Journal profile
Policy Perspectives
ISSN 1085-7087 · George Washington University · United States
Policy Perspectives: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 27 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Policy Perspectives is published by George Washington University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, Public Administration and Governance and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Policy Perspectives is the public policy and public administration journal published by graduate students at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University. It publishes scholarly articles on a wide range of topics important to public policy and aims to be accessible to interested readers within and outside the Trachtenberg community.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences15.2%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences10%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences5.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Politics, Economics, and Education PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences4%
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.7%
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 365 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 13 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 10 |
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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-ND | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- George Washington University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1085-7087
- 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 Policy Perspectives
How long does peer review take at Policy Perspectives?
Authors report an average review time of about 27 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 Policy Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Policy Perspectives is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Policy Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Policy Perspectives 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: .