Law · 251 journals indexed
Best journals for Law
The top Law journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 9GRURRR. Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Rechtsprechungs-Report0.7 cites/paper · Q1ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Journal of European Competition Law & Practice0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of Science
- 13Michigan Law Review0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Michigan Law SchoolScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativoe & Constitucional0.1 cites/paper · Q1Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 15Minnesota law review0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Minnesota Law SchoolScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Journal of Consumer Policy2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Oxford Journal of Legal Studies1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18The American Journal of Comparative Law1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of Science
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- 25Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société0.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26University of Toronto Law Journal0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · University of Toronto PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30The Cambridge Law Journal0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 37Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · North-West UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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