Journal of Law and Economics

University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 00222186, 15375285

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
1.5
SJR
1.839
CiteScore
3.2
Categories
Economics and Econometrics
Law
Areas
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1978-1989, 1996-2022, 2024-2025
journal names
Journal of Law and Economics
J LAW ECON
Publications
1 814
Citations
136 257
h-index
152
Publications
199
Citations
33 642
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Top-3 organizations
University of Chicago
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Harvard University
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University of Chicago
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Yale University
Yale University (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (174 publications)
Germany (18 publications)
Italy (15 publications)
USA (4 publications)
Switzerland (2 publications)
Germany (1 publication)

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SSRN Electronic Journal
18873 citations, 13.85%
Public Choice
1578 citations, 1.16%
Journal of Law and Economics
1075 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Corporate Finance
948 citations, 0.7%
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859 citations, 0.63%
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795 citations, 0.58%
Economic Inquiry
779 citations, 0.57%
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Review of Industrial Organization
614 citations, 0.45%
International Journal of Industrial Organization
606 citations, 0.44%
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605 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Financial Economics
591 citations, 0.43%
Corporate Ownership and Control
589 citations, 0.43%
Management Science
577 citations, 0.42%
Sustainability
561 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Public Economics
546 citations, 0.4%
European Journal of Law and Economics
519 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Business Ethics
499 citations, 0.37%
Managerial and Decision Economics
497 citations, 0.36%
Corporate Governance: An International Review
443 citations, 0.33%
Applied Economics
437 citations, 0.32%
Corporate Governance (Bingley)
369 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Business Research
368 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Institutional Economics
353 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Health Economics
345 citations, 0.25%
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326 citations, 0.24%
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318 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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301 citations, 0.22%
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292 citations, 0.21%
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278 citations, 0.2%
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272 citations, 0.2%
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268 citations, 0.2%
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241 citations, 0.18%
Pacific Basin Finance Journal
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Journal of Management
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Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
233 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Management and Governance
232 citations, 0.17%
International Review of Financial Analysis
228 citations, 0.17%
Managerial Finance
225 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization
222 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Legal Studies
221 citations, 0.16%
Review of Economics and Statistics
214 citations, 0.16%
Energy Policy
211 citations, 0.15%
Contemporary Economic Policy
209 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Industrial Economics
209 citations, 0.15%
Telecommunications Policy
198 citations, 0.15%
Energy Economics
196 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Economic Issues
195 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Economic Literature
194 citations, 0.14%
Information Economics and Policy
190 citations, 0.14%
RAND Journal of Economics
189 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Economic Perspectives
189 citations, 0.14%
Research Policy
187 citations, 0.14%
Academy of Management Journal
184 citations, 0.14%
Southern Economic Journal
182 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Urban Economics
181 citations, 0.13%
Land Use Policy
179 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
179 citations, 0.13%
Health Economics (United Kingdom)
177 citations, 0.13%
Review of Financial Studies
173 citations, 0.13%
European Economic Review
171 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of the Economics of Business
169 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
168 citations, 0.12%
World Development
167 citations, 0.12%
Organization Science
165 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Political Economy
161 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
159 citations, 0.12%
Research in International Business and Finance
158 citations, 0.12%
Constitutional Political Economy
156 citations, 0.11%
Economics Letters
151 citations, 0.11%
Contemporary Accounting Research
150 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Labor Research
146 citations, 0.11%
Marketing Science
144 citations, 0.11%
American Law and Economics Review
139 citations, 0.1%
Review of Austrian Economics
139 citations, 0.1%
Economic Journal
138 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Economic History
136 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Accounting Research
133 citations, 0.1%
Managerial Auditing Journal
132 citations, 0.1%
Environmental and Resource Economics
131 citations, 0.1%
Academy of Management Review
129 citations, 0.09%
Cogent Business and Management
128 citations, 0.09%
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126 citations, 0.09%
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123 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Development Economics
122 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Politics
121 citations, 0.09%
Explorations in Economic History
121 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Comparative Economics
121 citations, 0.09%
International Review of Economics and Finance
117 citations, 0.09%
American Political Science Review
117 citations, 0.09%
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
116 citations, 0.09%
Accounting Review
114 citations, 0.08%
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
113 citations, 0.08%
Journal of Marketing
111 citations, 0.08%
Finance Research Letters
111 citations, 0.08%
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111 citations, 0.08%
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111 citations, 0.08%
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107 citations, 0.08%
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105 citations, 0.08%
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Elsevier
25276 citations, 18.55%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
17954 citations, 13.18%
Wiley
16609 citations, 12.19%
Springer Nature
14903 citations, 10.94%
Taylor & Francis
8424 citations, 6.18%
Cambridge University Press
6831 citations, 5.01%
Emerald
6744 citations, 4.95%
SAGE
5272 citations, 3.87%
Oxford University Press
3225 citations, 2.37%
University of Chicago Press
2418 citations, 1.77%
MDPI
1472 citations, 1.08%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1378 citations, 1.01%
American Economic Association
1332 citations, 0.98%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
949 citations, 0.7%
Virtus Interpress
934 citations, 0.69%
Walter de Gruyter
800 citations, 0.59%
CAIRN
646 citations, 0.47%
Academy of Management
622 citations, 0.46%
IGI Global
591 citations, 0.43%
American Accounting Association
542 citations, 0.4%
Annual Reviews
460 citations, 0.34%
World Scientific
364 citations, 0.27%
MIT Press
327 citations, 0.24%
OpenEdition
291 citations, 0.21%
Duke University Press
259 citations, 0.19%
American Marketing Association
228 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers Media S.A.
