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Best Law journals

1,160 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Law. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 291 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Government Information Quarterly 23.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
2 Resources Policy 20.3 99th Q1 – B No
3 Telematics and Informatics 17.3 99th Q1 SSCI C No
4 Journal of Business Ethics 15.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Computers and Security 15.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Artificial Intelligence and Law 12.7 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 IEEE Communications Standards Magazine 12.6 99th Q1 ESCI – No
8 Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan 12.6 99th Q1 – – No
9 Accident Analysis and Prevention 12.1 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Computer Standards and Interfaces 12.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Social Science Computer Review 11.2 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
12 Regulation and Governance 10.6 99th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Transport Policy 10.3 98th Q1 SSCI A No
14 International Security 9.8 98th Q1 SSCI – No
15 European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context 9.5 98th Q1 SSCI – Yes
16 Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9 98th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Juris: Jurnal Ilmiah Syariah 9 98th Q1 – – No
18 Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures 8.9 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 El-Mashlahah 8.8 98th Q1 – – No
20 Marine Policy 8.7 98th Q1 SSCI A No
21 Computer Law and Security Review 8.7 98th Q1 SSCI – No
22 Journal of Family Violence 8.7 98th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Journal of Islamic Law 8.6 98th Q1 – – Yes
24 Annual Review of Criminology 8.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Criminology 8.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Journal of Air Transport Management 8.4 97th Q1 SSCI B No
27 Utilities Policy 8.2 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
28 Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam 8 97th Q1 – – Yes
29 Journal of Human Rights, Culture and Legal System 7.9 97th Q1 – – No
30 Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial 7.8 97th Q1 – – Yes
31 Criminology and Public Policy 7.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 97th Q1 – – Yes
33 Police Quarterly 7.3 97th Q1 SSCI – No
34 Al-Ahkam 7.1 97th Q1 – – Yes
35 European Journal of Criminology 7.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Journal of Experimental Criminology 7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Transnational Environmental Law 6.9 96th Q1 SSCI – No
38 European Business Organization Law Review 6.8 96th Q1 SSCI B No
39 International Organization 6.8 96th Q1 SSCI B No
40 Bestuur 6.8 96th Q1 – – Yes
41 Law, Innovation and Technology 6.8 96th Q1 – – No
42 Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi 6.8 96th Q1 – – Yes
43 Ahkam: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah 6.7 96th Q1 – – Yes
44 Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 6.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Race and Justice 6.7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
46 International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 6.6 96th Q1 SSCI A No
47 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 6.6 95th Q1 SSCI – No
48 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 6.6 95th Q1 ESCI – No
49 Electricity Journal 6.4 95th Q1 ESCI – No
50 Journal of Financial Crime 6.3 95th Q1 – B No
51 British Journal of Criminology 6.3 95th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Forensic Science International: Synergy 6.3 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
53 IET Intelligent Transport Systems 6.2 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
54 Journal of Law and the Biosciences 6.2 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
55 Legality: Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 6.2 95th Q1 – – No
56 Information and Communications Technology Law 6.1 95th Q1 ESCI B No
57 Journal of Legal Analysis 6.1 95th Q1 SSCI – Yes
58 Life Medicine 6.1 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
59 Journal of Cybersecurity 6.1 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Psychological Injury and Law 6 94th Q1 ESCI – No
61 Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime 5.9 94th Q1 – – No
62 International Journal of Law and Management 5.8 94th Q1 ESCI C No
63 Space Policy 5.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
64 Theoretical Criminology 5.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
65 European Journal of Risk Regulation 5.7 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
66 Justice Quarterly 5.7 94th Q1 SSCI – No
67 International Journal of Law and Information Technology 5.6 94th Q1 ESCI A No
68 Journal of Money Laundering Control 5.6 94th Q1 ESCI C No
69 De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar'iah 5.6 94th Q1 – – No
70 Homicide Studies 5.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
71 Journal of Genocide Research 5.6 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
72 Samarah 5.5 93rd Q1 – – No
73 International Theory 5.4 93rd Q1 SSCI – Yes
74 Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies 5.4 93rd Q1 – – No
