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Journal of Legal Studies

University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 00472530, 15375366, 2500333X, 23927054, 24579017
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Impact factor
0.9
SJR
0.450
CiteScore
1.7
Categories
Law
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1983, 1985, 1996-2024
journal names
Journal of Legal Studies
J LEGAL STUD
journal website
All time from 2020
Publications
1 453
Citations
43 374
h-index
98
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Top-3 organizations
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University of Chicago
University of Chicago (50 publications)
University of California, Berkeley
Yale University
Yale University (16 publications)
Top-3 countries
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USA (166 publications)
Romania (79 publications)
Ukraine (17 publications)

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SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal, 8611, 19.85%
International Review of Law and Economics
International Review of Law and Economics, 1621, 3.74%
Journal of Legal Studies
Journal of Legal Studies, 695, 1.6%
European Journal of Law and Economics
European Journal of Law and Economics, 589, 1.36%
Public Choice
Public Choice, 394, 0.91%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 378, 0.87%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 361, 0.83%
Journal of Law and Economics
Journal of Law and Economics, 335, 0.77%
American Law and Economics Review
American Law and Economics Review, 312, 0.72%
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 311, 0.72%
Handbook of Law and Economics
Handbook of Law and Economics, 206, 0.47%
Economic Inquiry
Economic Inquiry, 186, 0.43%
Review of Law & Economics
Review of Law & Economics, 156, 0.36%
Journal of Public Economics
Journal of Public Economics, 149, 0.34%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 128, 0.3%
Journal of Economic Literature
Journal of Economic Literature, 125, 0.29%
Constitutional Political Economy
Constitutional Political Economy, 123, 0.28%
Law and Social Inquiry
Law and Social Inquiry, 119, 0.27%
Journal of Institutional Economics
Journal of Institutional Economics, 113, 0.26%
Law and Policy
Law and Policy, 109, 0.25%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 106, 0.24%
Law and Society Review
Law and Society Review, 98, 0.23%
American Economic Review
American Economic Review, 92, 0.21%
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 87, 0.2%
European Economic Review
European Economic Review, 84, 0.19%
European Business Organization Law Review
European Business Organization Law Review, 82, 0.19%
Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Criminal Justice, 80, 0.18%
Applied Economics
Applied Economics, 79, 0.18%
Management Science
Management Science, 79, 0.18%
Journal of Comparative Economics
Journal of Comparative Economics, 78, 0.18%
Southern Economic Journal
Southern Economic Journal, 77, 0.18%
Journal of Law and Courts
Journal of Law and Courts, 77, 0.18%
Criminology and Public Policy
Criminology and Public Policy, 77, 0.18%
Ecological Economics
Ecological Economics, 76, 0.18%
Journal not defined, 75, 0.17%
RAND Journal of Economics
RAND Journal of Economics, 73, 0.17%
Revue Economique
Revue Economique, 69, 0.16%
Handbook of Public Economics
Handbook of Public Economics, 68, 0.16%
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Health Economics, 67, 0.15%
Justice Quarterly
Justice Quarterly, 66, 0.15%
Accident Analysis and Prevention
Accident Analysis and Prevention, 65, 0.15%
Review of Austrian Economics
Review of Austrian Economics, 65, 0.15%
The Journal of Legal Analysis
The Journal of Legal Analysis, 65, 0.15%
Journal of Politics
Journal of Politics, 64, 0.15%
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, 62, 0.14%
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 61, 0.14%
Managerial and Decision Economics
Managerial and Decision Economics, 60, 0.14%
Contemporary Economic Policy
Contemporary Economic Policy, 58, 0.13%
European Journal of Political Economy
European Journal of Political Economy, 58, 0.13%
Justice System Journal
Justice System Journal, 57, 0.13%
Journal of Economic Psychology
Journal of Economic Psychology, 57, 0.13%
