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Law, Ethics and Technology

Law, Ethics and Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.3). Published by ELSP.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2959-3077Verify ISSN ↗2959-3085Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: ELSP

Scopus · Q1

1.3

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 33 of 175 · 81st pctile

Indexed in

major index

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2024–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

1.3

SJR · SCImago

0.307

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q1 · 81st pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Arts and Humanities (all)	33 / 175	81st	Q1
Law	542 / 1162	53rd	Q2
Nuclear Energy and Engineering	58 / 85	32nd	Q3
Artificial Intelligence	395 / 570	30th	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	334 / 432	22nd	Q4
Computer Science (miscellaneous)	146 / 179	18th	Q4
Biomedical Engineering	283 / 342	17th	Q4

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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Law, Ethics and Technology indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.3.

What quartile is Law, Ethics and Technology in Scopus?

Law, Ethics and Technology is Q1 in Arts and Humanities (all) (rank 33 of 175), Q2 in Law (rank 542 of 1162) and Q3 in Nuclear Energy and Engineering (rank 58 of 85), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Law, Ethics and Technology?

Law, Ethics and Technology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q1, 81st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.307, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 3.

Who publishes Law, Ethics and Technology and what is its ISSN?

Law, Ethics and Technology is published by ELSP. Its print ISSN is 2959-3077 and its online ISSN is 2959-3085.

Is Law, Ethics and Technology in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Law, Ethics and Technology open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Law, Ethics and Technology? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Law, Ethics and Technology has an h-index of 3 and a 2-year mean of 1.51 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 158 Scopus journals in Arts and Humanities (all).

h-index

1.51

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

works indexed

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#10 of 158 Top 7% Arts and Humanities (all)

#180 of 1,057 Top 18% Law

#37 of 77 Top 49% Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Papers published per year

Law, Ethics and Technology published 9 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 11. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Ethics and Social Impacts of AISmart Cities and TechnologiesDigital Economy and Work TransformationPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection

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.

Who publishes in Law, Ethics and Technology? — latest 31 articles, 2024–2026

In its latest 31 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (23.1%), United States (17.7%) and China (17.7%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Law, Ethics and Technology? — 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.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 2959-3077 ↗ISSN Portal · 2959-3085 ↗

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