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Public Choice

NetherlandsEconomics and Econometrics (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
2.4Impact Factor (2025)
103H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.107SJR (2025)
1966-2026Coverage

About Public Choice

Public Choice is a scholarly journal published by Springer Netherlands. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.107 and H-index of 103.

Coverage: 1966-2026. Research categories: Economics and Econometrics (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 2.4 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Peter T. Leeson (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0048-5829, 1573-7101, 1941-9716
ISSN-L0048-5829
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Science+Business Media
Publisher country codeNL
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex5,723
Citations recorded in OpenAlex179,983
OpenAlex H-index166
Years represented in OpenAlex1950–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Electoral Systems and Political Participation; Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth; Fiscal Policies and Political Economy; Game Theory and Voting Systems; Local Government Finance and Decentralization; Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Reported open-access list prices

3,090.00 USD; 2,490.00 EUR; 2,190.00 GBP

APC list prices reported by OpenAlex, which obtains this information from DOAJ. Confirm current charges, taxes, waivers and eligibility with the publisher; this is not a fee quotation.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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