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Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.3), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 1465-7341Verify ISSN ↗8756-6222Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: About US$4,106 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 197 / 1162 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 316 / 755 | 58th | Q2 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 128 / 254 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization is Q1 in Law (rank 197 of 1162), Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 316 of 755) and Q3 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 128 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.198, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 84.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,106 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 1465-7341 and its online ISSN is 8756-6222.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
It is graded 3 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization has an h-index of 142 and a 2-year mean of 1.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #165 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 42. 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 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (41.9%), Italy (10%) and United Kingdom (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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