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Cambridge Law Journal

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN1469-2139

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.331

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.377

Total Worksi

9,387

Total Citationsi

19,347

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Cambridge Law Journal is a leading UK-based law journal, publishing high-quality, original research articles on all aspects of law. It is renowned for its rigorous academic standards and its contribution to legal scholarship. The journal covers a wide range of legal topics, including public law, private law, criminal law, international law, and legal history. It is an essential resource for academics, practitioners, and students of law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyThree times per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,387

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1469-2139

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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

161

2019

233

2020

283

2021

196

2022

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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal principles and applicationsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionEuropean and International Contract LawLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsInternational Law and Human RightsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesCriminal Law and EvidenceLaw, logistics, and international tradeEuropean and International Law StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Cambridge Law Journal

Is Cambridge Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cambridge Law Journal: 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 Cambridge Law Journal?

Cambridge Law Journal 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 0.18.

Is Cambridge Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cambridge Law Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.