Law · 78 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Law
The top Law journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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).
- 1A&C - Revista de Direito Administrativoe & Constitucional0.1 cites/paper · Q1Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
- 2Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société0.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad0.5 cites/paper · Q3 · North-West UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
- 7Veredas do Direito Direito Ambiental e Desenvolvimento Sustentável0.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Editora Dom HelderOpen AccessScopus
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- 10University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform3.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Michigan Law SchoolOpen AccessPubMed
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- 13Revista do Direito Público0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · State University of LondrinaOpen AccessDOAJ
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- 17International Journal of Social Service and Research0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 18International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · International journal of multicultural and multireligious understandingOpen Access
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- 20Ranah Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
- 21Pensar - Revista de Ciências Jurídicas0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universidade de FortalezaOpen AccessDOAJ
- 22Alberta Law Review0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Alberta LibraryOpen AccessWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Polskie Wydawnictwo EkonomiczneOpen Access
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- 26COMSERVA Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
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- 28Revista de Direito Administrativo0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Fundacao Getulio VaragasOpen AccessDOAJ
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- 31Journal of Education Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS)0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartileOpen Access
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- 37REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroOpen AccessDOAJWeb of Science
- 38Revista de Direito Brasileira0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · National Council for Research and Postgraduate Studies in LawOpen Access
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- 40Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universidade Federal do ParanáOpen AccessDOAJ
“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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