Legal Theory

Cambridge University Press
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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
0.9
SJR
0.365
CiteScore
1.6
Categories
Philosophy
Law
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1995-2025
journal names
Legal Theory
LEG THEOR
Publications
449
Citations
5 382
h-index
33
Publications
79
Citations
2 166
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (224 citations)
Legal Theory
Legal Theory (164 citations)
Ratio Juris
Ratio Juris (146 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (15 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (14 publications)
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (13 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (4 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (2 publications)
University College London
University College London (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (197 publications)
United Kingdom (59 publications)
Canada (26 publications)
United Kingdom (12 publications)
USA (10 publications)
Canada (3 publications)

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SSRN Electronic Journal
224 citations, 4.16%
Legal Theory
164 citations, 3.05%
Ratio Juris
146 citations, 2.71%
Law and Philosophy Library
95 citations, 1.77%
Philosophical Studies
70 citations, 1.3%
Criminal Law and Philosophy
60 citations, 1.11%
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
55 citations, 1.02%
Synthese
51 citations, 0.95%
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
50 citations, 0.93%
Artificial Intelligence and Law
46 citations, 0.85%
Res Publica
46 citations, 0.85%
Philosophy Compass
40 citations, 0.74%
Ethics
33 citations, 0.61%
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
32 citations, 0.59%
Revus
29 citations, 0.54%
Australasian Journal of Philosophy
25 citations, 0.46%
Inquiry (United Kingdom)
23 citations, 0.43%
Law and Philosophy
23 citations, 0.43%
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
22 citations, 0.41%
Utilitas
20 citations, 0.37%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Issues
19 citations, 0.35%
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
19 citations, 0.35%
Modern Law Review
18 citations, 0.33%
Canadian Journal of Philosophy
18 citations, 0.33%
International Journal of Evidence and Proof
18 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Ethics
17 citations, 0.32%
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
17 citations, 0.32%
Philosophical Quarterly
17 citations, 0.32%
Political Studies
17 citations, 0.32%
University of Toronto Law Journal
15 citations, 0.28%
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law
15 citations, 0.28%
Criminal Justice Ethics
14 citations, 0.26%
Hypatia
14 citations, 0.26%
Nous
14 citations, 0.26%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
12 citations, 0.22%
Analysis
12 citations, 0.22%
Episteme
12 citations, 0.22%
Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology
12 citations, 0.22%
Jurisprudence
12 citations, 0.22%
European Journal of Political Theory
11 citations, 0.2%
Theoria
11 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Medical Ethics
11 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Social Philosophy
11 citations, 0.2%
Global Constitutionalism
11 citations, 0.2%
American Journal of Bioethics
11 citations, 0.2%
The Biotechnology Debate
11 citations, 0.2%
Mind
10 citations, 0.19%
Erkenntnis
10 citations, 0.19%
Moral Philosophy and Politics
10 citations, 0.19%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
10 citations, 0.19%
Feminism and Psychology
10 citations, 0.19%
Ethics and Information Technology
10 citations, 0.19%
Topoi
10 citations, 0.19%
Leiden Journal of International Law
9 citations, 0.17%
Ratio
9 citations, 0.17%
European Journal of Philosophy
9 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Moral Philosophy
9 citations, 0.17%
Economics and Philosophy
9 citations, 0.17%
Philosophia (United States)
9 citations, 0.17%
South African Journal of Philosophy
8 citations, 0.15%
Argumentation
8 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Business Ethics
8 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Applied Philosophy
8 citations, 0.15%
Social Philosophy and Policy
8 citations, 0.15%
Social Epistemology
8 citations, 0.15%
Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie
8 citations, 0.15%
Electronic Technology and Civil Procedure
8 citations, 0.15%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives
7 citations, 0.13%
International Theory
7 citations, 0.13%
Public Health Ethics
7 citations, 0.13%
Cognition
7 citations, 0.13%
Law, Governance and Technology Series
7 citations, 0.13%
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
6 citations, 0.11%
Social and Legal Studies
6 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
6 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Political Philosophy
6 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Institutional Economics
6 citations, 0.11%
Liverpool Law Review
6 citations, 0.11%
Review of Politics
6 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of Law in Context
6 citations, 0.11%
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
6 citations, 0.11%
Analytic Philosophy
6 citations, 0.11%
Asian Journal of Philosophy
6 citations, 0.11%
Acceptable Risk in Biomedical Research
6 citations, 0.11%
Cambridge Law Journal
5 citations, 0.09%
Political Research Quarterly
5 citations, 0.09%
European Journal of International Relations
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Global Ethics
5 citations, 0.09%
Contemporary Political Theory
5 citations, 0.09%
American Journal of International Law
5 citations, 0.09%
Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society
5 citations, 0.09%
European Journal of Risk Regulation
5 citations, 0.09%
Philosophical Psychology
5 citations, 0.09%
Ethics and Global Politics
5 citations, 0.09%
British Journal of Political Science
5 citations, 0.09%
Metaphilosophy
5 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Value Inquiry
5 citations, 0.09%
Jus Cogens
5 citations, 0.09%
Constellations
5 citations, 0.09%
Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory
5 citations, 0.09%
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Cambridge University Press
1120 citations, 20.81%
Springer Nature
890 citations, 16.54%
Oxford University Press
638 citations, 11.85%
Wiley
511 citations, 9.49%
Taylor & Francis
266 citations, 4.94%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
201 citations, 3.73%
SAGE
173 citations, 3.21%
Elsevier
106 citations, 1.97%
University of Chicago Press
41 citations, 0.76%
Revus Klub
30 citations, 0.56%
Walter de Gruyter
22 citations, 0.41%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
20 citations, 0.37%
Emerald
19 citations, 0.35%
BMJ
16 citations, 0.3%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
16 citations, 0.3%
Brill
12 citations, 0.22%
MDPI
12 citations, 0.22%
IGI Global
11 citations, 0.2%
American Psychological Association (APA)
9 citations, 0.17%
OpenEdition
9 citations, 0.17%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
8 citations, 0.15%
Duke University Press
8 citations, 0.15%
Annual Reviews
7 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers Media S.A.
6 citations, 0.11%
University of Illinois Press
6 citations, 0.11%
CAIRN
4 citations, 0.07%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.07%
Edinburgh University Press
3 citations, 0.06%
The Royal Society
3 citations, 0.06%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
3 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.06%
Akademiai Kiado
3 citations, 0.06%
SciELO
3 citations, 0.06%
Intellect
3 citations, 0.06%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
2 citations, 0.04%
The Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon
2 citations, 0.04%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.04%
Kalvis
2 citations, 0.04%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
2 citations, 0.04%
Baikal State University
2 citations, 0.04%
Consortium Erudit
2 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
2 citations, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
2 citations, 0.04%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2 citations, 0.04%
The Philosophy of Science Society, Japan
2 citations, 0.04%
Stowarzyszenie Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Spolecznej - Sekcja Polska IVR
2 citations, 0.04%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Columbia University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.02%
American Accounting Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas
1 citation, 0.02%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.02%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Pittsburgh
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1 citation, 0.02%
Forensic Science Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
1 citation, 0.02%
Vytautas Magnus University
1 citation, 0.02%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Direito de Sao Paulo
1 citation, 0.02%
Korean Society of Epidemiology
1 citation, 0.02%
International Monetary Fund
1 citation, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.02%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.02%
Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1 citation, 0.02%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.02%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.02%
Equinox Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH
1 citation, 0.02%
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
1 citation, 0.02%
Moscow University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
Humanist Publishing House
1 citation, 0.02%
Omsk State University
1 citation, 0.02%
Ural State Law University
1 citation, 0.02%
Hacettepe Hukuk Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.02%
Japanese Political Science Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine
1 citation, 0.02%
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University of Oxford
15 publications, 3.34%
Yale University
14 publications, 3.12%
Georgetown University
13 publications, 2.9%
Harvard University
13 publications, 2.9%
University of Pennsylvania
12 publications, 2.67%
Georgia State University
9 publications, 2%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
6 publications, 1.34%
University College London
6 publications, 1.34%
Dartmouth College
6 publications, 1.34%
University of Toronto
6 publications, 1.34%
Tel Aviv University
5 publications, 1.11%
University of Warwick
5 publications, 1.11%
King's College London
5 publications, 1.11%
Columbia University
5 publications, 1.11%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 1.11%
University of Michigan
5 publications, 1.11%
University of Cambridge
4 publications, 0.89%
University of Southern California
4 publications, 0.89%
Cornell University
4 publications, 0.89%
University of Birmingham
4 publications, 0.89%
Monash University
4 publications, 0.89%
Stanford University
4 publications, 0.89%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 0.89%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.89%
New York University
4 publications, 0.89%
University of Washington
4 publications, 0.89%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.89%
Queen's University at Kingston
4 publications, 0.89%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.89%
York University
4 publications, 0.89%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 0.89%
University of Stirling
4 publications, 0.89%
Brunel University London
3 publications, 0.67%
University of Melbourne
3 publications, 0.67%
Princeton University
3 publications, 0.67%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.67%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.67%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.67%
University of Alabama
3 publications, 0.67%
University of Virginia
3 publications, 0.67%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.45%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Auckland
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Otago
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.45%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.45%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 0.45%
Swansea University
2 publications, 0.45%
McGill University
2 publications, 0.45%
McMaster University
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.45%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Sheffield
2 publications, 0.45%
Fordham University
2 publications, 0.45%
Western University
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Barcelona
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Kentucky
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Girona
2 publications, 0.45%
William & Mary
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Surrey
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Tulsa
2 publications, 0.45%
University of Cyprus
1 publication, 0.22%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.22%
Ono Academic College
1 publication, 0.22%
Open University of Israel
1 publication, 0.22%
O. P. Jindal Global University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Twente
1 publication, 0.22%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.22%
