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Utrecht Journal of International and European Law

Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2053-5341eISSN2053-5341

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 2.1. 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

0.134

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.1

SNIPi

0.606

Total Worksi

168

Total Citationsi

1,135

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is a diamond open access, double-blind peer-reviewed, student-led law journal affiliated with Utrecht University. Founded in 1981, the Journal aims to contribute to legal scholarship on international and European law by promoting these fields' progressive development and providing an international forum for interaction between academia, practitioners and students.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Frequencytwo issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications168

Publisher OrgUbiquity Press

OA Since2009

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2053-5341 / 2053-5341

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

LOCKSS, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

123

2017

103

2018

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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

International RelationsLaw

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Law and Human RightsEuropean and International Law StudiesEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionInternational Arbitration and Investment LawGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsInternational Law and AviationCorporate Law and Human RightsHuman Rights and DevelopmentInternational Maritime Law IssuesEnvironmental law and policy

Frequently asked questions about Utrecht Journal of International and European Law

Is Utrecht Journal of International and European Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Utrecht Journal of International and European Law: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Utrecht Journal of International and European Law?

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1.

Is Utrecht Journal of International and European Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.