Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 08293201, 19110227

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
0.7
SJR
0.223
CiteScore
1.1
Categories
Law
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1986-2025
journal names
Canadian Journal of Law and Society
Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société
CAN J LAW SOC
Publications
1 405
Citations
3 749
h-index
25
Publications
185
Citations
1 628
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal (69 publications)
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa (68 publications)
Carleton University
Carleton University (59 publications)
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa (16 publications)
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal (8 publications)
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke (7 publications)
Top-3 countries
Canada (673 publications)
USA (139 publications)
Italy (46 publications)
Canada (53 publications)
Italy (7 publications)
USA (7 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Canadian Journal of Law and Society
249 citations, 6.64%
SSRN Electronic Journal
118 citations, 3.15%
Social and Legal Studies
63 citations, 1.68%
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
29 citations, 0.77%
Theoretical Criminology
29 citations, 0.77%
Criminologie
29 citations, 0.77%
Critical Criminology
28 citations, 0.75%
Antipode
24 citations, 0.64%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
24 citations, 0.64%
Canadian Review of Sociology
22 citations, 0.59%
British Journal of Criminology
21 citations, 0.56%
Law and Social Inquiry
21 citations, 0.56%
International Journal of Law in Context
21 citations, 0.56%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
20 citations, 0.53%
Canadian Public Administration
18 citations, 0.48%
Citizenship Studies
17 citations, 0.45%
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
17 citations, 0.45%
Policing and Society
17 citations, 0.45%
Law and Society Review
15 citations, 0.4%
Feminist Legal Studies
15 citations, 0.4%
Criminology and Criminal Justice
15 citations, 0.4%
Punishment and Society
14 citations, 0.37%
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law
14 citations, 0.37%
Champ pénal
14 citations, 0.37%
Sexualities
13 citations, 0.35%
Progress in Human Geography
13 citations, 0.35%
Urban Studies
13 citations, 0.35%
Urban Geography
12 citations, 0.32%
Canadian journal of women and the law = Revue juridique La femme et le droit
12 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Canadian Studies
12 citations, 0.32%
Recherches amérindiennes au Québec
12 citations, 0.32%
International Journal of Drug Policy
11 citations, 0.29%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
11 citations, 0.29%
Crime, Law and Social Change
11 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
11 citations, 0.29%
Geopolitics
11 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
11 citations, 0.29%
Studies in Law Politics and Society
10 citations, 0.27%
Journal of International Migration and Integration
10 citations, 0.27%
Canadian Journal of Public Health
10 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of the Legal Profession
10 citations, 0.27%
Social Science and Medicine
10 citations, 0.27%
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
10 citations, 0.27%
Violence Against Women
10 citations, 0.27%
University of Toronto Law Journal
10 citations, 0.27%
Security Dialogue
10 citations, 0.27%
Environment and Planning A
10 citations, 0.27%
PLoS ONE
10 citations, 0.27%
Current Issues in Criminal Justice
10 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
9 citations, 0.24%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
9 citations, 0.24%
Human Rights Review
9 citations, 0.24%
Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice
9 citations, 0.24%
Geoforum
9 citations, 0.24%
Canadian Geographer / Geographie Canadien
9 citations, 0.24%
Law and History Review
9 citations, 0.24%
Law and Policy
9 citations, 0.24%
Deviant Behavior
9 citations, 0.24%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
8 citations, 0.21%
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
8 citations, 0.21%
Social Sciences
8 citations, 0.21%
Qualitative Research
8 citations, 0.21%
Women's Studies International Forum
8 citations, 0.21%
Police Practice and Research
8 citations, 0.21%
Extractive Industries and Society
8 citations, 0.21%
Culture, Health and Sexuality
8 citations, 0.21%
Déviance et Société
8 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Academic Ethics
7 citations, 0.19%
Qualitative Inquiry
7 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Homosexuality
7 citations, 0.19%
Political Geography
7 citations, 0.19%
Critical Public Health
7 citations, 0.19%
BMC Public Health
7 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Sex Research
7 citations, 0.19%
Social Identities
7 citations, 0.19%
Electronic Technology and Civil Procedure
7 citations, 0.19%
BMJ Open
6 citations, 0.16%
Critical Social Policy
6 citations, 0.16%
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
6 citations, 0.16%
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
6 citations, 0.16%
Psychology, Crime and Law
6 citations, 0.16%
Senses and Society
6 citations, 0.16%
Sexuality and Culture
6 citations, 0.16%
Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance
6 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
6 citations, 0.16%
Laws
6 citations, 0.16%
Recherches sociographiques
6 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Canadian Studies
6 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
5 citations, 0.13%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5 citations, 0.13%
Studies in Political Economy
5 citations, 0.13%
Law and Critique
5 citations, 0.13%
Signs
5 citations, 0.13%
Conflict and Society
5 citations, 0.13%
Canadian Journal of Communication
5 citations, 0.13%
Women and Criminal Justice
5 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
5 citations, 0.13%
International Labour Review
5 citations, 0.13%
Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques
5 citations, 0.13%
Qualitative Health Research
5 citations, 0.13%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
543 citations, 14.48%
Cambridge University Press
487 citations, 12.99%
SAGE
475 citations, 12.67%
Springer Nature
382 citations, 10.19%
Wiley
296 citations, 7.9%
Elsevier
160 citations, 4.27%
Oxford University Press
123 citations, 3.28%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
112 citations, 2.99%
Consortium Erudit
102 citations, 2.72%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
89 citations, 2.37%
Emerald
63 citations, 1.68%
OpenEdition
45 citations, 1.2%
MDPI
44 citations, 1.17%
Duke University Press
40 citations, 1.07%
CAIRN
33 citations, 0.88%
Annual Reviews
23 citations, 0.61%
University of Chicago Press
17 citations, 0.45%
University of California Press
16 citations, 0.43%
Frontiers Media S.A.
