Law: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Regulation & Governance	21
2	Artificial Intelligence and Law	19
3	Law and Human Behavior	14
4	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
5	Journal of Law & Economics	12
6	European Business Organization Law Review	11
-	Journal of International Economic Law	11
-	American Journal of International Law	11
-	Behavioral Sciences & the Law	11
-	International Journal of Human Rights	11
-	International Journal of Law Crime and Justice	11
-	Law & Society Review	11
-	Psychology Public Policy and Law	11
-	Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law	11
-	Social & Legal Studies	11
-	Transnational Environmental Law	11
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	11
18	International Journal of Law and Psychiatry	10
-	Law and Social Inquiry-Journal of the American Bar Foundation	10
-	Leiden Journal of International Law	10
-	Psychiatry Psychology and Law	10
-	Washington Quarterly	10
-	Journal of Environmental Law	10
-	World Trade Review	10
25	Feminist Legal Studies	9
-	International & Comparative Law Quarterly	9
-	Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics	9
-	Medicine Science and the Law	9
-	Common Market Law Review	9
-	International Data Privacy Law	9
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	9
-	Journal of Empirical Legal Studies	9
33	European Journal of International Law	8
-	International Journal of Law in Context	8
-	International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law	8
-	International Review of Law and Economics	8
-	European Journal of Law and Economics	8
-	ICON-International Journal of Constitutional Law	8
-	Industrial Law Journal	8
-	Journal of Law and Society	8
-	Journal of Law Economics & Organization	8
-	Medical Law Review	8
-	Asia Pacific Law Review	8
44	Human Rights Law Review	7
-	International Journal of Evidence & Proof	7
-	Journal of Corporate Law Studies	7
-	Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law	7
-	Journal of International Criminal Justice	7
-	Journal of World Energy Law & Business	7
-	Legal and Criminological Psychology	7

-	Modern Law Review	7
-	Ocean Development and International Law	7
-	American Business Law Journal	7
-	European Constitutional Law Review	7
-	International Review of the Red Cross	7
-	Journal of Competition Law & Economics	7
-	Law & Policy	7
-	Oxford Journal of Legal Studies	7
59	European Journal of Migration and Law	6
-	Hague Journal on the Rule of Law	6
-	Journal of World Trade	6
-	Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights	6
-	Cambridge Law Journal	6
64	Journal of African Law	5
-	European Law Journal	5
-	Legal Studies	5
-	American Journal of Comparative Law	5
68	Chinese Journal of International Law	4
-	ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal	4
-	Review of Central and East European Law	4
-	International Insolvency Review	4
-	Journal of International Dispute Settlement	4
-	Law and History Review	4
-	Law and Philosophy	4
-	University of Toronto Law Journal	4
76	Juvenile and Family Court Journal	3
-	Law Probability & Risk	3
-	Revista Espanola de Derecho Constitucional	3
-	South African Journal on Human Rights	3
-	International Journal of Law Policy and the Family	3
-	Michigan Law Review	3
82	Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property	2
-	University of Pittsburgh Law Review	2
-	Supreme Court Review	2
85	Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis-Revue d'Histoire du Droit-The Legal History Review	1
-	Journal of Legal Medicine	1