Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Institutiones Administrationis
ISSN 2786-1929 · Universitas-Győr Nonprofit Ltd. · Hungary
Institutiones Administrationis: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Institutiones Administrationis is published by Universitas-Győr Nonprofit Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Administrative Law and Governance, Public Policy and Administration Research and Local Government Finance and Decentralization, together about 27.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Institutiones Administrationis – Journal of Administrative Sciences, founded in 2021, is a Central and Eastern European journal with global coverage. The journal publishes articles on all facets of public administration, public law, constitutional law, public policy, public management, and fiscal administration both on the region and other parts of the globe. The journal aims to facilitate a forum for scholarly discussion that may promote and contribute to critical legal thinking, legal practice, and academic research. The editors are also interested in comparative or multidisciplinary analyses, and in submissions addressing the history of public administration and public law. The journal considers only previously unpublished manuscripts which present original research supported by sound arguments. Publications posted on preprint servers and modified versions of preliminary publications (e.g.: in working papers, PhD dissertations, etc.) are considered exceptions to the prior rule. All published articles are subject to a double-blind peer review process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Editor-in-chief Lapsánszky AndrásPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hungary 14, Poland 8, Czechia 6, Slovakia 4, Taiwan, China 1 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences11.9%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences8.5%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences6.8%
- Taxation and Legal IssuesBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences5.1%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences5.1%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences4.6%
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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 107 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 19 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 31 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 10 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewrnal only accepts those manuscripts for review that are above 5,000 words and below 9,000 words including tables and bibliography. Tamain text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors agree to retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal’s published versio…
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
- Universitas-Győr Nonprofit Ltd.
- Country or region
- Hungary
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2786-1929
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Institutiones Administrationis
How long does peer review take at Institutiones Administrationis?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Institutiones Administrationis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 4–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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 Institutiones Administrationis based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hungary (14), Poland (8) and Czechia (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Institutiones Administrationis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Institutiones Administrationis is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Institutiones Administrationis open access, and what is the APC?
Institutiones Administrationis is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .