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Mizan Law Review

St Mary's University · Ethiopia · Est. 2007

ISSN1998-9881eISSN2309-902X

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.144

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.55

Total Worksi

275

Total Citationsi

745

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes articles focusing on Ethiopian law, examining various legal issues including constitutional law, human rights, land policy, traditional knowledge protection, criminal justice, commercial law, and nationality law. The articles often analyze existing legal frameworks, identify gaps, and propose reforms, frequently employing doctrinal and comparative legal research methods.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionEthiopia

Primary LanguageEnglish, Amharic

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications275

Publisher OrgSt. Mary's University

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

St Mary's University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1998-9881 / 2309-902X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, Amharic

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

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Citations received

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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.

LawQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

African history and culture analysisLand Rights and ReformsInternational Law and Human RightsHuman Rights and DevelopmentJudicial and Constitutional StudiesConflict of Laws and JurisdictionEuropean and International Contract LawComparative and International Law StudiesLegal Issues in South AfricaTransboundary Water Resource Management

Frequently asked questions about Mizan Law Review

Is Mizan Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mizan Law Review: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Mizan Law Review?

Mizan Law Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.144.

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

Mizan Law Review is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.