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Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 2005

ISSN1550-3585eISSN1550-3631

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.709

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.921

Total Worksi

495

Total Citationsi

21,753

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications495

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1550-3585 / 1550-3631

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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

1.2k

2019

793

2020

636

2021

248

2022

257

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LawSociology

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesLaw in Society and CultureCrime Patterns and InterventionsCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsRegulation and Compliance StudiesInternational Law and Human RightsLegal and Constitutional StudiesWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Is Annual Review of Law and Social Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annual Review of Law and Social Science: 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 Annual Review of Law and Social Science?

Annual Review of Law and Social Science 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 1.44.

Is Annual Review of Law and Social Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annual Review of Law and Social Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annual Review of Law and Social Science?