Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
ISSN 1689-9024 · eISSN 2545-0115 · University of Warsaw · Poland
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies is published by University of Warsaw. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Legal and Medical Studies, Merger and Competition Analysis and EU Law and Policy Analysis, together about 69.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies (YARS®) is a double peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal focusing on legal, economic and management issues of antitrust and regulation. YARS is meant to be a platform for the presentation and analysis of antitrust and regulatory achievements from different perspectives. Topics of interest include, but are not strictly limited to important current competition protection issues such as antitrust, merger control and state aids (substantive and procedural context), as well as pro-competitive regulation (e.g. regulation of digital, energy, telecom, post and transport markets). YARS aims to: Present the most important and current issues surrounding competition protection, primarily restrictive practices and mergers but also state aid as well as pro-competitive regulation, in particular regulation of digital, energy, telecom, post and transport markets; provide an overview of competition protection and sector-specific regulation in post-transition countries, as well as developments in mature competition law regimes, which are relevant to these countries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Laura ZoboliPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Legal and Medical StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting29.3%
- Merger and Competition AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance24.3%
- EU Law and Policy AnalysisSocial Sciences15.8%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences3.5%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences2.6%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences2.2%
- Digital Platforms and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting2.1%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 884/1162 | 23rd |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 710/755 | 6th |
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
HeinOnline, ERIHPLUS, CEJSHPublisher 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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 311 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 33 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 39 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 55 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors retain copyright. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal retain all copyrights and agree to the terms of the above-mentioned licence.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
All articles are published on an open-access basis and under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
No sponsored issues, supplements, conference issues, or non-peer-reviewed sections. Model summary
The journal does not publish sponsored issues, supplements or conference issues, nor does it have non-peer-reviewed sections.
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
- University of Warsaw
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1689-9024
- Electronic ISSN
- 2545-0115
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 34 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
How long does peer review take at Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver. 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.
Which databases index Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies 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: .