13 citations, 0.35%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
11 citations, 0.29%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
10 citations, 0.27%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.24%
BMJ
9 citations, 0.24%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
7 citations, 0.19%
American Psychological Association (APA)
7 citations, 0.19%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.19%
Berghahn Books
7 citations, 0.19%
Brill
5 citations, 0.13%
University of Calgary Press
4 citations, 0.11%
JMIR Publications
4 citations, 0.11%
Human Kinetics
4 citations, 0.11%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.08%
3 citations, 0.08%
3 citations, 0.08%
Intellect
3 citations, 0.08%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.05%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.05%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.05%
Liverpool University Press
2 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.05%
Martin Media
2 citations, 0.05%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
2 citations, 0.05%
2 citations, 0.05%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.05%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.05%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.05%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.05%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
2 citations, 0.05%
F1000 Research
2 citations, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
2 citations, 0.05%
Equinox Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
Omsk State University
2 citations, 0.05%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2 citations, 0.05%
Canadian Institute of Forestry
2 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.03%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
1 citation, 0.03%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.03%
Dokuz Eylul University
1 citation, 0.03%
Maisonneuve et Larose
1 citation, 0.03%
Brazilian Anthropology Association
1 citation, 0.03%
North American Society for Sport History
1 citation, 0.03%
Editora Universidade de Brasilia
1 citation, 0.03%
Pluto Journals
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Comparative Law
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Colorado
1 citation, 0.03%
Societe Francaise de Sante Publique
1 citation, 0.03%
Akademika Forlag
1 citation, 0.03%
Stockholm University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
1 citation, 0.03%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Montreal
1 citation, 0.03%
Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)
1 citation, 0.03%
Sirey
1 citation, 0.03%
American Anthropological Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.03%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.03%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
1 citation, 0.03%
South Ural State University
1 citation, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
1 citation, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
1 citation, 0.03%
The Japan Institute of Energy
1 citation, 0.03%
American Astronomical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Federal State University of Education
1 citation, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Harvard Education Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.03%
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Université de Montréal
69 publications, 4.91%
University of Ottawa
68 publications, 4.84%
Carleton University
59 publications, 4.2%
University of Toronto
56 publications, 3.99%
Université du Québec à Montréal
54 publications, 3.84%
McGill University
50 publications, 3.56%
York University
48 publications, 3.42%
University of Calgary
46 publications, 3.27%
Université Laval
33 publications, 2.35%
University of Manitoba
33 publications, 2.35%
University of Alberta
22 publications, 1.57%
Dalhousie University
18 publications, 1.28%
Queen's University at Kingston
18 publications, 1.28%
University of Victoria
17 publications, 1.21%
University of British Columbia
14 publications, 1%
University of Windsor
13 publications, 0.93%
Université de Sherbrooke
12 publications, 0.85%
Saint Mary's University
11 publications, 0.78%
Ege University
9 publications, 0.64%
University of Lethbridge
9 publications, 0.64%
Keele University
7 publications, 0.5%
Brock University
7 publications, 0.5%
La Trobe University
6 publications, 0.43%
Toronto Metropolitan University
6 publications, 0.43%
Western University
6 publications, 0.43%
University of Winnipeg
6 publications, 0.43%
University of New Brunswick
5 publications, 0.36%
Bar-Ilan University
4 publications, 0.28%
University of Haifa
4 publications, 0.28%
St. Francis Xavier University
4 publications, 0.28%
Simon Fraser University
4 publications, 0.28%
Lakehead University
4 publications, 0.28%
University of Saskatchewan
4 publications, 0.28%
University of Guelph
4 publications, 0.28%
St. Thomas University
4 publications, 0.28%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.21%
Griffith University
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Wollongong
3 publications, 0.21%
Thompson Rivers University
3 publications, 0.21%
Nipissing University
3 publications, 0.21%
Trent University
3 publications, 0.21%
Wilfrid Laurier University
3 publications, 0.21%
Laurentian University
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Denver
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Regina
3 publications, 0.21%
Jean Monnet University
3 publications, 0.21%
Concordia University
3 publications, 0.21%
University of Lorraine
2 publications, 0.14%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.14%
Université Catholique de Louvain
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Southern California
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Otago
2 publications, 0.14%
Monash University
2 publications, 0.14%
Flinders University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.14%
Princeton University
2 publications, 0.14%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.14%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Kent
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Essex
2 publications, 0.14%
