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Mexican Law Review

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico · Mexico · Est. 2002

ISSN1870-0578eISSN1870-0578

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.13

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.177

Total Worksi

315

Total Citationsi

796

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Mexican Law Review is a forum for the debate, research, and analysis of Mexican, Latin American, and comparative law.

General Information

Country / RegionMexico

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2002

Frequencytwice a year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications315

Publisher OrgNational Autonomous University of Mexico

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-review

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1870-0578 / 1870-0578

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer-review

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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?

Spanish

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

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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.

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesJudicial and Constitutional StudiesLegal processes and jurisprudenceInternational Arbitration and Investment LawInternational Law and Human RightsCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernancePolitical Dynamics in Latin AmericaLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesCriminal Justice and Penology

Frequently asked questions about Mexican Law Review

Is Mexican Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mexican Law Review: 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 Mexican Law Review?

Mexican Law Review 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 1.24.

Is Mexican Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mexican Law Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Mexican Law Review?