Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
ISSN 2001-7405 · eISSN 2001-7413 · University of Gothenburg · Sweden
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration is published by University of Gothenburg. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Policy and Administration Research, Management and Organizational Studies and Public Administration and Political Analysis, together about 54.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences37.1%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences8.8%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.7%
- Evaluation and Performance AssessmentDecision Sciences3.6%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences3.5%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences2.7%
- Public Administration in Developing NationsSocial Sciences2.7%
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
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 348/1162 | 70th |
| Public Administration | Q3 | 128/248 | 48th |
| Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 133/235 | 43rd |
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
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 368 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 192 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 258 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 286 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 233 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 231 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 202 |
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 52 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 | |
| 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
- University of Gothenburg
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English, Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 2001-7405
- Electronic ISSN
- 2001-7413
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration
How long does peer review take at Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 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 Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration open access, and what is the APC?
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration 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: .