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Studies in Law Politics and Society is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 1059-4337Verify ISSN ↗1875-8088Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 783 / 1162 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1125 / 1530 | 26th | Q3 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 562 / 745 | 24th | 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 2003–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
Studies in Law Politics and Society is Q3 in Law (rank 783 of 1162), Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1125 of 1530) and Q4 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 562 of 745), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Law Politics and Society 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 0.6, quartile Q3, 32nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in Law Politics and Society is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1059-4337 and its online ISSN is 1875-8088.
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.
Studies in Law Politics and Society has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #915 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Studies in Law Politics and Society published 6 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 55. 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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