75 Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 5.4 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
76 Arctic Review on Law and Politics 5.3 93rd Q1 – – Yes
77 Trends in Organized Crime 5.3 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
78 European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research 5.2 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
79 Stanford Law Review 5.2 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
80 Criminology and Criminal Justice 5.1 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
81 Punishment and Society 5.1 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
82 Journal of Environmental Law 5.1 92nd Q1 SSCI B No
83 Journal of Applied Security Research 5 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
84 Journal of Economic Criminology 5 92nd Q1 – – Yes
85 Law and Human Behavior 5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
86 Policing and Society 5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
87 Common Market Law Review 4.9 92nd Q1 SSCI B No
88 International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 4.9 92nd Q1 – A No
89 Yale Law Journal 4.9 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
90 IEEE Security and Privacy 4.9 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
91 Comparative Migration Studies 4.8 92nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
92 Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 4.8 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
93 Al-Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam 4.7 92nd Q1 – – Yes
94 Al-Risalah: Forum Kajian Hukum dan Sosial Kemasyarakatan 4.7 91st Q1 – – No
95 Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 4.7 91st Q1 SSCI – No
96 International Data Privacy Law 4.6 91st Q1 SSCI C No
97 Contemporary Drug Problems 4.6 91st Q1 ESCI – No
98 Crime Science 4.6 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
99 Violence Against Women 4.6 91st Q1 SSCI – No
100 Harvard International Law Journal 4.5 91st Q1 SSCI A No
101 Journal of International Economic Law 4.5 91st Q1 SSCI A No
102 Anuario de Psicologia Juridica 4.5 91st Q1 SSCI – Yes
103 Crime and Delinquency 4.5 91st Q1 SSCI – No
104 Crime, Media, Culture 4.5 91st Q1 SSCI – No
105 Journal of Human Trafficking 4.5 91st Q1 – – No
106 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 90th Q1 SCIE – No
107 American Journal of International Law 4.4 90th Q1 SSCI – No
108 Environmental Economics 4.4 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
109 Forensic Science International 4.4 90th Q1 SCIE – No
110 Forensic Science International: Mind and Law 4.4 90th Q1 – – No
111 Journal of Sustainable Development and Regulatory Issues 4.4 90th Q1 – – No
112 Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun 4.4 90th Q1 ESCI – No
113 Jurnal Media Hukum 4.4 90th Q1 – – Yes
114 Journal of Law, Environmental and Justice 4.3 90th Q1 – – No
115 Medical Law Review 4.3 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
116 MILRev: Metro Islamic Law Review 4.2 90th Q1 – – Yes
117 Harvard Law Review 4.2 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
118 El-Usrah 4.2 89th Q1 – – No
119 International Review of Victimology 4.2 89th Q1 ESCI – No
120 Journal of Disability Policy Studies 4.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
121 Law Reform: Jurnal Pembaharuan Hukum 4.2 89th Q1 – – Yes
122 Nusantara: Journal of Law Studies 4.2 89th Q1 – – No
123 Security Journal 4.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
124 American Journal of Criminal Justice 4.1 89th Q1 SSCI – No
125 Journal of Sexual Aggression 4.1 89th Q1 SSCI – No
126 Knowledge and Performance Management 4.1 89th Q1 – – Yes
127 Police Practice and Research 4.1 89th Q1 ESCI – No
128 Victims and Offenders 4.1 89th Q1 SSCI – No
129 Israel Law Review 4.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
130 Psychology, Crime and Law 4.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
131 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 4.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
132 Columbia Law Review 4 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
133 World Trade Review 4 88th Q1 SSCI C No
134 Deviant Behavior 4 88th Q1 SSCI – No
135 Global Policy 4 88th Q1 SSCI – No
136 Health and Justice 4 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
137 Human Rights Law Review 4 88th Q1 SSCI – No
138 Law and Society Review 4 88th Q1 SSCI – No
139 Police Journal 4 88th Q1 – – No
140 Probation Journal 4 88th Q1 ESCI – No
141 European Journal of International Law 4 87th Q1 SSCI A No
142 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 4 87th Q1 SSCI A* No
143 Journal of World Investment and Trade 4 87th Q1 ESCI A No
144 Women and Criminal Justice 4 87th Q1 SSCI – No
145 Business Ethics and Leadership 3.9 87th Q1 – C Yes
146 Parliamentary Affairs 3.9 87th Q1 SSCI B No
147 Criminal Justice and Behavior 3.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
148 Criminal Justice Review 3.9 87th Q1 – – No
149 European Journal of Migration and Law 3.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
150 Feminist Criminology 3.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
151 International Journal of Human Rights 3.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
152 Leiden Journal of International Law 3.8 86th Q1 SSCI – Yes
153 Social and Legal Studies 3.8 86th Q1 SSCI – No
154 Social Justice Research 3.7 86th Q1 SSCI B No
155 European Constitutional Law Review 3.7 86th Q1 SSCI – Yes
156 Innovative Marketing 3.7 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
157 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 3.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
158 Journal of Borderlands Studies 3.7 86th Q1 ESCI – No
159 Problems and Perspectives in Management 3.7 86th Q1 – – Yes
160 Supreme Court Review 3.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
161 Women's Studies International Forum 3.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
162 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 3.6 86th Q1 SSCI – No
163 Virginia Law Review 3.6 86th Q1 SSCI – No
164 IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 3.6 85th Q1 ESCI A No
165 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 3.6 85th Q1 SSCI A No
166 Banks and Bank Systems 3.6 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
167 Journal of Criminology 3.6 85th Q1 SSCI – No
168 Public Integrity 3.6 85th Q1 ESCI – No
169 Public Organization Review 3.6 85th Q1 ESCI – No
170 Yearbook of European Law 3.6 85th Q1 – – No
171 Duke Law Journal 3.5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
172 German Law Journal 3.5 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
173 Hasanuddin Law Review 3.5 85th Q1 – – Yes
174 Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 3.5 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
175 Business and Human Rights Journal 3.5 84th Q1 ESCI B No
176 Global Crime 3.5 84th Q1 ESCI – No
177 International Journal of Legal Discourse 3.5 84th Q1 ESCI – No
178 Jambura Law Review 3.5 84th Q1 – – No
179 Asia Pacific Law Review 3.4 84th Q1 SSCI C No
180 Advances in Southeast Asian Studies 3.4 84th Q1 – – Yes
181 AJIL Unbound 3.4 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
182 Human Rights Review 3.4 84th Q1 ESCI – No
183 Journal of Criminal Justice 3.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
184 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 3.4 84th Q1 – – Yes
185 Youth Justice 3.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
186 Lex Scientia Law Review 3.3 84th Q1 – – Yes
187 First Monday 3.3 83rd Q1 – C No
188 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 3.3 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
189 Law and Policy 3.3 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
190 Modern Law Review 3.3 83rd Q1 SSCI A* No
191 Al-'Adalah 3.3 83rd Q1 – – Yes
192 California Law Review 3.3 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
193 Crime Prevention and Community Safety 3.3 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
194 Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific 3.3 83rd Q1 – – No
195 Journal of Gender-Based Violence 3.3 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
196 Journal of Southeast Asian Human Rights 3.3 83rd Q1 – – No
197 Medicine, Science and the Law 3.3 83rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
198 Asian Journal of International Law 3.2 83rd Q1 ESCI C No
199 Crime, Law and Social Change 3.2 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
200 Medical Law International 3.2 82nd Q1 – C No
201 Forensic Science Review 3.2 82nd Q1 – – No
202 Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 3.2 82nd Q1 – – No
203 International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 3.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
204 International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice 3.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
205 Journal of Human Rights Practice 3.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
206 Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 3.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
207 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 3.2 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
208 International Journal of Police Science and Management 3.1 82nd Q1 – – No
209 Journal of Crime and Justice 3.1 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
210 Boston University Law Review 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI A* No
211 European Journal of Law and Economics 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI C No
212 Journal of Competition Law and Economics 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI B No
213 Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research 3.1 81st Q1 ESCI – No
214 Interchange 3.1 81st Q1 – – No
215 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
216 International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
217 Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
218 Journal of Human Rights 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
219 Journal of Legal Education 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
220 Northwestern University Law Review 3.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
221 Investment Management and Financial Innovations 3 81st Q1 – – No
222 Industrial Law Journal 3 80th Q1 SSCI A No
223 Critical Military Studies 3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
224 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
225 European Foreign Affairs Review 3 80th Q1 – – No
226 Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction 3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
227 Laws 3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
228 Policing 3 80th Q1 SSCI – No
229 Public and Municipal Finance 3 80th Q1 – – Yes
