Aims & Scope
Understanding public policy in the age of the Internet requires understanding how individuals, organizations, governments and networks behave, and what motivates them in this new environment.
Technological innovation and internet-mediated interaction raise both challenges and opportunities for public policy: whether in areas that have received much work already (e.g. digital divides, digital government, and privacy) or newer areas, like regulation of data-intensive technologies and platforms, the rise of precarious labour, and regulatory responses to misinformation and hate speech.
We welcome innovative research in areas where the Internet already impacts public policy, where it raises new challenges or dilemmas, or provides opportunities for policy that is smart and equitable.
While we welcome perspectives from any academic discipline, we look particularly for insight that can feed into social science disciplines like political science, public administration, economics, sociology, and communication.
We welcome articles that introduce methodological innovation, theoretical development, or rigorous data analysis concerning a particular question or problem of public policy.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.6 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.537 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 46 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2283 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 653 |
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Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.