Journal profile
Peace Human Rights Governance
ISSN 2532-649X · eISSN 2532-3474 · Padova University Press · Italy
Peace Human Rights Governance: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Peace Human Rights Governance is published by Padova University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Peacebuilding and International Security, Political Conflict and Governance and International Law and Human Rights, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Peace Human Rights Governance (PHRG) is the peer-reviewed journal of the University of Padova Human Rights Centre 'Antonio Papisca'. The journal is completely open access. PHRG constitutes a scientific resource within the growing and multi-faceted human rights studies community. It aims to publish original contributions to emerging debates at the crossroads between human rights, peace and governance issues, while actively favouring the development of a sound multi- (and inter) disciplinary and multi-level approach to research and dissemination on these matters.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Marco MasciaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Peacebuilding and International SecuritySocial Sciences12.3%
- Political Conflict and GovernanceSocial Sciences10.5%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences8.8%
- Global Peace and Security DynamicsSocial Sciences5.3%
- African Studies and EthnographySocial Sciences5.3%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences3.5%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceSocial Sciences3.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.04OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 26 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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-SA | |
| 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)
Article types accepted5
- book reviewsPHRG mainly publishes five types of original scholarly contributions: research articles, practitioner papers (human rights field notes), policy papers, review p…Length not stated
- policy papersPHRG mainly publishes five types of original scholarly contributions: research articles, practitioner papers (human rights field notes), policy papers, review p…Length not stated
- practitioner papers (human rights field notes)PHRG mainly publishes five types of original scholarly contributions: research articles, practitioner papers (human rights field notes), policy papers, review p…Length not stated
- research articlesPHRG mainly publishes five types of original scholarly contributions: research articles, practitioner papers (human rights field notes), policy papers, review p…Length not stated
- review papersPHRG mainly publishes five types of original scholarly contributions: research articles, practitioner papers (human rights field notes), policy papers, review p…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-SA license Model summary
All scientific content is shared under a CC BY-SA license, unless otherwise noted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access policy
PPHRG provides immediate open access to its contents on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
PHRG Editors make an initial quality screening process before selecting articles for refereeing. The papers judged to be of insufficient interest or scientific quality may be desk-rejected without formal review. These decisions may be based on informal advice by external experts. Articles passing the screening process are sent out for peer review. Editors aim to reach a first decision on all artic…
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
- Padova University Press
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2532-649X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2532-3474
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Peace Human Rights Governance
How long does peer review take at Peace Human Rights Governance?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Peace Human Rights Governance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Peace Human Rights Governance is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Peace Human Rights Governance open access, and what is the APC?
Peace Human Rights Governance 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: .