Latin American Policy

Aims & Scope

Latin American Policy (LAP): A Journal of Politics and Governance in a Changing Region, a collaboration of the Policy Studies Organization and the Escuela de Gobierno y Transformación Pública, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Santa Fe Campus, published its first issue in mid-2010.

LAP’s primary focus is intended to be in the policy arena, and will focus on any issue or field involving authority and polities (although not necessarily clustered on governments), agency (either governmental or from the civil society, or both), and the pursuit/achievement of specific (or anticipated) outcomes.

We invite authors to focus on any crosscutting issue situated in the interface between the policy and political domain concerning or affecting any Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) country or group of countries.

This journal will remain open to multidisciplinary approaches dealing with policy issues and the political contexts in which they take place.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18131

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	113

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.261

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.80

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Digital Transformation and Public Service Delivery in Brazil

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Fernando, Cireno, Pedro

• Geopolitics of the Li‐ion battery value chain and the Lithium Triangle in South America

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Maria Daniela

• Inclusive Language for Exclusive Policies: Restrictive Migration Governance in Chile, 2018

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Victoria, Sebastián

• From the South American Free Trade Area to the Union of South American Nations: The Transformations of a Rising Regional Process

  Citation: 27

  Authors: José

• Limits of the Institutional Mimesis of the European Union: The Case of the Mercosur Parliament

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Clarissa F.

• Industrial Policy: A Missing Link in<scp>M</scp>exico's Quest for Export‐led Growth

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Juan Carlos

• External Voting Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Influence of Remittances, Globalization, and Partisan Control

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Hafthor, John P.

• Soft Balancing the Titans: Venezuelan Foreign‐Policy Strategy Toward the United States, China, and Russia

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Víctor M.

• Building Cooperation between the<scp>BRICS</scp>and Leading Industrialized States

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Jonathan

• Designing artificial intelligence policy: Comparing design spaces in Latin America

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Fernando

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