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Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2013 (also 2002, 1987, 1985)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
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Handbook of Public Economics
Handbook of Public Economics is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1573-4420Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Handbook of Public Economics indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2013 (also 2002, 1987, 1985)).
What is the impact factor of Handbook of Public Economics?
Handbook of Public Economics has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Handbook of Public Economics and what is its ISSN?
Handbook of Public Economics is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 1573-4420.
Is Handbook of Public Economics in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Handbook of Public Economics open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Handbook of Public Economics for 4 years, between 1985 and 2013, with 25 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2013, 13 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 74 works and 5,494 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2013, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2013, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Handbook of Public Economics? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Handbook of Public Economics has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
33
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
42
i10-index
74
works indexed
5,494
total citations
Handbook of Public Economics published 15 papers in 2013; its busiest recent year was 2002 with 33. 2026* is the year so far.
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h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Handbook of Public Economics? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2013. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2013
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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