Journal profile
Review of Innovation and Competitiveness
ISSN 1849-8795 · eISSN 1849-9015 · Juraj Dobrila University of Pula · Croatia
Review of Innovation and Competitiveness: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 38 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Innovation and Competitiveness is published by Juraj Dobrila University of Pula. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research and Economic Growth and Productivity, together about 24.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
RIC is dedicated to promoting the distribution of important scholarly work at all levels: faculty/researchers, policymakers, economic professionals and other leading intellectuals studying innovation and competitiveness both on the micro and macro levels. The Journal is interested in both theoretical and applied research with an emphasis on topics in international trade, factors conditions, demand conditions, firm strategy, structure and rivalry, human resource endowments, R&D capabilities, new technology adoption, managerial and organizational factors, models and process of innovation, innovation law and policy, innovation networks, technical change, marketing innovation, clusters and networks and other topics falling within the field of economics of innovation. RIC is not tied to any particular strand of theory, academic discipline, or subject of research in the field of economic science investigating the economics of innovation and competitiveness. RIC will endeavor to provide concise and accessible reviews on the most important technical and socio-economic factors driving information technology industries. In pursuit of its program, RIC will try to explain what is happening in the race for global innovation advantage, explain the economic decline in the most developed economies of the 21st century, change and dynamics in the innovation and innovation policies worldwide, building innovation advantage in order to overcome barriers to innovation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Marinko ŠkarePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences6.3%
- Economic Growth and ProductivityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- International Business and FDIBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
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, Crossref
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
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 111 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 69 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 83 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 73 |
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 38 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 38 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright
Authors retain full copyright to their works. By submitting an article for publication, authors assign to the publisher the necessary publication rights, including the right to first publication and the right to publish and distribute the article in print and electronic form. When publishing, the magazine uses the Creative Commons license: attribution CC BY. Creative Commons License This work is l…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Articles are available online to a wide audience. There is no publication fee for the online open-access publication. There is no subscription fee for the Journal's online version. The online version of this Journal is open-access. The content is freely available without charge to the user. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articl…
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
- Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
- Country or region
- Croatia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1849-8795
- Electronic ISSN
- 1849-9015
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Innovation and Competitiveness
How long does peer review take at Review of Innovation and Competitiveness?
Authors report an average review time of about 38 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 Review of Innovation and Competitiveness?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Innovation and Competitiveness is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Review of Innovation and Competitiveness open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Innovation and Competitiveness 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: .