Overview

Regulation & Governance is the leading journal dedicated to the study of regulatory governance for academics across political science, law, psychology, criminology, sociology, organization and public management, economics and the social sciences, as well as regulators and legal experts in business and civil society. We publish interdisciplinary research on regulation, governance, and emerging associated challenges worldwide, with broad implications beyond geographic and intellectual boundaries. See our 15th anniversary issue introduction to learn more about our mission and scope.

We publish a range of article types to communicate significant findings, novel theoretical arguments, as well as new insights and emerging directions for study. Our expert editorial board and reviewer network is committed to open and critical dialogue to refine your paper to the highest possible standard.

Aims and Scope

Regulation & Governance reaches an international audience, and showcases research addressing the world's most pressing audit and risk challenges, across all fields of regulation. It addresses issues that transcend both intellectual and geographic boundaries and reports empirical results with broad implications. With guidance from an outstanding editorial board and carefully selected reviewers, Regulation & Governance publishes significant new studies of regulatory governance, review articles on major lines of research in the field, and occasional shorter essays exploring new insights and directions for study.

Published quarterly, Regulation & Governance is essential reading for academics, regulators, and legal experts working in business and civil society. The editorial team is committed to open and critical dialogue and encourages scholarly papers from different disciplines, using diverse methodologies, and from all areas of the world.

Submission Process

Manuscripts should be submitted online at the journal's Research Exchange manuscripts site. For more information, please read the journal's Aims and Scope and Author Guidelines.

Journal Keywords

Regulation & Governance, regulation, governance, social science, political science, audit, risk challenges, law, sociology, history, criminology, psychology, anthropology, economics, international relations, international governance, geopolitics, interdisciplinary, emerging technologies, public policy, regulatory state, regulatory capitalism, global governance, taxation, regulatory governance, algorithmic regulation, regtech, economic sociology, regulatory pluralism, accountability, enforcement, rule explosion, implementation

Abstracting and Indexing Information

  • Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
  • EconLit (AEA)
  • Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics)
  • ProQuest Politics Collection (ProQuest)
  • SCOPUS (Elsevier)
  • Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)