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Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business

Northwestern University School of Law · United States

ISSN0196-3228

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.156

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.406

Total Worksi

115

Total Citationsi

506

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Business and International Management; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications115

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?

Northwestern University School of Law

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0196-3228

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

2015

2016

2017

2019

2020

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.

LawQ3

Business and International ManagementQ4

Strategy and ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawStrategy and ManagementBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

World Trade Organization LawInternational Arbitration and Investment LawGlobal trade and economicsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionIntellectual Property and PatentsMerger and Competition AnalysisCorporate Law and Human RightsTaxation and Legal IssuesInternational Law and AviationEuropean and International Law Studies

Frequently asked questions about Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business

Is Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business: 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 Journal of International Law and Business?

Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 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 Journal of International Law and Business indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business?