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Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1943-4162eISSN1943-4170

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.407

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.825

Total Worksi

1,001

Total Citationsi

7,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction serves as a technical reference for those in the engineering and construction industry, focusing on legal and contractual issues. It aims to increase attention to legal systems in engineering and construction practice and promote the application of legal resources for effective project execution.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 102 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,001

Publisher OrgAmerican Society of Civil Engineers

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-4162 / 1943-4170

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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

1.4k

2019

1.4k

2020

617

2021

667

2022

462

2023

232

2024

152

234

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.

Civil and Structural EngineeringQ2

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

LawQ2

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Civil and Structural EngineeringLawEngineering (miscellaneous)Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Construction Project Management and PerformanceBIM and Construction IntegrationOccupational Health and Safety ResearchConstruction Engineering and SafetyPublic Procurement and PolicyPublic-Private Partnership ProjectsLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal Issues in South AfricaOutsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementDispute Resolution and Class Actions

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction

Is Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction: 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 Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction?

Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction 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 1.08.

Is Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.