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Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

North-West Unversity · South Africa · Est. 2003

ISSN1727-3781

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.179

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

1,787

Total Citationsi

6,088

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageAfrikaans, Dutch, English, German

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 84 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,787

Publisher OrgNorth-West University

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2007

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

North-West Unversity

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1727-3781

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Afrikaans, Dutch, English, German

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

408

2019

184

2020

305

2021

103

153

2022

2023

106

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.

LawQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Issues in South AfricaHuman Rights and DevelopmentLegal principles and applicationsComparative and International Law StudiesCorporate Law and Human RightsCorporate Insolvency and GovernanceSouth African History and CultureJudicial and Constitutional StudiesCriminal Law and EvidenceLegal Education and Practice Innovations

Frequently asked questions about Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal

Is Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal?

Potchefstroom Electronic 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 0.179.

Is Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal?