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Law and History Review

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0738-2480eISSN1939-9022

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

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

0.242

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.154

Total Works

2,833

Total Citations

11,934

2yr Mean Citedness

0.31

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Aims & Scope

Law and History Review is a leading journal in the field of legal history. It publishes original scholarship on all aspects of legal history, including the history of law, legal institutions, legal thought, and legal practice. The journal is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and welcomes submissions from scholars in history, law, political science, sociology, and other related fields.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,833

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0738-2480 / 1939-9022

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind peer review

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

HistoryQ1

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryHistory Of Social SciencesLaw

Scopus Categories

LawHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

American Constitutional Law and PoliticsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationJudicial and Constitutional StudiesColonialism, slavery, and trade