Journal profile · PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Journal of Public Procurement
ISSN 1535-0118 · eISSN 2150-6930 · Emerald
Journal of Public Procurement: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Public Procurement is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Procurement and Policy, Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management and Public-Private Partnership Projects, together about 51.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Procurement and PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting33.3%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.9%
- Public-Private Partnership ProjectsBusiness, Management and Accounting7.7%
- Construction Project Management and PerformanceDecision Sciences7.5%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences6.2%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- Corruption and Economic DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.4%
- Legal Issues in South AfricaSocial Sciences2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | 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
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
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 210OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 472 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 11 | 20 |
| 2025 | 43 | 20 | 111 |
| 2024 | 21 | 7 | 112 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6 | 327 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6 | 140 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5 | 383 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1535-0118
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-6930
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Procurement
What CAS zone is Journal of Public Procurement in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Public Procurement is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Public Procurement?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Public Procurement is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Public Procurement open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Public Procurement is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .