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OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL

YORK UNIV OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL · CA

ISSN0030-6185eISSN0030-6185

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL publishes scholarship on Canadian law, with a recurring focus on constitutional rights, discrimination, and legal frameworks. Recent articles examine racial profiling in policing and airports, the legal status of Indigenous peoples, and the rights of LGBTQ2S+ individuals. The journal also addresses issues in administrative law, employment law, and the application of Charter values to various legal domains, including sentencing and cohabitation agreements. Discussions on legal history, comparative law (Canada/England), and the role of courts in policy are also featured.

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General Information

Country / RegionCA

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

YORK UNIV OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0030-6185 / 0030-6185

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

135

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesCriminal Law and EvidenceLegal principles and applicationsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsMulticultural Socio-Legal StudiesLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLaw in Society and CultureLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics

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Is OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL?

OSGOODE HALL 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 OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL is indexed in Web of Science.