ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
1973–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
4.2
SJR · SCImago
2.068
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
103
Best quartile
Q1 · 89th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 123 / 1162 | 89th | Q1 |
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Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), ABDC A*, WoS SSCI. Published by Harvard University Press.
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ISSN 0017-811XVerify ISSN ↗2161-976XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Scopus · Q1ABDC A*WoS · SSCI
4.2
CiteScore 2025
Q1
Best quartile
A*
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1886
Field of research
Commercial law (4801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Harvard University Press
A* = top 5–7% of journals in its field — an internationally recognised exemplar of excellence.
View this source on ABDC Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Harvard Law Review indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
What quartile is Harvard Law Review in Scopus?
Harvard Law Review is Q1 in Law (rank 123 of 1162), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Harvard Law Review?
Harvard Law 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.068, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 103.
Who publishes Harvard Law Review and what is its ISSN?
Harvard Law Review is published by Harvard University Press. Its print ISSN is 0017-811X and its online ISSN is 2161-976X.
Is Harvard Law Review in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Harvard Law Review?
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial law.
Is Harvard Law Review open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Harvard Law Review? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Harvard Law Review has an h-index of 158 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #915 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
158
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
1,841
i10-index
19,575
works indexed
137,065
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#915 of 1,057 Bottom 14% Law
Harvard Law Review published 1 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 17. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Are there integrity warnings for Harvard Law Review? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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