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Law and Philosophy

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1960

ISSN1573-0522

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.185

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,347

Total Citationsi

12,408

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Law; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Frequency6 No. A Year, 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,347

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-0522

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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

183

2019

277

2020

2021

135

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.

PhilosophyQ2

LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsLaw

Scopus Categories

LawPhilosophy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Political Philosophy and EthicsFree Will and AgencyHealth, Medicine and SocietyHermeneutics and Narrative IdentityAging, Elder Care, and Social IssuesLegal principles and applicationsWar, Ethics, and JustificationJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLaw in Society and CulturePhilosophical Ethics and Theory

Frequently asked questions about Law and Philosophy

Is Law and Philosophy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Law and Philosophy: 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 Law and Philosophy?

Law and Philosophy 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 0.57.

Is Law and Philosophy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Law and Philosophy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Law and Philosophy?