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AJIL Unbound

Cambridge University Press · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2398-7723eISSN2398-7723

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.748

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.89

Total Worksi

911

Total Citationsi

4,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

AJIL Unbound is the online-only, open-access companion to the American Journal of International Law. It publishes shorter, more focused articles that complement the articles in the print journal. AJIL Unbound is intended to provide a forum for timely discussion of international law issues, including responses to articles published in the print journal, as well as original scholarship.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications911

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2012

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2398-7723 / 2398-7723

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

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

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

639

2019

581

2020

390

2021

333

2022

212

2023

126

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

International RelationsLaw

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Law and Human RightsInternational Arbitration and Investment LawGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsWorld Trade Organization LawInternational Law and AviationCorporate Law and Human RightsHuman Rights and DevelopmentInternational Maritime Law IssuesHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsEnvironmental law and policy

Frequently asked questions about AJIL Unbound

Is AJIL Unbound a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AJIL Unbound: 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 AJIL Unbound?

AJIL Unbound 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 0.72.

Is AJIL Unbound indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AJIL Unbound is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.