American Journal of Legal History

Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
ISSN: 00029319, 2161797X

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.3
SJR
0.118
CiteScore
0.6
Categories
History
Law
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1976, 1985, 1987, 1995-1999, 2004-2008, 2011-2022, 2024-2025
journal names
American Journal of Legal History
AM J LEG HIST
Publications
3 000
Citations
3 538
h-index
23
Publications
134
Citations
697
Top-3 citing journals
Law and History Review
Law and History Review (208 citations)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (157 citations)
Law and Social Inquiry
Law and Social Inquiry (51 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (24 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (20 publications)
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham (3 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (2 publications)
Yale University
Yale University (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (522 publications)
United Kingdom (58 publications)
Canada (26 publications)
USA (33 publications)
United Kingdom (10 publications)
Germany (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Law and History Review
208 citations, 5.88%
SSRN Electronic Journal
157 citations, 4.44%
Law and Social Inquiry
51 citations, 1.44%
Journal of Legal History
34 citations, 0.96%
Journal of American History
28 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Economic History
26 citations, 0.73%
Journal of British Studies
25 citations, 0.71%
Social Science History
20 citations, 0.57%
Economic History Review
16 citations, 0.45%
Continuity and Change
14 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Criminal Justice
14 citations, 0.4%
Studies in American Political Development
13 citations, 0.37%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
12 citations, 0.34%
Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
12 citations, 0.34%
Legal Studies
11 citations, 0.31%
Explorations in Economic History
11 citations, 0.31%
Cambridge Law Journal
10 citations, 0.28%
Studies in Law Politics and Society
9 citations, 0.25%
Political Research Quarterly
9 citations, 0.25%
Enterprise and Society
9 citations, 0.25%
Slavery and Abolition
9 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Law and Religion
8 citations, 0.23%
American Political Thought
8 citations, 0.23%
Crime and Justice
8 citations, 0.23%
History Compass
8 citations, 0.23%
History and Theory
8 citations, 0.23%
German Law Journal
8 citations, 0.23%
Annales: Economies, Societies, Civilsations
7 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
7 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Medieval History
7 citations, 0.2%
American Political Science Review
6 citations, 0.17%
Historical Research
6 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of the Legal Profession
6 citations, 0.17%
Historical Journal
6 citations, 0.17%
Crime and Delinquency
6 citations, 0.17%
Business History Review
6 citations, 0.17%
Communication Law and Policy
6 citations, 0.17%
Law and Human Behavior
6 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Policy History
6 citations, 0.17%
International Review of Law and Economics
6 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Politics
5 citations, 0.14%
Social and Legal Studies
5 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
5 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Family History
5 citations, 0.14%
Constitutional Political Economy
5 citations, 0.14%
Law and Society Review
5 citations, 0.14%
Traditio
5 citations, 0.14%
History of Education Quarterly
5 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Legal Studies
5 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Comparative Economics
5 citations, 0.14%
Studies in the History of Law and Justice
5 citations, 0.14%
Palgrave Modern Legal History
5 citations, 0.14%
Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne
5 citations, 0.14%
Leiden Journal of International Law
4 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
4 citations, 0.11%
London Journal
4 citations, 0.11%
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
4 citations, 0.11%
Law and Critique
4 citations, 0.11%
Urban History
4 citations, 0.11%
Teaching in Higher Education
4 citations, 0.11%
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
4 citations, 0.11%
Public Integrity
4 citations, 0.11%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
4 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Criminal Justice Education
4 citations, 0.11%
Policy Studies Journal
4 citations, 0.11%
Renaissance Quarterly
4 citations, 0.11%
American Journal of Public Health
4 citations, 0.11%
Family Business Review
4 citations, 0.11%
Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance
4 citations, 0.11%
Liverpool Law Review
4 citations, 0.11%
American Journal of Sociology
4 citations, 0.11%
Ethnohistory
4 citations, 0.11%
New England Quarterly-A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters
4 citations, 0.11%
Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies
4 citations, 0.11%
Laws
4 citations, 0.11%
The Palgrave Handbook on the Philosophy of Punishment
4 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
3 citations, 0.08%
Labor History
3 citations, 0.08%
Asian Journal of Comparative Law
3 citations, 0.08%
Comparative Studies in Society and History
3 citations, 0.08%
Itinerario
3 citations, 0.08%
Criminology
3 citations, 0.08%
Criminal Justice Review
3 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
3 citations, 0.08%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
3 citations, 0.08%
Academy of Management Review
3 citations, 0.08%
American Nineteenth Century History
3 citations, 0.08%
American Journal of Comparative Law
3 citations, 0.08%
Religions
3 citations, 0.08%
Utilitas
3 citations, 0.08%
Political Geography
3 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
3 citations, 0.08%
Punishment and Society
3 citations, 0.08%
Modern Law Review
3 citations, 0.08%
Griffith Law Review
3 citations, 0.08%
Congress and the Presidency
3 citations, 0.08%
Atlantic Studies : Global Currents
3 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Business Ethics
3 citations, 0.08%
Osiris
3 citations, 0.08%
Social Problems
3 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
745 citations, 21.06%
