Publius The Journal of Federalism
Last updated ISSN 0048-5950
Publius The Journal of Federalism is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,169.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Publius The Journal of Federalism concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Political Systems and Governance
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Legal and Constitutional Studies
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0048-5950, 1747-7107 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,169 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,886 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/publius |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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