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Modern Law Review

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1937

ISSN1468-2230

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

322

days submission → published

measured · last 12 articles · accept 292d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.714

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

5,551

Total Citationsi

42,819

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes articles on contemporary legal issues in the UK and internationally, including regulatory reform, criminal law, international law, human rights, equality law, property law, and judicial review. Recent articles examine specific legislation and court decisions concerning football governance, gender-based violence, state continuity, criminal excuses, international legal theory, business regulation, court transparency, private rental sectors, religious education, equality grounds, intellectual property, food waste, electoral integrity, and equitable duties.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

Annual Volume~ 76 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,551

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1468-2230

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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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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

Citations received

115

936

2019

113

449

2020

110

394

2021

279

2022

193

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal principles and applicationsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLaw in Society and CultureMulticultural Socio-Legal StudiesCriminal Law and EvidenceEuropean and International Contract LawLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsInternational Law and Human RightsEuropean and International Law Studies

Frequently asked questions about Modern Law Review

Is Modern Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Modern Law Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Modern Law Review?

Modern Law Review 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 0.60.

Is Modern Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Modern Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.