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Latin American Legal Studies

Universidad Adolfo Ibanez · Chile

ISSN0719-9104eISSN0719-9112

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

0.249

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.525

Total Worksi

135

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Latin American Legal Studies is a law journal which publishes original articles that meet strict scholar standards, on miscellaneous legal subjects with a philosophical, doctrinal, comparative, or interdisciplinary approach, that relates to one or more Latin American systems, as well as comparative work between one Latin American system and a non-Latin American system, written in English and Spanish. The journal also publishes articles based on the Law & Society approach.

General Information

Country / RegionChile

Primary LanguageSpanish, English

1st Year Published—

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive

Total Publications135

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0719-9104 / 0719-9112

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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?

N/A

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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?

Spanish, 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

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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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal processes and jurisprudenceComparative International Legal StudiesComparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesCriminal Justice and PenologyLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesEnvironmental law and policyFamily and Matrimonial LawHuman Rights and ImmigrationEuropean and International Contract Law

Frequently asked questions about Latin American Legal Studies

Is Latin American Legal Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Latin American 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 Latin American Legal Studies?

Latin American 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 0.249.

Is Latin American Legal Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Latin American Legal Studies is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.