American Political Science Review
American Political Science Review, 56, 0.13%
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Business Ethics, 56, 0.13%
Revue d'Economie Politique, 56, 0.13%
Review of International Organizations
Review of International Organizations, 56, 0.13%
Games and Economic Behavior
Games and Economic Behavior, 56, 0.13%
The Journal of Socio-Economics
The Journal of Socio-Economics, 56, 0.13%
Journal of Corporate Finance
Journal of Corporate Finance, 55, 0.13%
Criminology
Criminology, 55, 0.13%
Sustainability
Sustainability, 55, 0.13%
Economic Journal
Economic Journal, 55, 0.13%
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 53, 0.12%
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 49, 0.11%
Journal of Political Economy
Journal of Political Economy, 48, 0.11%
International Studies Quarterly
International Studies Quarterly, 48, 0.11%
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 47, 0.11%
Ratio Juris
Ratio Juris, 46, 0.11%
Economics Letters
Economics Letters, 46, 0.11%
Journal of Public Economic Theory
Journal of Public Economic Theory, 45, 0.1%
Journal of Bioeconomics
Journal of Bioeconomics, 45, 0.1%
Journal of Regulatory Economics
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 44, 0.1%
Political Research Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly, 44, 0.1%
Journal of Consumer Policy
Journal of Consumer Policy, 43, 0.1%
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 43, 0.1%
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Financial Economics, 43, 0.1%
American Journal of Political Science
American Journal of Political Science, 42, 0.1%
International Organization
International Organization, 41, 0.09%
Journal of Happiness Studies
Journal of Happiness Studies, 40, 0.09%
Journal of Economic History
Journal of Economic History, 40, 0.09%
Journal of Economic Issues
Journal of Economic Issues, 39, 0.09%
Legal Theory
Legal Theory, 39, 0.09%
Law & Economics: Toward Social Justice
Law & Economics: Toward Social Justice, 39, 0.09%
Rationality and Society
Rationality and Society, 38, 0.09%
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 37, 0.09%
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 37, 0.09%
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 37, 0.09%
Journal of Finance
Journal of Finance, 36, 0.08%
Israel Law Review
Israel Law Review, 35, 0.08%
Review of Economics and Statistics
Review of Economics and Statistics, 35, 0.08%
Experimental Economics
Experimental Economics, 35, 0.08%
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 34, 0.08%
American Journal of International Law
American Journal of International Law, 34, 0.08%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 33, 0.08%
American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Public Health, 33, 0.08%
Review of Industrial Organization
Review of Industrial Organization, 33, 0.08%
Crime and Justice
Crime and Justice, 32, 0.07%
Crime and Delinquency
Crime and Delinquency, 32, 0.07%
Tort and Insurance Law
Tort and Insurance Law, 32, 0.07%
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 31, 0.07%
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 31, 0.07%
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Social Science Electronic Publishing
Social Science Electronic Publishing, 8454, 19.49%
Elsevier
Elsevier, 5742, 13.24%
Springer Nature
Springer Nature, 3967, 9.15%
Wiley
Wiley, 3703, 8.54%
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press, 3611, 8.33%
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press, 1613, 3.72%
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis, 1611, 3.71%
SAGE
SAGE, 1438, 3.32%
University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press, 1382, 3.19%
Emerald
Emerald, 613, 1.41%
Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter, 471, 1.09%
American Economic Association
American Economic Association, 437, 1.01%
Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews, 311, 0.72%
CAIRN
CAIRN, 182, 0.42%
MDPI
MDPI, 181, 0.42%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 160, 0.37%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 114, 0.26%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 95, 0.22%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 75, 0.17%
IGI Global
IGI Global, 70, 0.16%
Frontiers Media S.A.
