Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services
ISSN 2686-2085 · eISSN 2686-2611 · Universitas Negeri Semarang · Indonesia
Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 30 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 45% (journal website); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services is published by Universitas Negeri Semarang. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies, Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia and Legal Studies and Policies, together about 56.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services records and analyzes the multitude of ways that advocacy by groups, movements and lobbying professionals (including legal professionals) can work to influence policy. It also provides a focal point for significant current discussions about how these specialized interests are mobilized and maintained. The Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services ranges widely across the international landscape of laws, politics, and society, identifying the forces, strategies, and tactics that determine policy change. The articles published here reflect a diversity of methodologies. The coverage includes studies that address theoretical issues, reports rigorous empirical work, and presents insight on change agents, their behavior and their impact. In a field long dominated by Indonesian legal science, the journal reflects the widening geographical footprint of advocacy and legal services. Lobbyists have proliferated, and advocacy spending has increased in Indonesia, Southeast Asian, as well as in states, provinces and localities around the world. The Journal synthesizes this territorial expansion with broadened interest in the number and type of advocacy organizations. Also noted is the changing nature of advocates, including multi-national corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and social movements - so divergent from textbook stereotypes of interest groups - that seek to influence public policies. Although the Journal is anchored within legal and political science, it publishes research based in such other disciplines as economics, sociology, psychology, and history. Also covered are social movement scholarship and public affairs, which form important components of the process of competitive advocacy that today often functions as a proxy for democratic contestation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Aprila NiravitaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 15, Netherlands 3, Australia 2, United States 1, India 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences32.3%
- Legal and Policy Analysis in IndonesiaSocial Sciences13.2%
- Legal Studies and PoliciesSocial Sciences11%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences4.4%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences2.8%
- Local Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences2.5%
- Intellectual Property LawSocial Sciences2.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 777/1162 | 33rd |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 526/744 | 29th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 1111/1530 | 27th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 171 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 29 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 26 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 48 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 62 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 56 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | IDR 3,000,000 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| 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
- Universitas Negeri Semarang
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2686-2085
- Electronic ISSN
- 2686-2611
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services
How long does peer review take at Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 45%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (15), Netherlands (3) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services open access, and what is the APC?
Indonesian Journal of Advocacy and Legal Services is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .