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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,330CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Regulation & Governance

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.536•SCImago Rank: #2,330•Identifier (ISSN):1748-5983(Print)/1748-5991(Online)•Articles / Year: 98•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,548 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
5.2
↑ +1.4

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
70

70 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate12.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
98articles/year
80.08% Gold OA•98.15% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.2)
🔵 Computed
20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.8)
🔵 Computed
20242.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.2)
🔵 Computed
20232.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3)
🔵 Computed
20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.203)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Regulation & Governance serves as the leading platform for the study of regulation and governance by political scientists, lawyers, sociologists, historians, criminologists, psychologists, anthropologists, economists and others. Research on regulation and governance, once fragmented across various disciplines and subject areas, has emerged at the cutting edge of paradigmatic change in the social sciences. Through the peer-reviewed journal Regulation & Governance, we seek to advance discussions between various disciplines about regulation and governance, promote the development of new theoretical and empirical understanding, and serve the growing needs of practitioners for a useful academic reference.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Political science92.5%Business88.3%Economics80%Law62.3%Sociology40.9%Computer science37.1%Management35.6%Finance35.1%Philosophy32.2%Biology29.5%Politics29.1%Geography27.1%Corporate governance25.8%Mathematics24.6%Public administration23.6%Public economics23%Law and economics22%History20.6%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,330Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2008-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.536

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
70

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
6.67

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,548 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,385
3-Year Documents212
Citable Documents211

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)10

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate37.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

LawQ1
Public AdministrationQ1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区LAW
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
LAW
JCRSSCI
5/443Q1
POLITICAL SCIENCE
JCRSSCI
11/332Q1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
JCRSSCI
8/97Q1
LAW
JCISSCI
13/443Q1
POLITICAL SCIENCE
JCISSCI
6/332Q1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
JCISSCI
2/97Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—8819
20253.8139324
20243.279593
20233701,385
20223.20362930
2021—781,930
2020—842,318
2019—672,000
2018—571,550
2017—522,748
2016—24359
2015—402,334
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Regulation & Governance

WoS Q1
234520222023202420253.80
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:3.8

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 12.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01