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
2 publications, 0.14%
Université de Lille
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Rouen Normandy
2 publications, 0.14%
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
2 publications, 0.14%
Université Paris Nanterre
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 0.14%
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.07%
Zayed University
1 publication, 0.07%
Tawam Hospital
1 publication, 0.07%
Air University
1 publication, 0.07%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.07%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Liège
1 publication, 0.07%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Strasbourg
1 publication, 0.07%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.07%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.07%
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Nantes
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Basel
1 publication, 0.07%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.07%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.07%
Brunel University London
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Antwerp
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.07%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.07%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.07%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 0.07%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.07%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of Ottawa
16 publications, 8.65%
Université de Montréal
8 publications, 4.32%
Université de Sherbrooke
7 publications, 3.78%
York University
6 publications, 3.24%
Université du Québec à Montréal
6 publications, 3.24%
Dalhousie University
5 publications, 2.7%
McGill University
5 publications, 2.7%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 2.7%
University of British Columbia
4 publications, 2.16%
Western University
4 publications, 2.16%
Carleton University
4 publications, 2.16%
Thompson Rivers University
3 publications, 1.62%
Toronto Metropolitan University
3 publications, 1.62%
Saint Mary's University
3 publications, 1.62%
Université Laval
3 publications, 1.62%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 1.62%
Australian National University
2 publications, 1.08%
Queen's University at Kingston
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Victoria
2 publications, 1.08%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.08%
Zayed University
1 publication, 0.54%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.54%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.54%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.54%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.54%
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados
1 publication, 0.54%
St. Francis Xavier University
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Sfax
1 publication, 0.54%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Saskatchewan
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Windsor
1 publication, 0.54%
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
1 publication, 0.54%
Université du Québec en Outaouais
1 publication, 0.54%
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
1 publication, 0.54%
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Rouen Normandy
1 publication, 0.54%
University of Winnipeg
1 publication, 0.54%
Concordia University
1 publication, 0.54%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
1 publication, 0.54%
University of New Brunswick
1 publication, 0.54%
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Publishing countries

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Canada, 673, 47.9%
Canada
673 publications, 47.9%
USA, 139, 9.89%
USA
139 publications, 9.89%
Italy, 46, 3.27%
Italy
46 publications, 3.27%
United Kingdom, 33, 2.35%
United Kingdom
33 publications, 2.35%
Australia, 24, 1.71%
Australia
24 publications, 1.71%
France, 20, 1.42%
France
20 publications, 1.42%
Israel, 10, 0.71%
Israel
10 publications, 0.71%
Belgium, 9, 0.64%
Belgium
9 publications, 0.64%
Turkey, 9, 0.64%
Turkey
9 publications, 0.64%
New Zealand, 4, 0.28%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.28%
Switzerland, 4, 0.28%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.28%
India, 3, 0.21%
India
3 publications, 0.21%
Russia, 2, 0.14%
Russia
2 publications, 0.14%
China, 2, 0.14%
China
2 publications, 0.14%
Iraq, 2, 0.14%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.14%
UAE, 2, 0.14%
UAE
2 publications, 0.14%
Poland, 2, 0.14%
Poland
2 publications, 0.14%
South Africa, 2, 0.14%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.14%
Germany, 1, 0.07%
Germany
1 publication, 0.07%
Barbados, 1, 0.07%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.07%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.07%
Cameroon, 1, 0.07%
Cameroon
1 publication, 0.07%
Netherlands, 1, 0.07%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.07%
Pakistan, 1, 0.07%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.07%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.07%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.07%
Tunisia, 1, 0.07%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.07%
Montenegro, 1, 0.07%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.07%
Chile, 1, 0.07%
Chile
1 publication, 0.07%
Japan, 1, 0.07%
Japan
1 publication, 0.07%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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Canada, 53, 28.65%
Canada
53 publications, 28.65%
USA, 7, 3.78%
USA
7 publications, 3.78%
Italy, 7, 3.78%
Italy
7 publications, 3.78%
France, 4, 2.16%
France
4 publications, 2.16%
Australia, 2, 1.08%
Australia
2 publications, 1.08%
China, 1, 0.54%
China
1 publication, 0.54%
Barbados, 1, 0.54%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.54%
Israel, 1, 0.54%
Israel
1 publication, 0.54%
India, 1, 0.54%
India
1 publication, 0.54%
New Zealand, 1, 0.54%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.54%
UAE, 1, 0.54%
UAE
1 publication, 0.54%
Tunisia, 1, 0.54%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.54%
Chile, 1, 0.54%
Chile
1 publication, 0.54%
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