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Law and Social Inquiry

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0897-6546eISSN1747-4469

SJR Q1✓ 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.58

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.136

Total Worksi

2,890

Total Citationsi

31,746

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Law and Social Inquiry (LSI) is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research on the intersection of law and social phenomena. LSI is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and welcomes submissions from scholars in law, sociology, anthropology, political science, history, criminology, and other related fields. The journal aims to advance theoretical and empirical understandings of how law shapes and is shaped by social life.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,890

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0897-6546 / 1747-4469

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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

777

2019

569

2020

601

2021

254

2022

115

389

2023

142

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.

LawQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesLaw in Society and CultureDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal Education and Practice InnovationsLegal case studies and regulations

Frequently asked questions about Law and Social Inquiry

Is Law and Social Inquiry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Law and Social Inquiry: 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 Law and Social Inquiry?

Law and Social Inquiry 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.06.

Is Law and Social Inquiry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Law and Social Inquiry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.