Canadian Journal of Law and Society

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 08293201, 19110227

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.5
SJR
0.174
CiteScore
1.4
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
1 394
Citations
3 579
h-index
25
Publications
174
Citations
1 455
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal (68 publications)
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa (63 publications)
Carleton University
Carleton University (57 publications)
University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa (16 publications)
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal (7 publications)
McGill University
McGill University (5 publications)
Top-3 countries
Canada (669 publications)
USA (139 publications)
Italy (46 publications)
Canada (56 publications)
USA (9 publications)
Italy (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
233 citations, 6.51%
SSRN Electronic Journal
117 citations, 3.27%
Social and Legal Studies
62 citations, 1.73%
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
29 citations, 0.81%
Theoretical Criminology
29 citations, 0.81%
Criminologie
29 citations, 0.81%
Critical Criminology
28 citations, 0.78%
Antipode
24 citations, 0.67%
Canadian Review of Sociology
22 citations, 0.61%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
22 citations, 0.61%
British Journal of Criminology
21 citations, 0.59%
Law and Social Inquiry
21 citations, 0.59%
International Journal of Law in Context
21 citations, 0.59%
Canadian Public Administration
17 citations, 0.47%
Citizenship Studies
17 citations, 0.47%
Policing and Society
17 citations, 0.47%
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
15 citations, 0.42%
Law and Society Review
15 citations, 0.42%
Feminist Legal Studies
15 citations, 0.42%
Criminology and Criminal Justice
15 citations, 0.42%
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
14 citations, 0.39%
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law
14 citations, 0.39%
Champ pénal
14 citations, 0.39%
Sexualities
13 citations, 0.36%
Progress in Human Geography
13 citations, 0.36%
Punishment and Society
13 citations, 0.36%
Urban Geography
12 citations, 0.34%
Canadian journal of women and the law = Revue juridique La femme et le droit
12 citations, 0.34%
Urban Studies
12 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Canadian Studies
12 citations, 0.34%
Recherches amérindiennes au Québec
12 citations, 0.34%
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
11 citations, 0.31%
Crime, Law and Social Change
11 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law
11 citations, 0.31%
Studies in Law Politics and Society
10 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Drug Policy
10 citations, 0.28%
Journal of International Migration and Integration
10 citations, 0.28%
Canadian Journal of Public Health
10 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of the Legal Profession
10 citations, 0.28%
Social Science and Medicine
10 citations, 0.28%
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence
10 citations, 0.28%
Geopolitics
10 citations, 0.28%
Violence Against Women
10 citations, 0.28%
University of Toronto Law Journal
10 citations, 0.28%
Security Dialogue
10 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
10 citations, 0.28%
Environment and Planning A
10 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
9 citations, 0.25%
Human Rights Review
9 citations, 0.25%
Canadian Geographer / Geographie Canadien
9 citations, 0.25%
Law and History Review
9 citations, 0.25%
Law and Policy
9 citations, 0.25%
Deviant Behavior
9 citations, 0.25%
PLoS ONE
9 citations, 0.25%
Current Issues in Criminal Justice
9 citations, 0.25%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
8 citations, 0.22%
Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice
8 citations, 0.22%
Geoforum
8 citations, 0.22%
Social Sciences
8 citations, 0.22%
Qualitative Research
8 citations, 0.22%
Women's Studies International Forum
8 citations, 0.22%
Police Practice and Research
8 citations, 0.22%
Extractive Industries and Society
8 citations, 0.22%
Culture, Health and Sexuality
8 citations, 0.22%
Déviance et Société
8 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
7 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Academic Ethics
7 citations, 0.2%
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review
7 citations, 0.2%
Qualitative Inquiry
7 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Homosexuality
7 citations, 0.2%
Political Geography
7 citations, 0.2%
Critical Public Health
7 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Sex Research
7 citations, 0.2%
Social Identities
7 citations, 0.2%
Critical Social Policy
