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Journal of Legislative Studies

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1357-2334eISSN1743-9337

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.905

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.048

Total Worksi

1,153

Total Citationsi

18,704

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Legislative Studies is a major international refereed journal covering all aspects of legislative research and development. It is aimed at scholars and researchers of legislative studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,153

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1357-2334 / 1743-9337

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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

310

2019

607

2020

348

2021

221

2022

128

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.

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationEuropean Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Systems and GovernancePolitical Influence and Corporate StrategiesJudicial and Constitutional StudiesGender Politics and RepresentationEuropean and International Law StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Media and PoliticsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Legislative Studies

Is Journal of Legislative Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Legislative Studies: 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 Journal of Legislative Studies?

Journal of Legislative Studies 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 0.76.

Is Journal of Legislative Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Legislative Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.