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Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1966

ISSN2053-9711eISSN2053-9711

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.077

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.207

Total Worksi

509

Total Citationsi

9,073

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ethics; Law; Medical Ethics; Medicine, Legal; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyThree Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications509

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2053-9711 / 2053-9711

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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, Portico, 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

990

2019

2.9k

2020

563

2021

488

2022

394

2023

248

2024

119

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

LawQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EthicsLawMedical EthicsMedicine, Legal

Scopus Categories

LawBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biomedical Ethics and RegulationEthics in Clinical ResearchNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsReproductive Health and TechnologiesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeIntellectual Property and PatentsEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareEthics in medical practiceLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Is Journal of Law and the Biosciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Law and the Biosciences: 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 Journal of Law and the Biosciences?

Journal of Law and the Biosciences 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 3.54.

Is Journal of Law and the Biosciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Law and the Biosciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Law and the Biosciences?