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Osgoode Hall Law Journal

York University Osgoode Hall Law School · Canada · Est. 1958

ISSN2817-5069

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q4+5

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total20

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.122

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.316

Total Works

2,223

Total Citations

8,745

2yr Mean Citedness

0.15

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Osgoode Hall Law Journal publishes articles on Canadian law, with a particular focus on constitutional law, including Charter rights and equality rights. Recent articles address issues of racial profiling in policing and its intersection with legal frameworks, the legal treatment of large language models, and the historical and ongoing impacts of laws on Indigenous peoples and LGBTQ2S+ individuals. The journal also features discussions on employment law, administrative law, and the role of courts in policy and justice.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,223

Publisher OrgRoutledge

OA Since1949

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~63 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

York University Osgoode Hall Law School

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2817-5069

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

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2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Judicial and Constitutional StudiesCriminal Law and EvidenceLegal principles and applicationsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsMulticultural Socio-Legal StudiesLegal Systems and Judicial ProcessesLaw in Society and CultureLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics