Aim: The aim of the study is for the editors to present and evaluate the results of Belügyi Szemle in 2021, and to set out the goals, scientometrics tasks and development plans planned for 2022. The authors of this article are the heads and staff of the Editorship of Belügyi Szemle.
Methodology: The authors examine, analyse, systematize and summarize the statistical and scientometrics of the Open Journal Systems (OJS), the Library of Hungarian Scientific Works (MTMT), the Belügyi Szemle website and Facebook page. The authors also examine the development of the Belügyi Szemle journal in relation to their achievements in the domestic and international scientific field, and formulate their professional findings along these lines.
Findings: In their work, the authors state that the development and implementation of an action plan outlining effective professional and scientific steps is essential for the further international development of Belügyi Szemle. From the domestic and international results achieved by the Editorship of Belügyi Szemle, it can be stated that Belügyi Szemle represents the professional and scientific interests of the Ministry of the Interior and conveys its values as an authoritative journal.
Value: The Editorship, with its conscious, dynamic and purposeful development of the Hungarian and international scientific arena, greatly supports the goal of being included in the databases of Scopus and the international indexing organizations of Clarivate – Web of Science as a qualified journal in 4–5 years. One of the stages of this was that Belügyi Szemle in 2021 became an MTMT Qualified Journal.