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MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is indexed in Web of Science (ESCI), ABDC A. Published by The University of Melbourne.
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ISSN 1444-8602Verify ISSN ↗1444-8610Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The University of Melbourne
ABDC AWoS · ESCI
A
ABDC rating
2
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2000
Field of research
Commercial law (4801)
Publisher (per ABDC)
The University of Melbourne
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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Is MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW indexed in Scopus?
No — MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?
MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title.
Who publishes MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW and what is its ISSN?
MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is published by The University of Melbourne. Its print ISSN is 1444-8602 and its online ISSN is 1444-8610.
Is MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Commercial law.
Is MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW? — open metrics via OpenAlex
MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW has an h-index of 28 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
28
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
70
i10-index
256
works indexed
2,628
total citations
MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 19. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for MELBOURNE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. 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 statusNot in the Scopus source list
- 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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