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Capital Markets Law Journal

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1750-7227

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.6. 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

0.674

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.6

SNIPi

0.861

Total Worksi

773

Total Citationsi

2,535

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Capital Markets Law Journal is essential for all serious capital markets practitioners and for academics with an interest in this growing field around the World. It is the first periodical to focus entirely on aspects related …

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications773

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1750-7227

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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

140

2019

186

2020

142

2021

101

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.

LawQ1

FinanceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawFinance

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Financial Regulation and CrisesCorporate Governance and LawState Capitalism and Financial GovernanceLaw, logistics, and international tradeCorporate Insolvency and GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyGlobal Financial Crisis and PoliciesEuropean and International Contract LawConflict of Laws and JurisdictionInternational Arbitration and Investment Law

Frequently asked questions about Capital Markets Law Journal

Is Capital Markets Law Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Capital Markets Law Journal: 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 Capital Markets Law Journal?

Capital Markets Law Journal 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6.

Is Capital Markets Law Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Capital Markets Law Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.