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Indiana Law Journal

The Trustees of Indiana University · United States · Est. 1925

ISSN0019-6665eISSN2169-3218

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.448

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.821

Total Worksi

4,180

Total Citationsi

10,813

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Indiana Law Journal publishes articles analyzing legal doctrines and judicial decisions. Recent articles examine the political question doctrine in federal court jurisdiction, zoning regulations and the definition of 'family,' anti-LGBTQ discrimination claims under Title VII, constitutional tort remedies for detainees in for-profit immigration prisons, pre-embryo disposition disputes and IVF, the role of religion in judicial decision-making, tribal sovereignty in federal Indian law, legal tools to combat cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, and the federal income tax deduction for conservation easements.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1925

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,180

Publisher OrgIndiana University Maurer School of Law

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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?

The Trustees of Indiana University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0019-6665 / 2169-3218

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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

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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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsLegal principles and applications

Frequently asked questions about Indiana Law Journal

Is Indiana Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indiana Law Journal: 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 Indiana Law Journal?

Indiana Law Journal 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 Indiana Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indiana Law Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.