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Public and Municipal Finance
ISSN 2222-1867 · eISSN 2222-1875 · LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" · Ukraine
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Public and Municipal Finance: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public and Municipal Finance is published by LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives". By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies and Economic Issues in Ukraine, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal "Public and Municipal Finance" was created to expand the possibilities of authors specializing in a rather narrow research topic, and to present their results to a wide range of specialists.Based on a careful expert selection, the Journal seeks to provide stakeholders (politicians, civil servants, finance professionals, economists, etc.) with theoretical and empirical research on innovation in the management of changing public and municipal finance systems that is of interest to an international audience.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences14.6%
- Economic Growth and Fiscal PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.2%
- Economic Issues in UkraineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12%
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
- Fiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.1%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Taxation and Compliance StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Local Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 230/1162 | 80th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 208/744 | 72nd |
| Public Administration | Q2 | 102/248 | 59th |
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 100/235 | 57th |
| Finance | Q2 | 160/342 | 53rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLCPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2059
- 3,792Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 254 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 235 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 215 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 189 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 228 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 103 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 102 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,395 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 695 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 695 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,395 / EUR 995 / EUR 895 | — | — |
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 accepted1
- editorialAll manuscripts submitted to the "Public and Municipal Finance" Journal are double-blind peer reviewed. Limited Liability Company “Consulting Publishing Company…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics
All manuscripts submitted to the "Public and Municipal Finance" Journal are double-blind peer reviewed. Limited Liability Company “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives” is the publisher of the Journal. The Company is a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and follows Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The Journal is a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
LLC “CPC "Business Perspectives” protects your rights as an author and guarantees that any juridical information and questions regarding author’s right will be regulated. Open-access articlesAuthors whose articles are published in open-access retain copyright to the content of the articles. The publisher is granted the right to make the first publication of the article. Open access articles can be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Journal is committed to full open access for scholarly publications. All articles are available to all users immediately upon publication (without registration on the site and embargo period). By "open access" to this [research] literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Statement
All manuscripts that are being sent for an external peer review, are screened for originality. By submitting their manuscripts to the journal authors are agreeing to any necessary originality checks the manuscript may have to undergo during the publication process. The Publishing Company "Business Perspectives" advocates adherence to the principles of ethics and integrity of science, which is why …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy
The Journals self-archiving policy is presented on the SHERPA/RoMEO site. The author may deposit pre-print version of the paper (manuscript by the author, submitted to the journal, before peer-review and without any editorial amendments) to any platform anytime with acknowledgement to the Publisher and the Journal (acknowledgement should be made as follows: "This is a pre-peer-reviewed version of …
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Public and Municipal Finance
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesEUR 1,395 (DOAJ), waivers availableFee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 12 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"
- Country or region
- Ukraine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2222-1867
- Electronic ISSN
- 2222-1875
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public and Municipal Finance
How long does peer review take at Public and Municipal Finance?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Public and Municipal Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public and Municipal Finance is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Public and Municipal Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Public and Municipal Finance is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .