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Columbia Law Review

Columbia Law Review Association · United States

ISSN0010-1958eISSN1945-2268

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.582

H-Indexi

123

SNIPi

2.79

Total Worksi

13,213

Total Citationsi

97,582

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Columbia Law Review is a student-edited law review published by Columbia University. It is one of the most prestigious and widely cited law reviews in the United States. The Review publishes articles, essays, and shorter notes on a wide range of legal topics. It is committed to advancing legal scholarship and fostering a vibrant intellectual community.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEight No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications13,213

Publisher OrgColumbia Law School

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Columbia Law Review Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0010-1958 / 1945-2268

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

2011

2012

2014

2015

2016

108

2017

2019

2021

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European and International Contract LawLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLegal principles and applicationsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Columbia Law Review

Is Columbia Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Columbia Law Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Columbia Law Review?

Columbia 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 Columbia Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Columbia Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.