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1,303 journals · page 3 of 27 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRScopusDOAJ
Q1Journal of Law and Economics
United States · UNIV CHICAGO PRESS · ISSN 0022-2186, 1537-5285 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Law and Society
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0263-323X, 1467-6478 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Law and the Biosciences
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 2053-9711 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC · ISSN 1465-7341, 8756-6222 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Journal of Legal Analysis
United States · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1946-5319, 2161-7201
SSCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Journal of Legal Education
United States · SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCH · ISSN 0022-2208 · also: Educational Sciences
SSCIQ3Q1—
Q1Journal of Legal History
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0144-0365, 1744-0564 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
AHCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Legal Studies
United States · UNIV CHICAGO PRESS · ISSN 0047-2530, 1537-5366
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Journal of Quantitative Criminology
United States · SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS · ISSN 0748-4518, 1573-7799 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0022-4278, 1552-731X · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Sexual Aggression
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1355-2600, 1742-6545 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
United States · AMER ACAD PSYCHIATRY & LAW · ISSN 1093-6793, 1943-3662 · also: Health Sciences
SSCIQ1Q3—
Q1Journal of Value Inquiry
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0022-5363, 1573-0492 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCI, AHCIQ4Q1—
Q1Journal of World Energy Law and Business
United States · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1754-9957, 1754-9965 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Justice Quarterly
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0741-8825, 1745-9109 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law and History Review
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0738-2480, 1939-9022 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCI, AHCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law and Human Behavior
United States · EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC · ISSN 0147-7307, 1573-661X · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law and Philosophy
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0167-5249, 1573-0522 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q1—
Q1Law and Policy
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0265-8240, 1467-9930 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law and Social Inquiry
United States · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0897-6546, 1747-4469 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law and Society Review
United States · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0023-9216, 1540-5893 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Law, Probability and Risk
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1470-8396, 1470-840X · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Legal and Criminological Psychology
United States · WILEY · ISSN 1355-3259, 2044-8333 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Leiden Journal of International Law
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0922-1565, 1478-9698 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2770-3371, 2770-338X · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Marine Policy
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 0308-597X, 1872-9460 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Medical Law Review
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0967-0742, 1464-3790 · also: Health Sciences
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Medicine, Science and the Law
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0025-8024, 2042-1818 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SCI-E, SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Michigan Law Review
United States · MICH LAW REV ASSOC · ISSN 0026-2234, 1939-8557
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Minnesota Law Review
United States · MINN LAW REVIEW FOUND · ISSN 0026-5535
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Modern Law Review
United States · WILEY · ISSN 0026-7961, 1468-2230
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Neohelicon
Netherlands · SPRINGER · ISSN 0324-4652, 1588-2810 · also: Philology, Social Sciences and Humanities
AHCI—Q1—
Q1Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
United Kingdom · Stichting Studie- en Informatiecentrum Mensenrechten · ISSN 0169-3441, 0924-0519, 2214-7357 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1Yes
Q1New York University Law Review
United States · NEW YORK UNIV SCHOOL LAW · ISSN 0028-7881
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Northwestern University Law Review
United States · NORTHWESTERN UNIV · ISSN 0029-3571
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Notre Dame Law Review
United States · NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL · ISSN 0745-3515
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Ocean Development and International Law
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC · ISSN 0090-8320, 1521-0642 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0143-6503, 1464-3820
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Parliamentary Affairs
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0031-2290, 1460-2482 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
United States · WILEY · ISSN 1081-6976, 1555-2934 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q1Police Quarterly
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1098-6111, 1552-745X · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Policing
United Kingdom · EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 1363-951X, 1758-695X · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Policing and Society
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1043-9463, 1477-2728 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Policing (Oxford)
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1752-4512, 1752-4520 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1321-8719, 1934-1687 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Psychology, Crime and Law
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1068-316X, 1477-2744 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
United States · AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC · ISSN 1076-8971, 1939-1528 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—
Q1Punishment and Society
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 1462-4745, 1741-3095 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Race and Justice
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 2153-3687 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q1—
Q1Regulation and Governance
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1748-5983, 1748-5991 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ1Q1—

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