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Journal of Legal Education

Association of American Law Schools · United States

ISSN0022-2208eISSN0022-2208

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.521

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,027

Total Citationsi

3,374

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Legal Education is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles on legal education. It is the official journal of the Association of American Law Schools.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,027

Publisher OrgAssociation of American Law Schools

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?

Association of American Law Schools

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0022-2208 / 0022-2208

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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

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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

EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchLaw

Scopus Categories

LawEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Education and Practice InnovationsLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesArtificial Intelligence in LawBusiness Law and EthicsLegal Issues in Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Legal Education

Is Journal of Legal Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Legal Education: 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 Journal of Legal Education?

Journal of Legal Education 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 Journal of Legal Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Legal Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Legal Education?