194 citations, 0.14%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
160 citations, 0.12%
SciELO
153 citations, 0.11%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
149 citations, 0.11%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
106 citations, 0.08%
Cornell University Press
100 citations, 0.07%
Consortium Erudit
87 citations, 0.06%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
85 citations, 0.06%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
84 citations, 0.06%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
74 citations, 0.05%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
74 citations, 0.05%
Sirey
66 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
62 citations, 0.05%
American Public Health Association
61 citations, 0.04%
PERSEE Program
61 citations, 0.04%
International Association for Energy Economics
60 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
60 citations, 0.04%
The Econometric Society
60 citations, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
58 citations, 0.04%
International Monetary Fund
56 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
55 citations, 0.04%
American Real Estate Society
53 citations, 0.04%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
53 citations, 0.04%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
51 citations, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
48 citations, 0.04%
National Tax Association
39 citations, 0.03%
Prague University of Economics and Business
39 citations, 0.03%
American Medical Association (AMA)
36 citations, 0.03%
University of California Press
35 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
34 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
33 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
33 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
30 citations, 0.02%
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
30 citations, 0.02%
With Intelligence LLC
28 citations, 0.02%
Massachusetts Medical Society
23 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Transportation and Logistics
22 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
22 citations, 0.02%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
21 citations, 0.02%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
21 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
21 citations, 0.02%
IntechOpen
21 citations, 0.02%
Francophone Association of Accounting
19 citations, 0.01%
Transaction Publishers
18 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
18 citations, 0.01%
Duncker & Humblot GmbH
18 citations, 0.01%
Brill
17 citations, 0.01%
American Educational Research Association
17 citations, 0.01%
Bristol University Press
17 citations, 0.01%
16 citations, 0.01%
The Royal Society
15 citations, 0.01%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
14 citations, 0.01%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
14 citations, 0.01%
JSTOR
14 citations, 0.01%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
13 citations, 0.01%
AOSIS
13 citations, 0.01%
IOS Press
12 citations, 0.01%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
12 citations, 0.01%
Borsa Istanbul Anonim Sirketi
12 citations, 0.01%
Academic Journals
12 citations, 0.01%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
11 citations, 0.01%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
11 citations, 0.01%
Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
11 citations, 0.01%
South Florida Publishing LLC
11 citations, 0.01%
Research Square Platform LLC
11 citations, 0.01%
Trans Tech Publications
10 citations, 0.01%
10 citations, 0.01%
Canadian Science Publishing
10 citations, 0.01%
Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
10 citations, 0.01%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo
9 citations, 0.01%
Human Kinetics
9 citations, 0.01%
Edinburgh University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
8 citations, 0.01%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
8 citations, 0.01%
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University of Chicago
24 publications, 1.32%
Harvard University
22 publications, 1.21%
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
13 publications, 0.72%
Yale University
9 publications, 0.5%
Northwestern University
8 publications, 0.44%
University of California, Berkeley
8 publications, 0.44%
University of Texas at Austin
7 publications, 0.39%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.39%
University of Southern California
6 publications, 0.33%
Cornell University
6 publications, 0.33%
University of Virginia
6 publications, 0.33%
Princeton University
5 publications, 0.28%
George Mason University
5 publications, 0.28%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Los Angeles
5 publications, 0.28%
Stanford University
4 publications, 0.22%
Columbia University
4 publications, 0.22%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.22%
University of Michigan
4 publications, 0.22%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.22%
University of Georgia
4 publications, 0.22%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.17%
New York University
3 publications, 0.17%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.17%
Emory University
3 publications, 0.17%
Pompeu Fabra University
3 publications, 0.17%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.17%
University of Alabama
3 publications, 0.17%
Montana State University
3 publications, 0.17%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Naples Federico II
2 publications, 0.11%
Florida State University
2 publications, 0.11%
Drexel University
2 publications, 0.11%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.11%
Bocconi University
2 publications, 0.11%
European University Institute
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.11%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.11%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.11%
Washington State University
2 publications, 0.11%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.11%
Clemson University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.11%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.11%
San Diego State University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of California, Santa Barbara
2 publications, 0.11%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.11%
University of California, Merced
2 publications, 0.11%
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2 publications, 0.11%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 0.11%
Purdue University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Tokyo