China University of Political Science and Law
1 publication, 0.22%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.22%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.22%
New York University Shanghai
1 publication, 0.22%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.22%
Roskilde University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.22%
William Marsh Rice University
1 publication, 0.22%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 0.22%
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
1 publication, 0.22%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.22%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Iceland
1 publication, 0.22%
Western Washington University
1 publication, 0.22%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.22%
Case Western Reserve University
1 publication, 0.22%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.22%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.22%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.22%
Loyola University Chicago
1 publication, 0.22%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.22%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.22%
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University of Oxford
4 publications, 5.06%
University College London
2 publications, 2.53%
King's College London
2 publications, 2.53%
Harvard University
2 publications, 2.53%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 2.53%
York University
2 publications, 2.53%
University of Surrey
2 publications, 2.53%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 1.27%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Twente
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 1.27%
China University of Political Science and Law
1 publication, 1.27%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 1.27%
New York University Shanghai
1 publication, 1.27%
Cornell University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 1.27%
Yale University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 1.27%
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 1.27%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 1.27%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 1.27%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 1.27%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 1.27%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 1.27%
National University of Quilmes
1 publication, 1.27%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 1.27%
Swansea University
1 publication, 1.27%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 1.27%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Warsaw
1 publication, 1.27%
Fordham University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 1.27%
Western University
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 1.27%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 publication, 1.27%
William & Mary
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Stirling
1 publication, 1.27%
Maynooth University
1 publication, 1.27%
Chapman University
1 publication, 1.27%
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
1 publication, 1.27%
University of Kansas
1 publication, 1.27%
Universidade de Brasília
1 publication, 1.27%
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
1 publication, 1.27%
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USA, 197, 43.88%
USA
197 publications, 43.88%
United Kingdom, 59, 13.14%
United Kingdom
59 publications, 13.14%
Canada, 26, 5.79%
Canada
26 publications, 5.79%
Israel, 12, 2.67%
Israel
12 publications, 2.67%
Australia, 11, 2.45%
Australia
11 publications, 2.45%
Italy, 5, 1.11%
Italy
5 publications, 1.11%
New Zealand, 4, 0.89%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.89%
China, 3, 0.67%
China
3 publications, 0.67%
Spain, 3, 0.67%
Spain
3 publications, 0.67%
Germany, 2, 0.45%
Germany
2 publications, 0.45%
Argentina, 2, 0.45%
Argentina
2 publications, 0.45%
Brazil, 2, 0.45%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.45%
Denmark, 2, 0.45%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.45%
Ireland, 2, 0.45%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.45%
Mexico, 2, 0.45%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.45%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.45%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.45%
Turkey, 2, 0.45%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.45%
France, 1, 0.22%
France
1 publication, 0.22%
Portugal, 1, 0.22%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.22%
India, 1, 0.22%
India
1 publication, 0.22%
Iceland, 1, 0.22%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.22%
Cyprus, 1, 0.22%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.22%
Netherlands, 1, 0.22%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.22%
Poland, 1, 0.22%
Poland
1 publication, 0.22%
Singapore, 1, 0.22%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.22%
Finland, 1, 0.22%
Finland
1 publication, 0.22%
Sweden, 1, 0.22%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.22%
South Africa, 1, 0.22%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.22%
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United Kingdom, 12, 15.19%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 15.19%
USA, 10, 12.66%
USA
10 publications, 12.66%
Canada, 3, 3.8%
Canada
3 publications, 3.8%
China, 2, 2.53%
China
2 publications, 2.53%
Australia, 2, 2.53%
Australia
2 publications, 2.53%
Ireland, 2, 2.53%
Ireland
2 publications, 2.53%
Germany, 1, 1.27%
Germany
1 publication, 1.27%
France, 1, 1.27%
France
1 publication, 1.27%
Argentina, 1, 1.27%
Argentina
1 publication, 1.27%
Brazil, 1, 1.27%
Brazil
1 publication, 1.27%
Israel, 1, 1.27%
Israel
1 publication, 1.27%
Spain, 1, 1.27%
Spain
1 publication, 1.27%
Italy, 1, 1.27%
Italy
1 publication, 1.27%
Netherlands, 1, 1.27%
Netherlands
1 publication, 1.27%
New Zealand, 1, 1.27%
New Zealand
1 publication, 1.27%
Poland, 1, 1.27%
Poland
1 publication, 1.27%
Finland, 1, 1.27%
Finland
1 publication, 1.27%
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