Law Journal Rankings
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Rank | Journal | Area | APPY | Location | Open Access | Book Reviews | Discussions | SJR | SNIP | IPP | CiSc | Hdex | CTE% | SC% | Acpt | Subs |
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The are many ways of evaluating what the top Law journals are including Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, CiteScore, Citation Percentage, H Index, Self-Citation Percentage, Acceptance Rates, and Number of Submissions. Our interactive table below provides an intuitive and user-friendly way to explore and compare each journal's performance across these key metrics.
Importantly, the PJIP does not advocate for any particular way of ranking nor does the project assume to have any particular authority on the matter. The information presented here is solely to help researchers make informed decisions when assessing which journals are appropriate venues for their manuscripts.
For more information about each metric, see our comprehensive guide to ranking metrics or check out our FAQ section for answers to common questions and additional support.
Rank | Journal | Area | APPY | Location | Open Access | Book Reviews | Discussions | SJR | SNIP | IPP | CiSc | Hdex | CTE% | SC% | Acpt | Subs |
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Area Column:
GNRL = General Law INTL = International Law ASIL = Asian Law AUSL = Australasian Law CRLW = Criminal Law EURL = European Law ENVL = Environmental Law MaHL = Medicine and Health Law HUMR = Human Rights JaLT = Jurisprudence and Legal Theory PPPL = Public Policy, Politics and the Law COML = Comparative Law MEL = Middle Eastern Law TaL = Technology and Law PaDL = Planning and Development Law CONL = Constitutional Law LABL = Labor Law TAXL = Tax Law IPL = Intellectual Property Law ECOL = Economic Law BaFL = Business and Finance Law PPaL = Public Policy and Law LaSc = Law and Society AFRL = African Law USAL = US Law REGL = Religious Law |
Ranking Metrics:
APPY: the average number of papers published by the journal per year SJR: SCImago Journal Rank Indicator SNIP: Source normalized impact per paper IPP: Impact per publication (impact factor) CiSc: Elsevier's CiteScore Hdex: Journal H-index CTE%: Percentage of journal publications that have received at least one citation SC%: Percentage of citations from the same journal Acpt: Journal acceptance rate calculated as total submissions / number accepted. Subs: Total number of manuscripts submitted to the journal (in previous year) Colour Codes (relative to journals in the same subject): Top 5% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 |
For Filters (if applicable):
Location: country where the journal is based/published. Open Access: open access status. DAO = diamond open access (no fees for authors or readers) POA = paid open access (APC fee required for publication) HYBD = hybrid (optional open access by paying APC) NOA = not open access (no option to publish open access) Book Reviews: if the journal publishes book reviews. YBRK = publishes book reviews NBKR = does not publish book reviews Inv. = book reviews by invitation only Discussions: if the journal publishes discussion pieces. YDIS = publishes discussions NDIS = does not publish discussions RTJA = replies to journal articles only |
The Sub-Fields selector above the directory can be applied to isolate particular subject subdisciplines. If the PJIP also possesses directory information for this subject, Filters below the index can be applied to show journals of a certain type such as only Generalist journals, or only Open Access Journals, or only journals published in a particular country, etc. Crtl click multiple filters for further refinement such as showing only Open Access Generalist journals.
Sources The PJIP combines data from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive directory of academic journals. The data presented is collected from:
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