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Law and Contemporary Problems

Duke University School of Law · United States

ISSN0023-9186

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.183

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.58

Total Worksi

4,563

Total Citationsi

29,487

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal issue explores legal and policy issues related to corporate liability, sovereign debt defaults, alternatives to imprisonment, and worker organizing.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications4,563

Publisher OrgDuke University 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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University School of Law

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0023-9186

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

LawQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal and Constitutional StudiesLegal principles and applicationsLaw, Rights, and Freedoms

Frequently asked questions about Law and Contemporary Problems

Is Law and Contemporary Problems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Law and Contemporary Problems: it is indexed in 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 Law and Contemporary Problems?

Law and Contemporary Problems is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.183.

Is Law and Contemporary Problems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Law and Contemporary Problems is indexed in Scopus.