Journal profile
Technology and Regulation
ISSN 2666-139X · openjournals.nl · Netherlands
Technology and Regulation: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Technology and Regulation is published by openjournals.nl. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digitalization, Law, and Regulation, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Diverse Legal and Medical Studies, together about 58.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Technology and Regulation (TechReg) is an international journal of law, technology and society, with an interdisciplinary identity. TechReg provides an online platform for disseminating original research on the legal and regulatory challenges posed by existing and emerging technologies (and their applications) including, but by no means limited to, the Internet and digital technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, neurotechnology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, energy and climate change technology, and health and food technology. We conceive of regulation broadly to encompass ways of dealing with, ordering and understanding technologies and their consequences, such as through legal regulation, competition, social norms and standards, and technology design (or in Lessig’s terms: law, market, norms and architecture). We aim to address critical and sometimes controversial questions such as: How do new technologies shape society both positively and negatively? Should technology development be steered towards societal goals, and if so, which goals and how? What are the benefits and dangers of regulating human behavior through technology? What is the most appropriate response to technological innovation, in general or in particular cases? It is in this sense that TechReg is intrinsically interdisciplinary: we believe that legal and regulatory debates on technology are inextricable from societal, political and economic concerns, and that therefore technology regulation requires a multidisciplinary, integrated approach. Through a combination of monodisciplinary, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary articles, the journal aims to contribute to an integrated vision of law, technology and society. We invite original, well-researched and methodologically rigorous submissions from academics and practitioners, including policy makers, on a wide range of research areas such as privacy and data protection, security, surveillance, cybercrime, intellectual property, innovation, competition, governance, risk, ethics, media and data studies, and others. Technology and Regulation is published by Open Press TiU and publishes articles online on a rolling basis.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ronald LeenesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Germany 2, Hong Kong, China 1, Canada 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences34.7%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences14.7%
- Diverse Legal and Medical StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Legal and Labor StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences4.1%
- Regulation and Compliance StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting2.9%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences2.9%
- Law, AI, and Intellectual PropertyComputer Science2.9%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.84OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 101 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 148 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 175 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 82 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 58 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright
- AI use Journalism as Data: GDPR Implications of Licensing Journalistic Content to Large Language Models
Gionata Bouché, Marten Steketee 101-121 This article explores the data protection implications under the GDPR of integrating journalistic content into Large Language Models (LLMs). The number of commercial partnerships between AI companies and news publishers for the licensing of daily news and archival content has rapidly increased. We contend that while LLMs and their top-layer applications do o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND or CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Technology and Regulation (TechReg) is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his or her institution. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Submissio…
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
- openjournals.nl
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-139X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 2026 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Technology and Regulation
How long does peer review take at Technology and Regulation?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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 Technology and Regulation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. 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 Technology and Regulation based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3), Germany (2) and Hong Kong, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Technology and Regulation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Technology and Regulation is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Technology and Regulation open access, and what is the APC?
Technology and Regulation 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: .