| 2024 | 26 | 13 | 89 |
| 2023 | 24 | 8 | 173 |
| 2022 | 28 | 14 | 431 |
| 2021 | 28 | 16 | 414 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 22 days – 229 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (53 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 53 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,290 / EUR 3,190 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- book reviewResearch article: approximately 6,000 to 10,000 words long, with a maximum of 10,000 words (including tables, figure captions, references, and endnotes) and 12 …main text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialDouble-blind peer review This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout p…Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch article: approximately 6,000 to 10,000 words long, with a maximum of 10,000 words (including tables, figure captions, references, and endnotes) and 12 …Length not stated
- research articleResearch article: approximately 6,000 to 10,000 words long, with a maximum of 10,000 words (including tables, figure captions, references, and endnotes) and 12 …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review articleResearch article: approximately 6,000 to 10,000 words long, with a maximum of 10,000 words (including tables, figure captions, references, and endnotes) and 12 …main text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs cannot be authors Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Competing interests disclosure required Model summary
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Global Public Policy and Governance, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
Reviewer suggestions allowed Model summary
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening software may be used Model summary
the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism
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
- Springer Nature
- ISSN
- 2730-6291
- Electronic ISSN
- 2730-6305
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Public Policy and Governance
What CAS zone is Global Public Policy and Governance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Public Policy and Governance is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Political Science / Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Public Policy and Governance?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 17.
How long does peer review take at Global Public Policy and Governance?
Based on the dates recorded on 53 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 22–229 days). 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 Global Public Policy and Governance?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Global Public Policy and Governance based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 15 (about 23%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (15), United States (15) and United Kingdom (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Public Policy and Governance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Public Policy and Governance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Global Public Policy and Governance open access, and what is the APC?
Global Public Policy and Governance is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,290.
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: .