American Business Law Journal

Wiley
Wiley
ISSN: 00027766, 17441714

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
1.5
SJR
0.363
CiteScore
2.0
Categories
Law
Business and International Management
Areas
Business, Management and Accounting
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1963-2025
journal names
American Business Law Journal
AM BUS LAW J
Publications
1 567
Citations
4 965
h-index
29
Publications
94
Citations
1 468
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (595 citations)
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Business Ethics (198 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (83 publications)
Ohio State University
Ohio State University (41 publications)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (34 publications)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (3 publications)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (905 publications)
Canada (13 publications)
Italy (7 publications)
USA (20 publications)
China (2 publications)
Italy (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
595 citations, 11.98%
American Business Law Journal
522 citations, 10.51%
Journal of Business Ethics
198 citations, 3.99%
Journal of Legal Studies Education
126 citations, 2.54%
Sustainability
52 citations, 1.05%
Business Ethics Quarterly
46 citations, 0.93%
Business Horizons
33 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
32 citations, 0.64%
Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
25 citations, 0.5%
Law Teacher
21 citations, 0.42%
Business and Society
17 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation
17 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Business Research
16 citations, 0.32%
Regulation and Governance
15 citations, 0.3%
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
14 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Cleaner Production
13 citations, 0.26%
Academy of Management Review
13 citations, 0.26%
Business Ethics
13 citations, 0.26%
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
12 citations, 0.24%
Business and Society Review
12 citations, 0.24%
Review of Public Personnel Administration
12 citations, 0.24%
Sustainable Transition of Meat and Cured Meat Supply Chain
12 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Financial Crime
11 citations, 0.22%
Applied Economics
11 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Law and Management
11 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Money Laundering Control
11 citations, 0.22%
European Business Organization Law Review
10 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Education for Business
9 citations, 0.18%
Real Estate Economics
9 citations, 0.18%
Journal of World Business
9 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Risk and Financial Management
9 citations, 0.18%
TalTech Journal of European Studies
9 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Corporate Finance
8 citations, 0.16%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Management
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Management and Governance
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of World Intellectual Property
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
8 citations, 0.16%
Human Resource Management Review
8 citations, 0.16%
Law and Policy
8 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Consumer Affairs
8 citations, 0.16%
Handbook of Research on Global Business Opportunities
8 citations, 0.16%
International Review of Economics and Finance
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of International Business Studies
7 citations, 0.14%
Multinational Business Review
7 citations, 0.14%
Crime, Law and Social Change
7 citations, 0.14%
Public Integrity
7 citations, 0.14%
Business Strategy and the Environment
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Professions and Organization
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
7 citations, 0.14%
Social Responsibility Journal
7 citations, 0.14%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
7 citations, 0.14%
TDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
7 citations, 0.14%
Academy of Management Perspectives
7 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Labor Research
7 citations, 0.14%
Corporate Communications
6 citations, 0.12%
Meditari Accountancy Research
6 citations, 0.12%
Corporate Governance: An International Review
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Consumer Policy
6 citations, 0.12%
Industrial Marketing Management
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Management Development
6 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Hospitality Management
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of International Management
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Product and Brand Management
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Public Affairs
6 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
6 citations, 0.12%
Academy of Management Annals
6 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
6 citations, 0.12%
Managerial Auditing Journal
6 citations, 0.12%
Research Policy
6 citations, 0.12%
Corporate Governance (Bingley)
6 citations, 0.12%
Issues in Business Ethics
6 citations, 0.12%
Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development
6 citations, 0.12%
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
5 citations, 0.1%
Human Relations
5 citations, 0.1%
American Review of Public Administration
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Technology Transfer
5 citations, 0.1%
Employee Relations
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Marketing
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Economic Issues
5 citations, 0.1%
Auditing
5 citations, 0.1%
Management of Environmental Quality
5 citations, 0.1%
Accounting, Organizations and Society
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Macromarketing
5 citations, 0.1%
Environmental Practice
5 citations, 0.1%
Review of Financial Studies
5 citations, 0.1%
Management Decision
5 citations, 0.1%
Contributions to Management Science
5 citations, 0.1%
Management Science
5 citations, 0.1%
Decision Support Systems
5 citations, 0.1%
Business and Human Rights Journal
5 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Management in Engineering - ASCE
5 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management
5 citations, 0.1%
Academy of Management Journal
5 citations, 0.1%
Corporate Ownership and Control
5 citations, 0.1%
Advances in Public Policy and Administration
5 citations, 0.1%
Law for Professionals
5 citations, 0.1%
European Journal of Law and Economics
4 citations, 0.08%
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
4 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Wiley
985 citations, 19.84%
Springer Nature
638 citations, 12.85%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
583 citations, 11.74%
Elsevier
404 citations, 8.14%
Emerald
341 citations, 6.87%
Taylor & Francis
298 citations, 6%
SAGE
257 citations, 5.18%
Cambridge University Press
223 citations, 4.49%
MDPI
94 citations, 1.89%
IGI Global
73 citations, 1.47%
Oxford University Press
44 citations, 0.89%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
38 citations, 0.77%
American Marketing Association
35 citations, 0.7%
Academy of Management
35 citations, 0.7%
Walter de Gruyter
26 citations, 0.52%
American Accounting Association
22 citations, 0.44%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
19 citations, 0.38%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
19 citations, 0.38%
Virtus Interpress
15 citations, 0.3%
University of Chicago Press
11 citations, 0.22%
World Scientific
10 citations, 0.2%
MIT Press
10 citations, 0.2%
American Psychological Association (APA)
10 citations, 0.2%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
8 citations, 0.16%
CAIRN
8 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers Media S.A.
