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George Washington Law Review

George Washington University · United States · Est. 1931

ISSN0016-8076eISSN0016-8076

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.363

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.653

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

313

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The George Washington Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at The George Washington University Law School that examines legal issues of national significance.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1931

Frequencysix issues each year

StatusActive

Total Publications57

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

George Washington University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0016-8076 / 0016-8076

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

2010

2012

2013

109

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLaw, Rights, and FreedomsLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal and Constitutional StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics

Frequently asked questions about George Washington Law Review

Is George Washington Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for George Washington 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 George Washington Law Review?

George Washington 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 George Washington Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

George Washington Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of George Washington Law Review?