Taylor & Francis
241 citations, 6.81%
Wiley
201 citations, 5.68%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
150 citations, 4.24%
Oxford University Press
146 citations, 4.13%
Springer Nature
117 citations, 3.31%
Elsevier
109 citations, 3.08%
SAGE
97 citations, 2.74%
University of Chicago Press
55 citations, 1.55%
Duke University Press
39 citations, 1.1%
Emerald
25 citations, 0.71%
American Psychological Association (APA)
17 citations, 0.48%
Brill
13 citations, 0.37%
Annual Reviews
13 citations, 0.37%
MDPI
12 citations, 0.34%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
11 citations, 0.31%
University of California Press
9 citations, 0.25%
MIT Press
8 citations, 0.23%
Academy of Management
7 citations, 0.2%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.17%
Edinburgh University Press
5 citations, 0.14%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.14%
JSTOR
5 citations, 0.14%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4 citations, 0.11%
Indiana University Press
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Illinois Press
4 citations, 0.11%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
4 citations, 0.11%
American Public Health Association
4 citations, 0.11%
OpenEdition
4 citations, 0.11%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
4 citations, 0.11%
Cornell University Press
3 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Comparative Law
3 citations, 0.08%
American Economic Association
3 citations, 0.08%
BMJ
3 citations, 0.08%
Consortium Erudit
3 citations, 0.08%
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University
2 citations, 0.06%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
2 citations, 0.06%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
2 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
2 citations, 0.06%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.06%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Editions Odile Jacob
1 citation, 0.03%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
1 citation, 0.03%
Mathematical Association of America
1 citation, 0.03%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.03%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.03%
Centre de Recherches Archeologiques et Historiques Anciennes et Medievales, Universite de Caen
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Boston University
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Carl Heymanns Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES)
1 citation, 0.03%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Lviv Polytechnic National University
1 citation, 0.03%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
1 citation, 0.03%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
1 citation, 0.03%
Transaction Periodicals Consortium
1 citation, 0.03%
Casa de Velazquez
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1 citation, 0.03%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.03%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
1 citation, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.03%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.03%
F1000 Research
1 citation, 0.03%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
1 citation, 0.03%
Hans Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
Novosibirsk State University (NSU)
1 citation, 0.03%
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
1 citation, 0.03%
Omsk State University
1 citation, 0.03%
Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of World Politics
1 citation, 0.03%
Saint-Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
1 citation, 0.03%
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Harvard University
24 publications, 0.8%
Yale University
20 publications, 0.67%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
16 publications, 0.53%
University of Michigan
15 publications, 0.5%
University of Maryland, College Park
11 publications, 0.37%
University of Virginia
11 publications, 0.37%
Stanford University
10 publications, 0.33%
New York University
10 publications, 0.33%
University of Chicago
10 publications, 0.33%
University of Kentucky
10 publications, 0.33%
Princeton University
9 publications, 0.3%
Temple University
9 publications, 0.3%
University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 0.3%
University of Iowa
9 publications, 0.3%
University of Cambridge
8 publications, 0.27%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
8 publications, 0.27%
University of Edinburgh
7 publications, 0.23%
University of California, Berkeley
7 publications, 0.23%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6 publications, 0.2%
University of Missouri
6 publications, 0.2%
University of Nottingham
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Glasgow
5 publications, 0.17%
Columbia University
5 publications, 0.17%
Georgetown University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Notre Dame
5 publications, 0.17%
Nova Southeastern University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5 publications, 0.17%
Texas Tech University
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Georgia
5 publications, 0.17%
University of Oxford
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Southern California
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Birmingham
4 publications, 0.13%
Johns Hopkins University
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Sydney
4 publications, 0.13%
Dalhousie University
4 publications, 0.13%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Illinois at Chicago
4 publications, 0.13%
Duke University
4 publications, 0.13%
University of California, San Diego
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 0.13%
Vanderbilt University
4 publications, 0.13%
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Minnesota
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
4 publications, 0.13%
University of Cincinnati
4 publications, 0.13%
Lesley University
4 publications, 0.13%
University of South Carolina
4 publications, 0.13%
Ghent University
3 publications, 0.1%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Auckland
3 publications, 0.1%
Monash University
3 publications, 0.1%
American University
3 publications, 0.1%
Catholic University of America
3 publications, 0.1%
George Mason University
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.1%
