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Computer Law and Security Review is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.7), WoS SSCI. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2212-473XVerify ISSN ↗2212-4748Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 21 / 1162 | 98th | Q1 |
| Business, Management and Accounting (all) | 37 / 235 | 84th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 95 / 568 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.7.
Computer Law and Security Review is Q1 in Law (rank 21 of 1162), Q1 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 37 of 235) and Q1 in Computer Networks and Communications (rank 95 of 568), by CiteScore 2025.
Computer Law and Security Review is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.052, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 70.
Computer Law and Security Review is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2212-473X and its online ISSN is 2212-4748.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Computer Law and Security Review has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 5.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Computer Law and Security Review published 123 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 144. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 78 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (14.6%), Netherlands (11.6%) and Italy (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (2.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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