6 citations, 0.17%
Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
6 citations, 0.17%
Annals of the American Association of Geographers
6 citations, 0.17%
Psychology, Crime and Law
6 citations, 0.17%
BMC Public Health
6 citations, 0.17%
Sexuality and Culture
6 citations, 0.17%
Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance
6 citations, 0.17%
Laws
6 citations, 0.17%
Recherches sociographiques
6 citations, 0.17%
Electronic Technology and Civil Procedure
6 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
5 citations, 0.14%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5 citations, 0.14%
Studies in Political Economy
5 citations, 0.14%
Law and Critique
5 citations, 0.14%
Signs
5 citations, 0.14%
BMJ Open
5 citations, 0.14%
Conflict and Society
5 citations, 0.14%
Canadian Journal of Communication
5 citations, 0.14%
Women and Criminal Justice
5 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
5 citations, 0.14%
International Labour Review
5 citations, 0.14%
Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques
5 citations, 0.14%
Qualitative Health Research
5 citations, 0.14%
Social Policy and Administration
5 citations, 0.14%
Sociology Compass
5 citations, 0.14%
Cambridge Journal of Economics
5 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
516 citations, 14.42%
SAGE
462 citations, 12.91%
Cambridge University Press
454 citations, 12.69%
Springer Nature
344 citations, 9.61%
Wiley
285 citations, 7.96%
Elsevier
152 citations, 4.25%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
113 citations, 3.16%
Oxford University Press
107 citations, 2.99%
Consortium Erudit
101 citations, 2.82%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
86 citations, 2.4%
Emerald
62 citations, 1.73%
OpenEdition
44 citations, 1.23%
MDPI
42 citations, 1.17%
CAIRN
32 citations, 0.89%
Duke University Press
31 citations, 0.87%
Annual Reviews
18 citations, 0.5%
University of Chicago Press
17 citations, 0.47%
Frontiers Media S.A.
11 citations, 0.31%
Walter de Gruyter
9 citations, 0.25%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
9 citations, 0.25%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
8 citations, 0.22%
BMJ
8 citations, 0.22%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.2%
Berghahn Books
7 citations, 0.2%
Brill
5 citations, 0.14%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 citations, 0.14%
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, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.06%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.06%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.06%
Liverpool University Press
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Martin Media
2 citations, 0.06%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
2 citations, 0.06%
2 citations, 0.06%
Copernicus
2 citations, 0.06%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.06%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.06%
PERSEE Program
2 citations, 0.06%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
2 citations, 0.06%
Bristol University Press
2 citations, 0.06%
Equinox Publishing
2 citations, 0.06%
Omsk State University
2 citations, 0.06%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2 citations, 0.06%
Canadian Institute of Forestry
2 citations, 0.06%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.03%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.03%
University of California Press
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%
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%
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%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
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%
Florida Gulf Coast University
1 citation, 0.03%
Modern Language Association of America (PMLA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.03%
American Psychological Association (APA)
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%
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Université de Montréal
68 publications, 4.88%
University of Ottawa
63 publications, 4.52%
Carleton University
57 publications, 4.09%
University of Toronto
55 publications, 3.95%
Université du Québec à Montréal
53 publications, 3.8%
McGill University
48 publications, 3.44%
York University
46 publications, 3.3%
University of Calgary
46 publications, 3.3%
Université Laval
33 publications, 2.37%
University of Manitoba
33 publications, 2.37%
University of Alberta
22 publications, 1.58%
Dalhousie University
17 publications, 1.22%
Queen's University at Kingston
16 publications, 1.15%
University of Victoria
16 publications, 1.15%
University of Windsor
12 publications, 0.86%
Université de Sherbrooke
10 publications, 0.72%