7 citations, 0.14%
Mary Ann Liebert
7 citations, 0.14%
OpenEdition
7 citations, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
5 citations, 0.1%
IOS Press
4 citations, 0.08%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
4 citations, 0.08%
Indiana University Press
4 citations, 0.08%
American Real Estate Society
4 citations, 0.08%
Cornell University Press
4 citations, 0.08%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo
4 citations, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.08%
SciELO
4 citations, 0.08%
JMIR Publications
4 citations, 0.08%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.08%
Human Kinetics
4 citations, 0.08%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.08%
International Management Development Association
4 citations, 0.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
3 citations, 0.06%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.06%
University of California Press
3 citations, 0.06%
Trans Tech Publications
3 citations, 0.06%
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
3 citations, 0.06%
White Horse Press
3 citations, 0.06%
American Society of Comparative Law
3 citations, 0.06%
American Society of Transportation and Logistics
3 citations, 0.06%
3 citations, 0.06%
Inderscience Publishers
3 citations, 0.06%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.06%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
3 citations, 0.06%
Hans Publishers
3 citations, 0.06%
Apex Publishing
3 citations, 0.06%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.04%
Brill
2 citations, 0.04%
Duke University Press
2 citations, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
Index Copernicus
2 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
Francophone Association of Accounting
2 citations, 0.04%
American Economic Association
2 citations, 0.04%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
2 citations, 0.04%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.04%
LLC CPC Business Perspectives
2 citations, 0.04%
ISCE Publishing
2 citations, 0.04%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.04%
CLOCKSS Archive
2 citations, 0.04%
Publishing House Finance and Credit
2 citations, 0.04%
Cognizant, LLC
2 citations, 0.04%
AOSIS
2 citations, 0.04%
Intellect
2 citations, 0.04%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.02%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Bialystok
1 citation, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
1 citation, 0.02%
National Tax Association
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.02%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.02%
Lavoisier
1 citation, 0.02%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.02%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Massachusetts Medical Society
1 citation, 0.02%
Tyumen State University
1 citation, 0.02%
Vytautas Magnus University
1 citation, 0.02%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
1 citation, 0.02%
American Public Health Association
1 citation, 0.02%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
1 citation, 0.02%
1 citation, 0.02%
Brazilian Administration Review
1 citation, 0.02%
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Publishing organizations

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Indiana University Bloomington
83 publications, 5.3%
Ohio State University
41 publications, 2.62%
University of Georgia
34 publications, 2.17%
Syracuse University
29 publications, 1.85%
Colorado State University
27 publications, 1.72%
University of Texas at Austin
25 publications, 1.6%
University of Florida
25 publications, 1.6%
Pennsylvania State University
23 publications, 1.47%
University of Michigan
22 publications, 1.4%
University of Pennsylvania
18 publications, 1.15%
Virginia Tech
16 publications, 1.02%
University of Connecticut
16 publications, 1.02%
Purdue University
15 publications, 0.96%
Michigan State University
14 publications, 0.89%
University of Maryland, College Park
14 publications, 0.89%
Bowling Green State University
14 publications, 0.89%
University of Oklahoma
14 publications, 0.89%
West Virginia University
13 publications, 0.83%
Georgia State University
13 publications, 0.83%
Ohio University
13 publications, 0.83%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
13 publications, 0.83%
University of Kansas
13 publications, 0.83%
University of Cincinnati
11 publications, 0.7%
Washington State University
10 publications, 0.64%
American University
9 publications, 0.57%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
9 publications, 0.57%
University of Miami
8 publications, 0.51%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
8 publications, 0.51%
Illinois State University
7 publications, 0.45%
University of Denver
7 publications, 0.45%
Utah State University
7 publications, 0.45%
Florida State University
6 publications, 0.38%
Arizona State University
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Missouri–Kansas City
6 publications, 0.38%
Wayne State University
6 publications, 0.38%
Boise State University
6 publications, 0.38%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Akron
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Iowa
6 publications, 0.38%
Hofstra University
6 publications, 0.38%
University of Wyoming
6 publications, 0.38%
George Washington University
5 publications, 0.32%
George Mason University
5 publications, 0.32%
Oregon State University
5 publications, 0.32%
Western Michigan University
5 publications, 0.32%
Oakland University
5 publications, 0.32%
Boston College
