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UUM Journal of Legal Studies

Universiti Utara Malaysia Press · Malaysia · Est. 2010

ISSN0127-9483

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.351

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.917

Total Worksi

268

Total Citationsi

616

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Providing up-to-date, academic, authoritative and critical analysis of current legal issues in Malaysia and across the globe. The Journal accepts and publishes comparative, jurisprudential, international, and interdisciplinary materials relevant to law.

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish, Malay (macrolanguage)

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyBiannually

StatusActive

Total Publications268

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universiti Utara Malaysia Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0127-9483

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Malay (macrolanguage)

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

2019

122

2020

2021

141

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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

LawQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesIndonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesLegal Studies and PoliciesEducation and Islamic Studies

Frequently asked questions about UUM Journal of Legal Studies

Is UUM Journal of Legal Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for UUM Journal of Legal Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 UUM Journal of Legal Studies?

UUM Journal of Legal Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.351.

Is UUM Journal of Legal Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

UUM Journal of Legal Studies is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.