Journal profile
Journal of Regulatory Science
ISSN 2377-3537 · Texas Digital Library · United States
Journal of Regulatory Science: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 5 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Regulatory Science is published by Texas Digital Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural safety and regulations, Healthcare Regulation and Regulation and Compliance Studies, together about 34.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Regulatory Science (JRS) is an online open-access journal intended for scholars with an interest in regulatory science. The JRS publishes free of charge, peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, proposed standard evaluations and rapid communications to advance the discipline of regulatory science. Authors who submit articles for publishing are not charged an submission and/or article processing fees. In addition, readers and subscribers are not charged any fees for accessing the articles published by the JRS. The JRS is devoted to the consideration of risk management tools, standards, and practices to improve the protection and compliance of regulated products. It is the mission of the JRS to facilitate an open dialogue among regulatory scientists from the global community. The JRS follows a continuous publication model, which allows for quicker publication of manuscripts, benefitting both contributors and readers. Each year, beginning in January, articles will be published throughout the year, as soon as they go through the usual peer review and production process. At the end of the year, the issue will be closed, and the next year’s issue will begin again the following January. JRS is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ indexes and provides access to high quality, open-access, peer-reviewed journals. To be included in DOAJ, a journal must meet standards for open access, journal website information, ISSN, quality control process, licensing, and copyright. The scope of the JRS is comprehensive and includes the regulation of food and feed, the environment, drugs, transportation, communications, and other related fields. Topics addressed by the JRS include: Risk Analysis Process (Assessing, Managing and Communicating Risk) Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls Food contamination and adulteration; Monitoring and Surveillance of Food Contaminants Cost-benefit Analysis of Regulations Social and Political Impact of Regulations and Policies Implementation of Quality System within a regulatory infrastructure Implementation of ISO Standards and Accreditation Regulation, standardization, and codes practices; Product Safety Gap analysis, implementation, and evaluation of regulatory practices and improvement; Regulatory Science Education, training and outreach Current Events
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural safety and regulationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences16%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions10.5%
- Regulation and Compliance StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.4%
- Genetically Modified Organisms ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine4.2%
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
DOAJLetPub
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
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 138 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 81 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 94 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 94 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 59 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 62 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-NC | |
| 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- policy commentariesPolicy Commentaries Presents an evaluation of a regulatory standard, impact analysis of a regulatory standard, or related investigations. (length up to 8,000 wo…Length not stated
- rapid communicationPresents a singular point of immediate interest to the regulatory community in response to a current or pending incident that may include an inspection techniqu…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles Description or evaluation of a book or other materials of interest to the general audience in regulatory science. Should be broad in scope and b…Length not stated
- scientific articlesScientific Articles Original research to advance the science of creating tools, standards, and practices to improve the protection and compliance of regulated p…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Authorship
Author warranties: publication approved by all co-authors and responsible authorities; copyright has not been breached in seeking publication. Model summary
The publication of the submission has been approved by all co-authors and responsible authorities at the institute or organization where the work has been carried out. Copyright has not been breached in seeking publication of the submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Privacy: names and email addresses entered in the journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright and licensing: authors retain copyright and grant JRS right of first publication; third parties may use, reproduce, and share the article under CC BY-NC 4.0. Model summary
By submitting content to the Journal of Regulatory Science (JRS), authors agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the JRS the right of first publication. Authors retain patent, trademark, and other intellectual property rights (including research data) and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons — Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Open access: articles are free to use with proper acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal. Model summary
All articles in the JRS are published open access, which enables the dissemination of research articles to the global community without restriction through the internet. Thus, all articles published under open access can be accessed by anyone with internet connection and are freely accessible to everyone immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Submissions: the journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Model summary
The Journal of Regulatory Science is committed to transparency in the review process and aims to provide authors with fair and timely reviews. All submitted manuscripts undergo a single-blind peer review process prior to publication. In a single-blind review system, reviewers are kept anonymous from the authors. The typical period of time allowed for reviews is 4 weeks from the initial review requ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving of papers published open access
Self-archiving: authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process. Model summary
Authors publishing in the JRS are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF in their institutional repository or any suitable subject repository on publication and allow open access to their papers.
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
- Texas Digital Library
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2377-3537
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Regulatory Science
How long does peer review take at Journal of Regulatory Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Journal of Regulatory Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Regulatory Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Regulatory Science is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Regulatory Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Regulatory Science 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .