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Legal History Review

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands

ISSN0040-7585eISSN0040-7585

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.143

H-Index

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.976

Total Works

3,360

Total Citations

5,302

2yr Mean Citedness

0.01

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes articles on the history of legal practices and thought, focusing on specific historical periods and legal texts. Recent articles examine the power to pardon insolvent debtors in early modern Brabant, the validity of imperial legislation in ancient Rome, the role of notaries in late medieval Hainaut, and the reception of Byzantine legal texts by legal humanists.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,360

Publisher OrgBrill

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0040-7585 / 0040-7585

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

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2021

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2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ2

LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryLaw

Scopus Categories

LawHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Classical Studies and Legal HistoryHistorical Legal Studies and SocietyMedieval and Early Modern JusticeComparative and International Law StudiesEuropean Political History Analysis