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Social and Legal Studios

Lviv State University of Internal Affairs · Ukraine · Est. 2018

ISSN2617-4170

✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-12-02). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 ↗

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.715

Total Worksi

494

Total Citationsi

778

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Law; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUkraine

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications494

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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?

Lviv State University of Internal Affairs

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2617-4170

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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

2019

2020

105

2021

121

2022

322

2023

105

191

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Unranked

LawUnranked

Social PsychologyUnranked

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Social Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ukrainian Legal and Forensic StudiesLegal Studies and ReformsEconomic Issues in UkraineLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 ChallengesEuropean and International Law StudiesLegal and Policy IssuesBusiness and Economic DevelopmentWar, Law, and JusticeLabor Market and EducationEducation and Social Development in Ukraine

Frequently asked questions about Social and Legal Studios

Is Social and Legal Studios a predatory journal?

Social and Legal Studios was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-12-02). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social and Legal Studios?

Social and Legal Studios is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.01.

Is Social and Legal Studios indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social and Legal Studios is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social and Legal Studios?