Regional and Federal Studies

Aims & Scope

From the European integration process to processes of decentralisation in the developing world, from post-conflict federal power-sharing arrangements to minority nationalist movements and the spatial rescaling of public policy, the study of federalism and territorial politics now covers a wide variety of topics dealing with divided political authority and levels of government.

Regional and Federal Studies is a refereed social science journal which provides an academic forum for the publication of leading international research on these issues.

The journal carefully reviews, selects and publishes high-quality articles dealing with various aspects of comparative territorial politics, regionalism, federalism, subnational research, and multi-level governance crossing substantive, thematic, geographical, theoretical, and methodological boundaries.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.877

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	45

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5921

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	283

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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.

• Measuring Local Autonomy in 39 Countries (1990–2014)

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Andreas, Nicolas, Harald

• ‘No regionalism please, we are <i>Leghisti</i> !’ The transformation of the Italian Lega Nord under the leadership of Matteo Salvini

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Daniele, Arianna, Antonella

• Measuring Regional Authority

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Gary, Liesbet, Arjan H.

• Just a Matter of Identity? Support for Independence in Catalonia

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Ivan

• The Paradox of Federalism: Does Self-Rule Accommodate or Exacerbate Ethnic Divisions?

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Jan, Lawrence

• Individual Ambition and Institutional Opportunity: A Conceptual Approach to Political Careers in Multi-level Systems

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Jens

• Explaining Regionalist Party Positioning in a Multi-dimensional Ideological Space: A Framework for Analysis

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Emanuele

• An actor‐centred approach to multi‐level governance

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Gary

• Multi-level Governance—the Eastern Versions: Emerging Patterns of Regional Developmental Governance in the New Member States

  Citation: 87

  Authors: László

• The Changing Significance of European Borders

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Liam

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