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Foro: Revista de Derecho

Universidad Andina Simon Olivar, Sede Ecuador · Ecuador · Est. 2004

ISSN2631-2484

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.204

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.707

Total Worksi

171

Total Citationsi

400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Foro: Revista de Derecho is a semestral academic legal publication, peer-reviewed, open to the international community and specializing in law. It receives and evaluates original articles in Spanish and English.

General Information

Country / RegionEcuador

Primary LanguageSpanish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencySemestral

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications171

Publisher OrgUniversidad Andina Simón Bolívar

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidad Andina Simon Olivar, Sede Ecuador

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2631-2484

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Spanish

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

104

2020

2021

2022

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.

LawQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesCriminal Justice and PenologySocial Issues and Policies in Latin AmericaLegal processes and jurisprudenceBusiness, Innovation, and EconomyComparative International Legal StudiesGender, Violence, Rights in Latin AmericaViolence, Education, and Gender StudiesFamily and Matrimonial LawAdministrative Law and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Foro: Revista de Derecho

Is Foro: Revista de Derecho a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foro: Revista de Derecho: it is indexed in 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 Foro: Revista de Derecho?

Foro: Revista de Derecho is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.204.

Is Foro: Revista de Derecho indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foro: Revista de Derecho is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.