Journal profile
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs
ISSN 2474-1078 · Portland State University · United States
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs: fully open access; no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs is published by Portland State University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, Cuban History and Society and Public Administration and Governance, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs will include submissions under the following categories: original research articles, research briefs, critical responses to research, book reviews, field reports from practitioners, policy memos, review essays, and other forms of informative contribution.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Carlos Andrés AriasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences12.7%
- Cuban History and SocietySocial Sciences10.1%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.6%
- International Relations and Foreign PolicySocial Sciences5.1%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences5.1%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences5.1%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences5.1%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences3.8%
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
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 99 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- articles forthcoming in an archival journal or book
Article types accepted3
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- policy briefPolicy BriefLength not stated
- policy memoPolicy MemoLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Originality: no prior or forthcoming publication in archival journal or book; working-paper series does not count as prior publication. Model summary
Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Rights for Authors and PDXScholar
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Model summary
As a condition of publication in Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs, all authors agree to the following terms of licensing/copyright ownership: All works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs retains a non-exclusive license to publish the work, but copyright for al…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Acc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Quality Control and Peer Review
Double-blind peer review with two reviewers per manuscript. Model summary
Articles published in this journal undergo double blind peer review. Two reviewers read each manuscript, and accept or reject based on their expertise and assessment of the manuscript. Editors provide the review contents to authors, ensure the feedback is incorporated for accepted articles, and upload the revised versions. A publication checklist with formatting requirements is completed for each …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy: rejection during review; correction or retraction after publication. Model summary
If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected. If plagiarism is detected after publication, we may publish a correction or retract the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Final manuscript must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file convertible to PDF. Model summary
It is the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a Microsoft Word file that can be converted to a PDF file.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving permitted for published, accepted, or submitted versions. Model summary
Authors are permitted to post their work (published, accepted, or submitted versions) online in institutional/disciplinary repositories or on their own websites.
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
- Portland State University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2474-1078
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs
How long does peer review take at Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs open access, and what is the APC?
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs 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: .