Frontiers Media S.A., 66, 0.15%
Sirey, 65, 0.15%
Duke University Press
Duke University Press, 63, 0.15%
OpenEdition
OpenEdition, 62, 0.14%
MIT Press
MIT Press, 53, 0.12%
American Accounting Association
American Accounting Association, 50, 0.12%
Academy of Management
Academy of Management, 44, 0.1%
American Marketing Association
American Marketing Association, 42, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association (APA), 40, 0.09%
SciELO
SciELO, 38, 0.09%
Cornell University Press
Cornell University Press, 35, 0.08%
World Scientific
World Scientific, 33, 0.08%
American Public Health Association
American Public Health Association, 33, 0.08%
BMJ
BMJ, 33, 0.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 32, 0.07%
Consortium Erudit
Consortium Erudit, 32, 0.07%
Virtus Interpress, 31, 0.07%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki, 25, 0.06%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), 24, 0.06%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 21, 0.05%
Massachusetts Medical Society
Massachusetts Medical Society, 19, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
PERSEE Program, 19, 0.04%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 19, 0.04%
American Society of Comparative Law
American Society of Comparative Law, 18, 0.04%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 18, 0.04%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 17, 0.04%
The Royal Society
The Royal Society, 17, 0.04%
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Health Affairs (Project Hope)
Health Affairs (Project Hope), 16, 0.04%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS, 16, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
Mary Ann Liebert, 15, 0.03%
IOP Publishing
IOP Publishing, 15, 0.03%
Indiana University Press, 14, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
Scientific Research Publishing, 14, 0.03%
Brill
Brill, 13, 0.03%
Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Kutafin Moscow State Law University, 11, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press, 10, 0.02%
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Medical Association (AMA), 10, 0.02%
Revus Klub, 9, 0.02%
Centro de estudos sociais, 9, 0.02%
Ubiquity Press
Ubiquity Press, 9, 0.02%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas, 8, 0.02%
American Educational Research Association, 8, 0.02%
The Pennsylvania State University Press, 8, 0.02%
University of California Press
University of California Press, 7, 0.02%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 7, 0.02%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Direito de Sao Paulo, 7, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES), 7, 0.02%
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium Advisory Board, 6, 0.01%
Guilford Publications, 6, 0.01%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH, 6, 0.01%
National Tax Association, 5, 0.01%
Center for the Study of the Presidency, 5, 0.01%
Transaction Publishers, 5, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
Hindawi Limited, 5, 0.01%
Baikal State University
Baikal State University, 5, 0.01%
F1000 Research
F1000 Research, 5, 0.01%
The Econometric Society, 5, 0.01%
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 5, 0.01%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 4, 0.01%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), 4, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 4, 0.01%
Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 4, 0.01%
Japanese Society of Insurance Science, 4, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
EDP Sciences, 3, 0.01%
Springer Publishing Company, 3, 0.01%
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics, 3, 0.01%
Pensoft Publishers
Pensoft Publishers, 3, 0.01%
PeerJ
PeerJ, 3, 0.01%
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Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 3, 0.01%
Johann Ambrosius Barth, 3, 0.01%
American Thoracic Society
American Thoracic Society, 3, 0.01%
Editions Ophrys, 3, 0.01%
Ministere de l'Economie, Direction de la Prevision, 3, 0.01%
Joint Commission Resources Inc., 3, 0.01%
Akademiai Kiado
Akademiai Kiado, 3, 0.01%
JSTOR
JSTOR, 3, 0.01%
JMIR Publications
JMIR Publications, 3, 0.01%
Human Kinetics
Human Kinetics, 3, 0.01%
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University of Chicago
University of Chicago, 50, 3.44%
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley, 24, 1.65%
Yale University
Yale University, 16, 1.1%
Harvard University
Harvard University, 14, 0.96%
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania, 12, 0.83%
University of Michigan
University of Michigan, 7, 0.48%
Stanford University
Stanford University, 4, 0.28%
Georgetown University
Georgetown University, 4, 0.28%
Northwestern University
Northwestern University, 4, 0.28%
Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad
Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, 4, 0.28%
Grigol Robakidze University
Grigol Robakidze University, 3, 0.21%
George Mason University
George Mason University, 3, 0.21%
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, 3, 0.21%
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College, 3, 0.21%
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington, 3, 0.21%
University of Bologna
University of Bologna, 2, 0.14%
University of Southern California
University of Southern California, 2, 0.14%