230 State Crime Journal 3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
231 Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 3 80th Q1 SSCI – No
232 American Business Law Journal 2.9 80th Q1 SSCI A No
233 International Criminal Justice Review 2.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
234 International Journal of Constitutional Law 2.9 79th Q1 SSCI – No
235 International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 2.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
236 International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2.9 79th Q1 – – No
237 International Journal of Transitional Justice 2.9 79th Q1 SSCI – No
238 International Sports Law Journal 2.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
239 Journal of Conflict and Security Law 2.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
240 Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 2.9 79th Q1 SSCI – No
241 Journal of Islamic Economic Laws 2.9 79th Q1 – – Yes
242 Ocean Development and International Law 2.9 79th Q1 SSCI – No
243 Sriwijaya Law Review 2.9 79th Q1 – – Yes
244 Studies in International Criminal Law 2.9 79th Q1 – – No
245 Journal of Corporate Law Studies 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI A No
246 Journal of Law and Society 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI B No
247 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 2.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
248 Journal of International Criminal Justice 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
249 Journal of Media Law 2.8 78th Q1 – – No
250 Journal of World Energy Law and Business 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
251 Netherlands International Law Review 2.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
252 Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice 2.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
253 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
254 Vanderbilt Law Review 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
255 Washington Quarterly 2.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
256 Yustisia 2.8 78th Q1 – – Yes
257 Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium 2.7 77th Q1 ESCI B No
258 Journal of Law and Economics 2.7 77th Q1 SSCI A* No
259 Journal of World Intellectual Property 2.7 77th Q1 ESCI C No
260 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 2.7 77th Q1 SSCI – No
261 Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2.7 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
262 European Energy and Environmental Law Review 2.7 77th Q1 – – No
263 Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: Research, Treatment, and Program Innovations for Victims, Suvivors, and Offenders 2.7 77th Q1 SSCI – No
264 Journal of Criminal Psychology 2.7 77th Q1 ESCI – No
265 Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 2.7 77th Q1 ESCI – No
266 Petita: Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Syariah 2.7 77th Q1 – – No
267 Policing (Oxford) 2.7 77th Q1 SSCI – No
268 International Journal of Technology Management 2.7 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
269 Journal of Transportation Security 2.7 76th Q1 ESCI B No
270 Journal of Law and Political Economy 2.7 76th Q1 – – Yes
271 Law, Technology and Humans 2.7 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
272 Antitrust Bulletin 2.6 76th Q1 – B No
273 Annals of Corporate Governance 2.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
274 European Company and Financial Law Review 2.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
275 European Law Open 2.6 76th Q1 – – Yes
276 International Journal of Law in Context 2.6 76th Q1 SSCI – No
277 Journal of Legislative Studies 2.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
278 Knowledge Cultures 2.6 76th Q1 – – No
279 Mazahib Jurnal Pemikiran Hukum Islam 2.6 76th Q1 – – Yes
280 European Law Journal 2.6 75th Q1 SSCI B No
281 African Security Review 2.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
282 Asian Journal of Criminology 2.6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
283 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 2.6 75th Q1 – – No
284 Climate Law 2.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
285 Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 2.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
286 Insurance Markets and Companies 2.6 75th Q1 – – Yes
287 International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice 2.6 75th Q1 – – No
288 Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 2.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
289 Justice, Power and Resistance 2.6 75th Q1 – – No
290 Law and Social Inquiry 2.6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
291 Journal of European Tort Law 2.5 75th Q1 – – No
292 Cornell Law Review 2.5 74th Q2 SSCI A* No
293 Criminal Justice Policy Review 2.5 74th Q2 – – No
294 Critical Criminology 2.5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
295 ERA Forum 2.5 74th Q2 – – No
296 International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics 2.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
297 International Review of the Red Cross 2.5 74th Q2 SSCI – Yes
298 Khazanah Hukum 2.5 74th Q2 – – Yes
299 Lex Portus 2.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
300 Nordic Journal of Human Rights 2.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No

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