Journal profile · LAW
Revista Catalana de Dret Public
ISSN 1885-5709 · eISSN 1885-8252 · Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya · Spain
Revista Catalana de Dret Public: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Catalana de Dret Public is published by Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human Rights and Immigration, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Administrative Law and Governance, together about 54.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human Rights and ImmigrationSocial Sciences24.5%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences16%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences14.4%
- Finance, Taxation, and GovernanceEnvironmental Science9%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences3.3%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences3.2%
- Social Sciences and PoliciesSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 392 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 8 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 10 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 49 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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-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
- Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Galician, Italian, English, French, Catalan, German
- ISSN
- 1885-5709
- Electronic ISSN
- 1885-8252
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Catalana de Dret Public
What CAS zone is Revista Catalana de Dret Public in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Catalana de Dret Public is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Revista Catalana de Dret Public?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Revista Catalana de Dret Public?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Catalana de Dret Public is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Catalana de Dret Public open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Catalana de Dret Public 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; 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: .