Journal profile
Jurnal Mercatoria
ISSN 1979-8652 · eISSN 2541-5913 · Universitas Medan Area · Indonesia
Jurnal Mercatoria: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jurnal Mercatoria is published by Universitas Medan Area. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies, Legal Studies and Policies and Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia, together about 63% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief M. Citra RamadhanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 32, Malaysia 3, Spain 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences29.9%
- Legal Studies and PoliciesSocial Sciences23.6%
- Legal and Policy Analysis in IndonesiaSocial Sciences9.5%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences6.6%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences3.4%
- Intellectual Property LawSocial Sciences2.1%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences2.1%
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
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 173 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 19 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 31 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 56 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 105 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 83 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 82 |
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-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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Official Website of UMA Open Access Journals
The UMA Open Access Journals provides quality journal publication services to documenting and preserving scientific article from the results of your research.
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 Medan Area
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- Indonesian
- ISSN
- 1979-8652
- Electronic ISSN
- 2541-5913
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jurnal Mercatoria
How long does peer review take at Jurnal Mercatoria?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of Jurnal Mercatoria based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (32), Malaysia (3) and Spain (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Jurnal Mercatoria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jurnal Mercatoria is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Jurnal Mercatoria open access, and what is the APC?
Jurnal Mercatoria 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; 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: .