Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals
ISSN 1886-2632 · eISSN 2014-8658 · Institut d'Estudis Autonomics · Spain
Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 17 weeks (community reports); indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals is published by Institut d'Estudis Autonomics. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Political Systems and Governance, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 54.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The REAF-JSG (Revista d'Estudis Autonòmics i Federals - Journal of Self-Government) is a biannual academic journal focussed on federalism, intergovernmental relations, self-government and processes of decentralization. Legal, political science and economic perspectives are welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences29.8%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences14%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Spanish History and PoliticsArts and Humanities8.8%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences7%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences3.5%
- Minority Rights and LanguagesSocial Sciences3.5%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences1.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | Q4 | 879/1162 | — |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q4 | 1245/1530 | — |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 611/745 | — |
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
Carhus Plus, Dialnet, Latindex, RACO, SJR, MIAR, CIRC, EuroPub, DICE, ROADPublisher 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
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 19 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright and licenses
Copyright The REAF-JSG is published by the Generalitat de Catalunya, Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern, that holds the copyright. Licenses All REAF-JSG articles are open access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Atributtion license (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives - "CC BY-NC-ND" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), that is: You are …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Submitted manuscripts are firstly considered for evaluation by the members of the Editorial Board. Articles accepted to be evaluated undergo a double-peer anonymous evaluation process. Authors would receive the reviewers'evaluation form four weeks after the submission of their articles, in average. Authors have one month to revise their articles according to the reviewers' suggestions and comments…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism policy
If any plagiarism is detected at any stage before publication (by editors, peer-reviewers, publication staff...), the Editorial Board may take several actions, being the most severe the rejection of the article, the banning of the author from the journal and the communication of such a dishonest practice to her/his institution. We are currently working (January 2020) on defining the REAF code of p…
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
- Institut d'Estudis Autonomics
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, Catalan
- ISSN
- 1886-2632
- Electronic ISSN
- 2014-8658
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals
How long does peer review take at Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals?
Authors report an average review time of about 17 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 d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals open access, and what is the APC?
Revista d'Estudis Autonomics i Federals 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: .