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Research in Law and Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.9). Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 0193-5895Verify ISSN ↗2755-5941Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 690 / 1162 | 40th | Q3 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 635 / 755 | 15th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025–present (also 2023, 2021, 2018, 2014–2015, 2012, 2009, 2007, 2004, 2002, 2000), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.9.
Research in Law and Economics is Q3 in Law (rank 690 of 1162) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 635 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Research in Law and Economics 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 0.9, quartile Q3, 40th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Research in Law and Economics is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0193-5895 and its online ISSN is 2755-5941.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Research in Law and Economics has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #915 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Research in Law and Economics published 1 papers in 2023; its busiest recent year was 2004 with 37. 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.
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.
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