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1,303 journals · page 5 of 27 · list date 2026-11-10

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Q2Harvard Journal on Legislation
United States · HARVARD LAW SCHOOL · ISSN 0017-808X, 1943-507X
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2HASTINGS LAW JOURNAL
UNIV CALIF · ISSN 0017-8322
SSCIQ2——
Q2Indiana Law Journal
United States · INDIANA LAW JOURNAL · ISSN 0019-6665, 2169-3218
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Insolvency Review
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1099-1107, 1180-0518 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2International Journal of Evidence and Proof
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 1365-7127, 1740-5572 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1499-9013, 1932-9903 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1360-9939, 1464-3707 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law
United Kingdom · UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC · ISSN 1748-8885, 1748-8893 · also: Philology, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ4Q2—
Q2International Review of Law and Economics
United States · ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC · ISSN 0144-8188, 1873-6394 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Review of the Red Cross
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1607-5889, 1816-3831 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1043-9862, 1552-5406 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
United States · NORTHWESTERN UNIV · ISSN 0091-4169 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY
NORTHWESTERN UNIV · ISSN 2160-0325 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2——
Q2Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1740-1453, 1740-1461 · also: Educational Sciences
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 1532-2009, 1752-928X, 1878-7487 · also: Health Sciences
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Forensic Nursing
United States · LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS · ISSN 1556-3693, 1939-3938 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SCI-E, SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of International Dispute Settlement
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 2040-3585, 2040-3593 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of School Violence
United States · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1538-8220, 1538-8239 · also: Educational Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of World Trade
Netherlands · KLUWER LAW INT · ISSN 1011-6702, 2210-2795 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Legal History Review
Netherlands · Brill Nijhoff · ISSN 0040-7585, 1571-8190 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCI, AHCIQ3Q2—
Q2Legal Studies
United States · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0261-3875, 1748-121X
SSCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Melbourne University Law Review
Australia · MELBOURNE UNIV LAW REVIEW ASSOC · ISSN 0025-8938, 1839-3810
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Natural Resources Journal
United States · UNIV NEW MEXICO, SCH LAW · ISSN 0028-0739 · also: Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business
United States · NORTHWESTERN UNIV SCHOOL LAW · ISSN 0196-3228 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2Prison Journal
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 0032-8855, 1552-7522 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Psychology of Violence
United States · EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC · ISSN 2152-081X, 2152-0828 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Revista Chilena de Derecho
Chile · Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile · ISSN 0716-0747, 0718-3437
SSCIQ4Q2Yes
Q2Revista Espanola de Derecho Constitucional
Spain · CENTRO ESTUDIOS POLITICOS CONSTITUCIONALES · ISSN 0211-5743, 1989-0648 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Sexual Abuse
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1079-0632, 1573-286X · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2South African Journal on Human Rights
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0258-7203, 1996-2126 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2University of Illinois Law Review
United States · UNIV ILLINOIS · ISSN 0276-9948, 1942-9231
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law
United States · UNIV PENN LAW SCH · ISSN 1938-0283 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCI—Q2—
Q2University of Toronto Law Journal
Canada · UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC · ISSN 0042-0220, 1710-1174 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2Violence and Victims
United States · SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO · ISSN 0886-6708, 1945-7073 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ4Q2—
Q2Washington Law Review
United States · UNIV WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW · ISSN 0043-0617
SSCIQ2Q3—
Q2Wisconsin Law Review
United States · UNIV WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL · ISSN 0043-650X, 1943-1120
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q3AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL
NATL CONF BANKRUPT J · ISSN 0027-9048
SSCIQ3——
Q3American Law and Economics Review
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC · ISSN 1465-7252, 1465-7260 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3——
Q3Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy
Taiwan · NATL TAIWAN UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1819-5164 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q3—
Q3Buffalo Law Review
United States · UNIV BUFFALO STATE UNIV NEW YORK · ISSN 0023-9356
SSCIQ3Q3—
Q3Catholic University Law Review
United States · CATHOLIC UNIV AMER PRESS · ISSN 0008-8390 · also: Educational Sciences, Theology
SSCIQ4Q3—
Q3Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
United States · COLUMBIA JOURNAL TRANSNATIONAL LAW ASSOC · ISSN 0010-1923 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q3—
Q3Cornell International Law Journal
United States · CORNELL INT LAW JOURNAL · ISSN 0010-8812, 1930-7977 · also: Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q4—
Q3Denver Law Review
United States · UNIV DENVER, STURM COLLEGE LAW · ISSN 2469-6463, 2469-6471
SSCIQ3——
Q3Ecclesiastical Law Journal
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0956-618X, 1751-8539 · also: Theology
AHCI—Q3—
Q3Food and Drug Law Journal
United States · FOOD DRUG LAW INST · ISSN 1064-590X · also: Engineering, Health Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
SCI-E, SSCI—Q3—
Q3Islamic Law and Society
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 0928-9380, 1568-5195 · also: Theology, Social Sciences and Humanities
AHCI—Q3—
Q3Journal of African Law
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0021-8553, 1464-3731
SSCIQ3Q3—
Q3Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1478-9949, 1478-9957 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q3—
Q3Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2473-2842, 2473-2850 · also: Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
SSCIQ3Q3—

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