Northeastern Illinois University
3 publications, 0.1%
Northeastern University
3 publications, 0.1%
Queen's University Belfast
3 publications, 0.1%
Purdue University
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Texas at El Paso
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Manitoba
3 publications, 0.1%
Carleton University
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Miami
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Florida
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.1%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.1%
William & Mary
3 publications, 0.1%
University of New Hampshire
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Houston
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Toledo
3 publications, 0.1%
University of Mississippi
3 publications, 0.1%
Queens College
3 publications, 0.1%
California State University, Fullerton
3 publications, 0.1%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.07%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 0.07%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.07%
William Marsh Rice University
2 publications, 0.07%
Drexel University
2 publications, 0.07%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.07%
University of Southampton
2 publications, 0.07%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.07%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.07%
Ohio State University
2 publications, 0.07%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.07%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.07%
DePaul University
2 publications, 0.07%
New Jersey Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.07%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2 publications, 0.07%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 0.07%
Keele University
2 publications, 0.07%
Wayne State University
2 publications, 0.07%
University of St Andrews
2 publications, 0.07%
Tulane University
2 publications, 0.07%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.07%
Cardiff University
2 publications, 0.07%
Virginia Commonwealth University
2 publications, 0.07%
Widener University
2 publications, 0.07%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.07%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.07%
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University of Nottingham
3 publications, 2.24%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 1.49%
Yale University
2 publications, 1.49%
Stanford University
2 publications, 1.49%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 1.49%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 1.49%
University of Virginia
2 publications, 1.49%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.75%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.75%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.75%
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.75%
European University Institute
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.75%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.75%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.75%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.75%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.75%
New Jersey Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.75%
Queen's University Belfast
1 publication, 0.75%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.75%
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
1 publication, 0.75%
Tulane University
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 0.75%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.75%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Florida
1 publication, 0.75%
Wake Forest University
1 publication, 0.75%
Miami University
1 publication, 0.75%
Brigham Young University
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Houston
1 publication, 0.75%
University College Dublin
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Windsor
1 publication, 0.75%
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.75%
University of Iowa
1 publication, 0.75%
Université de Montréal
1 publication, 0.75%
California State University, Fullerton
1 publication, 0.75%
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USA, 522, 17.4%
USA
522 publications, 17.4%
United Kingdom, 58, 1.93%
United Kingdom
58 publications, 1.93%
Canada, 26, 0.87%
Canada
26 publications, 0.87%
Australia, 13, 0.43%
Australia
13 publications, 0.43%
Italy, 11, 0.37%
Italy
11 publications, 0.37%
Germany, 8, 0.27%
Germany
8 publications, 0.27%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.27%
Republic of Korea
8 publications, 0.27%
France, 7, 0.23%
France
7 publications, 0.23%
Belgium, 5, 0.17%
Belgium
5 publications, 0.17%
New Zealand, 4, 0.13%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.13%
Ireland, 3, 0.1%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.1%
Spain, 3, 0.1%
Spain
3 publications, 0.1%
Israel, 2, 0.07%
Israel
2 publications, 0.07%
Turkey, 2, 0.07%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.07%
Finland, 2, 0.07%
Finland
2 publications, 0.07%
Montenegro, 2, 0.07%
Montenegro
2 publications, 0.07%
Austria, 1, 0.03%
Austria
1 publication, 0.03%
Argentina, 1, 0.03%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.03%
Greece, 1, 0.03%
Greece
1 publication, 0.03%
Georgia, 1, 0.03%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.03%
Egypt, 1, 0.03%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.03%
Mexico, 1, 0.03%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.03%
Netherlands, 1, 0.03%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.03%
Pakistan, 1, 0.03%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.03%
Singapore, 1, 0.03%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.03%
Sweden, 1, 0.03%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.03%
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USA, 33, 24.63%
USA
33 publications, 24.63%
United Kingdom, 10, 7.46%
United Kingdom
10 publications, 7.46%
Germany, 2, 1.49%
Germany
2 publications, 1.49%
Italy, 2, 1.49%
Italy
2 publications, 1.49%
Ireland, 1, 0.75%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.75%
Canada, 1, 0.75%
Canada
1 publication, 0.75%
Singapore, 1, 0.75%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.75%
Finland, 1, 0.75%
Finland
1 publication, 0.75%
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