2 publications, 0.11%
Kansas State University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Colorado Denver
2 publications, 0.11%
Lesley University
2 publications, 0.11%
Cleveland State University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2 publications, 0.11%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.06%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.06%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.06%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.06%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.06%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.06%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.06%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1 publication, 0.06%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.06%
Stockholm School of Economics
1 publication, 0.06%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
Università della Svizzera italiana
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.06%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.06%
University College London
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.06%
Copenhagen Business School
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Cagliari
1 publication, 0.06%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.06%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.06%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
1 publication, 0.06%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.06%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Adelaide
1 publication, 0.06%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.06%
Hanyang University
1 publication, 0.06%
North Carolina State University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
1 publication, 0.06%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.06%
Towson University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.06%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.06%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.06%
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University of Chicago
3 publications, 1.51%
University of Naples Federico II
2 publications, 1.01%
Yale University
2 publications, 1.01%
Clemson University
2 publications, 1.01%
Northwestern University
2 publications, 1.01%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.01%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 1.01%
Harvard University
2 publications, 1.01%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 1.01%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.5%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
1 publication, 0.5%
ETH Zurich
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.5%
Eindhoven University of Technology
1 publication, 0.5%
Università della Svizzera italiana
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.5%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.5%
Copenhagen Business School
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Cagliari
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.5%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.5%
Iowa State University
1 publication, 0.5%
Bocconi University
1 publication, 0.5%
European University Institute
1 publication, 0.5%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.5%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
1 publication, 0.5%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.5%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 0.5%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.5%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.5%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.5%
Halle Institute for Economic Research
1 publication, 0.5%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.5%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.5%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.5%
Toronto Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.5%
Western University
1 publication, 0.5%
Tokyo Keizai University
1 publication, 0.5%
Boise State University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Colorado Denver
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.5%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.5%
Singapore Management University
1 publication, 0.5%
Télécom Paris
1 publication, 0.5%
Brandeis University
1 publication, 0.5%
Lesley University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.5%
Toulouse School of Economics
1 publication, 0.5%
Montana State University
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.5%
University of Pittsburgh
1 publication, 0.5%
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USA, 174, 9.59%
USA
174 publications, 9.59%
Germany, 18, 0.99%
Germany
18 publications, 0.99%
Italy, 15, 0.83%
Italy
15 publications, 0.83%
United Kingdom, 5, 0.28%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 0.28%
Canada, 5, 0.28%
Canada
5 publications, 0.28%
Switzerland, 4, 0.22%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.22%
Japan, 4, 0.22%
Japan
4 publications, 0.22%
China, 3, 0.17%
China
3 publications, 0.17%
Australia, 3, 0.17%
Australia
3 publications, 0.17%
Israel, 3, 0.17%
Israel
3 publications, 0.17%
Spain, 3, 0.17%
Spain
3 publications, 0.17%
Netherlands, 3, 0.17%
Netherlands
3 publications, 0.17%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.11%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.11%
Singapore, 2, 0.11%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.11%
Chile, 2, 0.11%
Chile
2 publications, 0.11%
Sweden, 2, 0.11%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.11%
Russia, 1, 0.06%
Russia
1 publication, 0.06%
France, 1, 0.06%
France
1 publication, 0.06%
Portugal, 1, 0.06%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.06%
Argentina, 1, 0.06%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.06%
Belgium, 1, 0.06%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.06%
New Zealand, 1, 0.06%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.06%
Uruguay, 1, 0.06%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.06%
Philippines, 1, 0.06%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.06%
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USA, 4, 2.01%
USA
4 publications, 2.01%
Switzerland, 2, 1.01%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.01%
Germany, 1, 0.5%
Germany
1 publication, 0.5%
Italy, 1, 0.5%
Italy
1 publication, 0.5%
Netherlands, 1, 0.5%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.5%
Singapore, 1, 0.5%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.5%
Japan, 1, 0.5%
Japan
1 publication, 0.5%
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