Cornell University
Cornell University, 2, 0.14%
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 2, 0.14%
Columbia University
Columbia University, 2, 0.14%
George Washington University
George Washington University, 2, 0.14%
Princeton University
Princeton University, 2, 0.14%
New York University
New York University, 2, 0.14%
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin, 2, 0.14%
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame, 2, 0.14%
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2, 0.14%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2, 0.14%
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota, 2, 0.14%
Hamburg University
Hamburg University, 2, 0.14%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, 2, 0.14%
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park, 2, 0.14%
Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn University of Technology, 2, 0.14%
Ankara University
Ankara University, 1, 0.07%
University of Tehran
University of Tehran, 1, 0.07%
University of Sindh
University of Sindh, 1, 0.07%
University of Cyprus
University of Cyprus, 1, 0.07%
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University, 1, 0.07%
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 1, 0.07%
Near East University
Near East University, 1, 0.07%
UCSI University
UCSI University, 1, 0.07%
University of St. Gallen
University of St. Gallen, 1, 0.07%
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, 1, 0.07%
Royal Holloway University of London
Royal Holloway University of London, 1, 0.07%
Michigan State University
Michigan State University, 1, 0.07%
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University, 1, 0.07%
Bocconi University
Bocconi University, 1, 0.07%
University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne, 1, 0.07%
Brawijaya University
Brawijaya University, 1, 0.07%
Covenant University
Covenant University, 1, 0.07%
Arizona State University
Arizona State University, 1, 0.07%
University of Washington
University of Washington, 1, 0.07%
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego, 1, 0.07%
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco, 1, 0.07%
University of Arizona
University of Arizona, 1, 0.07%
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University, 1, 0.07%
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, 1, 0.07%
Liaoning University
Liaoning University, 1, 0.07%
University of Tirana
University of Tirana, 1, 0.07%
Utrecht University
Utrecht University, 1, 0.07%
Philipps University of Marburg
Philipps University of Marburg, 1, 0.07%
German Institute for Economic Research
German Institute for Economic Research, 1, 0.07%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1, 0.07%
Wright State University
Wright State University, 1, 0.07%
University of Alabama
University of Alabama, 1, 0.07%
University of Gabès
University of Gabès, 1, 0.07%
University of Hull
University of Hull, 1, 0.07%
Babes-Bolyai University
Babes-Bolyai University, 1, 0.07%
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Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad
Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, 4, 2.47%
Grigol Robakidze University
Grigol Robakidze University, 3, 1.85%
Ankara University
Ankara University, 1, 0.62%
University of Tehran
University of Tehran, 1, 0.62%
University of Sindh
University of Sindh, 1, 0.62%
University of Cyprus
University of Cyprus, 1, 0.62%
Near East University
Near East University, 1, 0.62%
UCSI University
UCSI University, 1, 0.62%
Brawijaya University
Brawijaya University, 1, 0.62%
Covenant University
Covenant University, 1, 0.62%
Harvard University
Harvard University, 1, 0.62%
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, 1, 0.62%
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, 1, 0.62%
Liaoning University
Liaoning University, 1, 0.62%
University of Tirana
University of Tirana, 1, 0.62%
University of Gabès
University of Gabès, 1, 0.62%
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USA, 166, 11.42%
Romania, 79, 5.44%
Ukraine, 17, 1.17%
Georgia, 12, 0.83%
Italy, 10, 0.69%
Pakistan, 10, 0.69%
Germany, 9, 0.62%
Nigeria, 7, 0.48%
Ghana, 6, 0.41%
China, 5, 0.34%
United Kingdom, 5, 0.34%
Moldova, 5, 0.34%
Indonesia, 3, 0.21%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.21%
Estonia, 2, 0.14%
Albania, 2, 0.14%
Israel, 2, 0.14%
India, 2, 0.14%
Iran, 2, 0.14%
Canada, 2, 0.14%
Netherlands, 2, 0.14%
Russia, 1, 0.07%
Australia, 1, 0.07%
Brazil, 1, 0.07%
Spain, 1, 0.07%
Cyprus, 1, 0.07%
Malaysia, 1, 0.07%
UAE, 1, 0.07%
Poland, 1, 0.07%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.07%
Tunisia, 1, 0.07%
Turkey, 1, 0.07%
Philippines, 1, 0.07%
Finland, 1, 0.07%
Montenegro, 1, 0.07%
Switzerland, 1, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.07%
Kosovo, 1, 0.07%
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Romania, 26, 16.05%
Ukraine, 13, 8.02%
Georgia, 12, 7.41%
Pakistan, 9, 5.56%
Nigeria, 7, 4.32%
China, 3, 1.85%
Ghana, 3, 1.85%
Indonesia, 3, 1.85%
Czech Republic, 3, 1.85%
USA, 2, 1.23%
India, 2, 1.23%
Germany, 1, 0.62%
Albania, 1, 0.62%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.62%
Iran, 1, 0.62%
Italy, 1, 0.62%
Canada, 1, 0.62%
Cyprus, 1, 0.62%
Malaysia, 1, 0.62%
Moldova, 1, 0.62%
Tunisia, 1, 0.62%
Turkey, 1, 0.62%
Finland, 1, 0.62%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.62%
Kosovo, 1, 0.62%
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