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IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Springer International Publishing AG · Germany

ISSN0018-9855eISSN2195-0237

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.945

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.519

Total Worksi

1,658

Total Citationsi

4,890

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,658

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0018-9855 / 2195-0237

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer 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

112

440

2019

383

2020

132

440

2021

136

402

2022

132

329

2023

138

209

2024

122

2025

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intellectual Property LawCopyright and Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property and PatentsLaw, AI, and Intellectual PropertyEuropean and International Law Studies

Frequently asked questions about IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Is IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law: 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 IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law?

IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.63.

Is IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law?