University of British Columbia
10 publications, 0.72%
Saint Mary's University
10 publications, 0.72%
Ege University
9 publications, 0.65%
University of Lethbridge
9 publications, 0.65%
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%
University of Winnipeg
5 publications, 0.36%
University of New Brunswick
5 publications, 0.36%
Bar-Ilan University
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Haifa
4 publications, 0.29%
Simon Fraser University
4 publications, 0.29%
Lakehead University
4 publications, 0.29%
St. Thomas University
4 publications, 0.29%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.22%
Griffith University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Wollongong
3 publications, 0.22%
St. Francis Xavier University
3 publications, 0.22%
Nipissing University
3 publications, 0.22%
Trent University
3 publications, 0.22%
Western University
3 publications, 0.22%
Wilfrid Laurier University
3 publications, 0.22%
Laurentian University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Saskatchewan
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Denver
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Regina
3 publications, 0.22%
Jean Monnet University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Lorraine
2 publications, 0.14%
Université Catholique de Louvain
2 publications, 0.14%
University of Southern California
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%
Thompson Rivers University
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%
Concordia University
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%
Australian National University
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 Otago
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, 9.2%
Université de Montréal
7 publications, 4.02%
McGill University
5 publications, 2.87%
Université de Sherbrooke
5 publications, 2.87%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 2.87%
Université du Québec à Montréal
5 publications, 2.87%
Dalhousie University
4 publications, 2.3%
York University
4 publications, 2.3%
Toronto Metropolitan University
3 publications, 1.72%
Université Laval
3 publications, 1.72%
Carleton University
3 publications, 1.72%
Thompson Rivers University
2 publications, 1.15%
University of British Columbia
2 publications, 1.15%
Saint Mary's University
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Guelph
2 publications, 1.15%
Zayed University
1 publication, 0.57%
Tawam Hospital
1 publication, 0.57%
Air University
1 publication, 0.57%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.57%
Tel Hai Academic College
1 publication, 0.57%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.57%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.57%
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Sfax
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Victoria
1 publication, 0.57%
Western University
1 publication, 0.57%
Wilfrid Laurier University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.57%
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
1 publication, 0.57%
Université du Québec en Outaouais
1 publication, 0.57%
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Rouen Normandy
1 publication, 0.57%
University of New Brunswick
1 publication, 0.57%
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Canada, 669, 47.99%
Canada
669 publications, 47.99%
USA, 139, 9.97%
USA
139 publications, 9.97%
Italy, 46, 3.3%
Italy
46 publications, 3.3%
United Kingdom, 33, 2.37%
United Kingdom
33 publications, 2.37%
Australia, 24, 1.72%
Australia
24 publications, 1.72%
France, 20, 1.43%
France
20 publications, 1.43%
Israel, 10, 0.72%
Israel
10 publications, 0.72%
Belgium, 9, 0.65%
Belgium
9 publications, 0.65%
Turkey, 9, 0.65%
Turkey
9 publications, 0.65%
New Zealand, 4, 0.29%
New Zealand
4 publications, 0.29%
Switzerland, 4, 0.29%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.29%
India, 3, 0.22%
India
3 publications, 0.22%
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, 56, 32.18%
Canada
56 publications, 32.18%
USA, 9, 5.17%
USA
9 publications, 5.17%
Italy, 7, 4.02%
Italy
7 publications, 4.02%
France, 4, 2.3%
France
4 publications, 2.3%
Australia, 2, 1.15%
Australia
2 publications, 1.15%
UAE, 2, 1.15%
UAE
2 publications, 1.15%
China, 1, 0.57%
China
1 publication, 0.57%
Barbados, 1, 0.57%
Barbados
1 publication, 0.57%
Israel, 1, 0.57%
Israel
1 publication, 0.57%
India, 1, 0.57%
India
1 publication, 0.57%
New Zealand, 1, 0.57%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.57%
Pakistan, 1, 0.57%
Pakistan
1 publication, 0.57%
Tunisia, 1, 0.57%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.57%
Chile, 1, 0.57%
Chile
1 publication, 0.57%
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