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Onati Socio-Legal Series

Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law · Spain · Est. 2010

ISSN2079-5971eISSN2079-5971
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 1.6. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.285
H-Indexi
16
CiteScorei
1.6
SNIPi
0.684
Total Worksi
938
Total Citationsi
1,944
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.90
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Oñati Socio-Legal Series (ISSN 2079-5971) is an international peer-reviewed on-line journal which publishes work within the field of law and society. This is broadly defined to include work which makes a significant contribution to the understanding and analysis of law as a set of social institutions, processes, practices or techniques, using any methodologies and approaches from the social sciences and humanities. While OSLS welcomes submissions on a wide range of socio-legal issues, current key areas of interest include democratic backsliding, alternatives to incarceration, legal cultures, artificial intelligence and digitalization in law, and environmental legal challenges . We accept papers focused on specific jurisdictions or countries, but we particularly encourage submissions that offer broader insights or allow for the extrapolation of findings beyond a single context.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageSpanish, Portuguese, French, English, Basque
1st Year Published2010
Frequencybimonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications938
Publisher OrgOñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
OA Since2010
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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
📦 Long-term Preservation
PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2079-5971 / 2079-5971
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PKP PN
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Basque

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
140
502
2019
65
239
2020
103
332
2021
96
210
2022
89
167
2023
122
196
2024
86
65
2025
81
18
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.

LawQ2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and PenologyLaw in Society and CultureJudicial and Constitutional StudiesCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisComparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesLegal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences and PoliciesSex work and related issuesHuman Rights and ImmigrationEuropean and International Law Studies

Frequently asked questions about Onati Socio-Legal Series

Is Onati Socio-Legal Series a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Onati Socio-Legal Series: 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 Onati Socio-Legal Series?

Onati Socio-Legal Series 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 1.6.

Is Onati Socio-Legal Series indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Onati Socio-Legal Series is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Onati Socio-Legal Series?

The Oñati Socio-Legal Series (ISSN 2079-5971) is an international peer-reviewed on-line journal which publishes work within the field of law and society. This is broadly defined to include work which makes a significant contribution to the understanding and analysis of law as a set of social institutions, processes, practices or techniques, using any methodologies and approaches from the social sciences and humanities. While OSLS welcomes submissions on a wide range of socio-legal issues, current key areas of interest include democratic backsliding, alternatives to incarceration, legal culture

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref