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Northwestern University Law Review

University of Illinois Press · United States · Est. 1906

ISSN0029-3571
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.012
H-Indexi
26
Total Worksi
622
Total Citationsi
3,653
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Northwestern University Law Review is a student-operated journal that publishes six issues of high-quality, general legal scholarship each year. Student editors make the editorial and organizational decisions and select articles submitted by professors, judges, and practitioners, as well as student pieces.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1906
FrequencyQuarterly, <Fall 1986->
StatusActive
Total Publications622
Publisher OrgNorthwestern University School of Law
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Reviewpeer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Illinois Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0029-3571
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
27
95
2019
19
31
2020
12
65
2021
10
7
2022
16
9
2023
12
10
2024
18
1
2025
7
1
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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLegal and Constitutional StudiesLaw, Rights, and FreedomsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Frequently asked questions about Northwestern University Law Review

Is Northwestern University Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Northwestern University 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 Northwestern University Law Review?

Northwestern University 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 Northwestern University Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Northwestern University Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Northwestern University Law Review?

The Northwestern University Law Review is a student-operated journal that publishes six issues of high-quality, general legal scholarship each year. Student editors make the editorial and organizational decisions and select articles submitted by professors, judges, and practitioners, as well as student pieces.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref