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Journal of European Competition Law and Practice

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN2041-7772

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. 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

0.504

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.414

Total Worksi

1,447

Total Citationsi

4,044

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on competition law and practice, particularly concerning digital markets, sports governance, merger control, and supply chain resilience. Recent articles discuss collective actions against tech companies, the impact of antitrust litigation on collegiate sports compensation, the dynamics of killer acquisitions and innovation incentives, and the integration of supply chain resilience into merger assessments.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 77 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,447

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Visit Journal Website

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?

2041-7772

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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

196

2019

102

284

2020

521

2021

198

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Merger and Competition AnalysisEuropean and International Law StudiesEU Law and Policy AnalysisTaxation and Legal IssuesCorporate Governance and LawDiverse Legal and Medical StudiesIntellectual Property LawEuropean and International Contract LawWorld Trade Organization LawInternational Arbitration and Investment Law

Frequently asked questions about Journal of European Competition Law and Practice

Is Journal of European Competition Law and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of European Competition Law and Practice: 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 European Competition Law and Practice?

Journal of European Competition Law and Practice 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 0.29.

Is Journal of European Competition Law and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of European Competition Law and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.