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Iowa Law Review

University of Iowa · United States

ISSN0021-0552

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.715

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.943

Total Worksi

115

Total Citationsi

502

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes articles on a range of legal topics including constitutional law, intellectual property, immigration, and criminal justice. Recent articles discuss the legality of protectionist property taxes, the benefits of pedestrian-centered street policies, and proposed reforms to the Supreme Court. Other topics include proxy discrimination in big data, the role of elite lawyers in patent litigation, and the exclusion of students from mainstream education. The journal also examines legal issues surrounding nonconsensual pornography, same-sex marriage recognition, the death penalty, immigration detention, genetic editing, and criminal forfeiture.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency5 No. A Year < July 1979- >

StatusActive

Total Publications115

Publisher OrgUniversity of Iowa College of Law

Visit Journal Website

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?

University of Iowa

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-0552

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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

2015

2016

2017

2018

167

2019

2020

2021

2022

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 ProcessesLaw, Rights, and FreedomsLegal and Constitutional StudiesLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal principles and applications

Frequently asked questions about Iowa Law Review

Is Iowa Law Review a predatory journal?

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

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

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