International Journal of Public Law and Policy

International Journal of Public Law and Policy is published by Inderscience Publishers. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Administrative Law and Governance, International Law and Human Rights and Criminal Law and Policy, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Traditional issues of public international law (including treaty law, institutional law and dispute settlement) Human rightsForeign and security policy, migrationTrade and investmentTaxationFinancial regulationCompetitionIntellectual propertyEnvironment, energy and food securityDigitalisation and data protection More on this journal... ObjectivesIJPLAP's main objective is to be the leading forum for information and critical discussion from a variety of international perspectives in the constantly evolving area of law and government. The world is changing fast and governments are facing many public policy challenges, legal issues of public interest and public policy relating to the many political, economic and social issues, in an open and uncensored intellectual discussion. A major factor is the transition to the online world. This is reshaping public law and needs to scrutinised from a broad range of perspectives and disciplines as outlined below. IJPLAP aims to publish critical works of the highest quality exploring leading issues in depth. It seeks to promotes awareness, knowledge and discussion on matters of public law and examines global trends that carry public policy implications. It is committed to facilitating critical and creative thinking and to exploring new directions and perspectives. ReadershipIJPLAP readership includes academics, practitioners, judges, legislators and policy-makers around the world. It is essential reading for academics and practitioners who need to stay abreast of recent developments in public law and cutting edge public policy issues.ContentsIJPLAP encourages the submission of original papers, case studies, commentaries, review articles and scholarly articles exploring leading issues from lawyers and social scientists worldwide.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law

Editor-in-chief Giuseppe MastruzzoPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

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Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-11-01

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.1Publisher website · 2026-11-01

SJR 2026-06

0.15LetPub · 2026-11-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.36LetPub · 2026-11-01

h-index

13OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

15OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.38OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Submission fee

Open Access

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Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

ISSN

2044-7663

Electronic ISSN

2044-7671

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex