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Law and Ethics of Human Rights

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2007

ISSN1938-2545

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.265

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.411

Total Worksi

259

Total Citationsi

2,185

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications259

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-2545

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

173

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.

LawQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesInternational Law and Human RightsAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsPolitical Philosophy and EthicsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesReligious Freedom and DiscriminationLegal and Constitutional StudiesLegal principles and applicationsMiddle East Politics and SocietyInternational Labor and Employment Law

Frequently asked questions about Law and Ethics of Human Rights

Is Law and Ethics of Human Rights a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Law and Ethics of Human Rights: it is indexed in 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 and Ethics of Human Rights?

Law and Ethics of Human Rights is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.265.

Is Law and Ethics of Human Rights indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Law and Ethics of Human Rights is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Law and Ethics of Human Rights?