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Law, Culture and the Humanities

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1743-9752

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.138

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,049

Total Citationsi

3,331

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,049

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1743-9752

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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

162

2019

2020

2021

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Cultural StudiesQ3

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawCultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Law in Society and CultureAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsJudicial and Constitutional StudiesPolitical Philosophy and EthicsPolitical Theology and SovereigntyInternational Law and Human RightsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsTorture, Ethics, and LawCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Law, Culture and the Humanities

Is Law, Culture and the Humanities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Law, Culture and the Humanities: 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, Culture and the Humanities?

Law, Culture and the Humanities 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 0.14.

Is Law, Culture and the Humanities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Law, Culture and the Humanities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Law, Culture and the Humanities?