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Cornell Law Review

Cornell Law School · United States · Est. 1915

ISSN0010-8847eISSN0010-8847

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.039

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.53

Total Worksi

163

Total Citationsi

622

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Cornell Law Review is a student-run and student-edited journal that strives to publish novel scholarship that will have an immediate and lasting impact on the legal community. The Cornell Law Review publishes seven issues annually consisting of articles, essays, book reviews, and student notes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1915

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications163

Publisher OrgCornell University

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind review

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?

Cornell Law School

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0010-8847 / 0010-8847

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind review

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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

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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)

Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLegal and Constitutional StudiesLegal principles and applicationsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Cornell Law Review

Is Cornell Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cornell 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 Cornell Law Review?

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

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