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ALBERTA LAW REVIEW

UNIV ALBERTA · CA · Est. 1955

ISSN0002-4821eISSN1925-8356
WOS ESCI
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Aims & Scope

The Alberta Law Review (ALR) is a student-run publication whose primary purpose is to enhance discourse on Canadian legal issues. Founded in 1955, the ALR is published by the Alberta Law Review Society, an organization consisting of law students at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Built upon the hard work of student editors at both law faculties, the ALR is published every quarter and has roughly 1,000 pages per volume. Every second year, the ALR publishes a special issue containing cutting-edge legal scholarship in a particular area. Previous special issues have explored topics ranging from administrative law to the future of law school. The ALR also publishes an annual Energy Law Edition, dedicated exclusively to energy law. The remaining issues are generalist publications containing scholarship that explores all areas of the law.

General Information

Country / RegionCA
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1955
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications
Publisher OrgUniversity of Alberta Library
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
UNIV ALBERTA
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0002-4821 / 1925-8356
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
48
140
2019
51
94
2020
35
25
2021
44
32
2022
36
23
2023
27
16
2024
61
4
2025
13
0
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal principles and applicationsLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesCriminal Law and EvidenceMulticultural Socio-Legal StudiesLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesCanadian Policy and GovernanceInternational Arbitration and Investment LawLaw, logistics, and international trade

Frequently asked questions about ALBERTA LAW REVIEW

Is ALBERTA LAW REVIEW a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ALBERTA LAW REVIEW: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ALBERTA LAW REVIEW?

ALBERTA LAW REVIEW is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is ALBERTA LAW REVIEW indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ALBERTA LAW REVIEW is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of ALBERTA LAW REVIEW?

The Alberta Law Review (ALR) is a student-run publication whose primary purpose is to enhance discourse on Canadian legal issues. Founded in 1955, the ALR is published by the Alberta Law Review Society, an organization consisting of law students at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Built upon the hard work of student editors at both law faculties, the ALR is published every quarter and has roughly 1,000 pages per volume. Every second year, the ALR publishes a special issue containing cutting-edge legal scholarship in a particular area. Previous special issues have explor

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref