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Journal of Legal History

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1744-0564

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.141

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,086

Total Citationsi

4,451

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Legal History publishes research in legal history, including the English common law, the laws of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Roman Law, and the European legal tradition. It also publishes research related to Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,086

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-0564

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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

243

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.

HistoryQ2

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

LawHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal principles and applicationsHuman auditory perception and evaluationHistorical Legal Studies and SocietyAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLaw in Society and CultureHistorical Economic and Social StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringMedieval Literature and HistoryConflict of Laws and Jurisdiction

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Legal History

Is Journal of Legal History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Legal History: 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 Journal of Legal History?

Journal of Legal History 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 0.09.

Is Journal of Legal History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Legal History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.