Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review
ISSN 2498-6275 · eISSN 2786-0736 · Ludovika University Press · Hungary
Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 25 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review is published by Ludovika University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Administrative Law and Governance, Taxation and Legal Issues and Digitalization, Law, and Regulation, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review, founded in 2016, is a Central European journal with global coverage, publishing original research articles, proceedings, and book reviews on all facets of public administration, public policy, and public management both on Central and Eastern Europe and other parts of the world. The journal aims to promote critical legal thinking, legal practice, and scholarly debate by providing a forum for disseminating academic research findings on the fields of public law and public finance, and through its Open Access policy, it wishes to contribute to a greater global exchange of knowledge. PGAF LR considers only previously unpublished manuscripts which present original and sound research. Publications posted on preprint servers and improved versions of preliminary publications (e.g.: working papers, PhD dissertations, etc.) are considered exceptions to the prior rule.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Lapsánszky AndrásPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hungary 11, United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Slovakia 2, Italy 1 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences13.7%
- Taxation and Legal IssuesBusiness, Management and Accounting9.1%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences7%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences6.3%
- Taxation and Compliance StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5.6%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.6%
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
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 | Q3 | 663/1162 | 42nd |
| Public Administration | Q3 | 186/248 | 25th |
| Finance | Q4 | 280/342 | 18th |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 166 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 39 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 32 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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 | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewspublishing original research articles, proceedings, and book reviewsLength not stated
- original research articlespublishing original research articles, proceedings, and book reviewsLength not stated
- proceedingspublishing original research articles, proceedings, and book reviewsLength not stated
- reviewrnal only accepts those manuscripts for review that are above 5,000 words and below 9,000 words including tables and bibliography. Tamain text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors agree to the terms of the journal's License Agreement, impling, among others, that authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication under a Creative Commons licenc that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements…
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
- Ludovika University Press
- Country or region
- Hungary
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2498-6275
- Electronic ISSN
- 2786-0736
- 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 Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review
How long does peer review take at Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 25 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 Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: 4–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hungary (11), United States (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Public Governance Administration and Finances Law Review 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .