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Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN2399-5548

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.329

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,197

Total Citationsi

7,686

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Political Science and International Relations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,197

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2399-5548

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

585

2019

615

2020

379

2021

197

2022

128

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.

LawQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European and International Law StudiesEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionEuropean Union Policy and GovernanceEuropean and International Contract LawCorporate Governance and LawTaxation and Legal IssuesConflict of Laws and JurisdictionEU Law and Policy AnalysisInternational Arbitration and Investment LawDiscrimination and Equality Law

Frequently asked questions about Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

Is Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law?

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.329.

Is Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law?