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Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN1388-1906

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.121

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.137

Total Worksi

371

Total Citationsi

1,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Political Science and International Relations; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications371

Publisher OrgBrill

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1388-1906

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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.

LawQ4

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Rights and DevelopmentInternational Law and Human RightsAsian Geopolitics and EthnographyOmbudsman and Human RightsGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsEnvironmental law and policyJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLegal Studies and PoliciesKorean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies

Frequently asked questions about Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law

Is Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law: it is indexed in 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 Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law?

Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.121.

Is Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law?