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Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1472-9342

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

0.106

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

339

Total Citationsi

1,242

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal is a postgraduate-edited international and comparative law journal from the University of Oxford's Faculty of Law. It covers the study of legal trends and developments within and between Commonwealth jurisdictions, fostering international academic debate and exchange on a wide range of legal topics of interest throughout the Commonwealth.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications339

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-9342

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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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal principles and applicationsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLegal Issues in South AfricaEuropean and International Contract LawLaw in Society and CultureLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLaw, logistics, and international tradeCriminal Law and EvidenceInternational Law and Human Rights

Frequently asked questions about Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal

Is Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal: 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 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal?

Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.106.

Is Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal is indexed in Scopus.