5 publications, 0.32%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 0.32%
Western Carolina University
5 publications, 0.32%
Duquesne University
5 publications, 0.32%
University of Toronto
5 publications, 0.32%
Indiana University South Bend
5 publications, 0.32%
University of North Texas
5 publications, 0.32%
Texas State University
5 publications, 0.32%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
5 publications, 0.32%
Baruch College
5 publications, 0.32%
Boston University
4 publications, 0.26%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.26%
University of Central Florida
4 publications, 0.26%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
4 publications, 0.26%
University of Waterloo
4 publications, 0.26%
St. Cloud State University
4 publications, 0.26%
Virginia Commonwealth University
4 publications, 0.26%
University of Colorado Denver
4 publications, 0.26%
University of Alabama
4 publications, 0.26%
University of Massachusetts Boston
4 publications, 0.26%
Bentley University
4 publications, 0.26%
Drexel University
3 publications, 0.19%
Yale University
3 publications, 0.19%
North Dakota State University
3 publications, 0.19%
Seattle University
3 publications, 0.19%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.19%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.19%
Eastern Illinois University
3 publications, 0.19%
DePaul University
3 publications, 0.19%
Loyola University Chicago
3 publications, 0.19%
Eastern Michigan University
3 publications, 0.19%
Fordham University
3 publications, 0.19%
Wright State University
3 publications, 0.19%
Louisiana State University
3 publications, 0.19%
Miami University
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Colorado Boulder
3 publications, 0.19%
University of Memphis
3 publications, 0.19%
Suffolk University
3 publications, 0.19%
Georgia Southern University
3 publications, 0.19%
California State University, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.19%
Loyola College
2 publications, 0.13%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.13%
Georgia Institute of technology
2 publications, 0.13%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.13%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 0.13%
Clemson University
2 publications, 0.13%
New York University
2 publications, 0.13%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.13%
Northern Illinois University
2 publications, 0.13%
Northeastern University
2 publications, 0.13%
University of South Florida
2 publications, 0.13%
Central Michigan University
2 publications, 0.13%
Marquette University
2 publications, 0.13%
Minnesota State University Mankato
2 publications, 0.13%
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Indiana University Bloomington
4 publications, 4.26%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Georgia
3 publications, 3.19%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 2.13%
Virginia Tech
2 publications, 2.13%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 2.13%
Boise State University
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 2.13%
Bentley University
2 publications, 2.13%
Georgia Southern University
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 1.06%
Reichman University
1 publication, 1.06%
Aalto University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Science and Technology Beijing
1 publication, 1.06%
Florida State University
1 publication, 1.06%
Bocconi University
1 publication, 1.06%
George Washington University
1 publication, 1.06%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 1.06%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 1.06%
Clemson University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 1.06%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 1.06%
Western Carolina University
1 publication, 1.06%
Temple University
1 publication, 1.06%
Jacksonville State University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Oklahoma
1 publication, 1.06%
Baruch College
1 publication, 1.06%
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Publishing countries

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USA, 905, 57.75%
USA
905 publications, 57.75%
Canada, 13, 0.83%
Canada
13 publications, 0.83%
Italy, 7, 0.45%
Italy
7 publications, 0.45%
Georgia, 3, 0.19%
Georgia
3 publications, 0.19%
China, 2, 0.13%
China
2 publications, 0.13%
Australia, 2, 0.13%
Australia
2 publications, 0.13%
Brazil, 2, 0.13%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.13%
India, 2, 0.13%
India
2 publications, 0.13%
Japan, 2, 0.13%
Japan
2 publications, 0.13%
Russia, 1, 0.06%
Russia
1 publication, 0.06%
Germany, 1, 0.06%
Germany
1 publication, 0.06%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.06%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.06%
Israel, 1, 0.06%
Israel
1 publication, 0.06%
Jordan, 1, 0.06%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.06%
Ireland, 1, 0.06%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.06%
Lebanon, 1, 0.06%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.06%
Netherlands, 1, 0.06%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.06%
Panama, 1, 0.06%
Panama
1 publication, 0.06%
Singapore, 1, 0.06%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.06%
Thailand, 1, 0.06%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.06%
Montenegro, 1, 0.06%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.06%
Sweden, 1, 0.06%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.06%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 20, 21.28%
USA
20 publications, 21.28%
China, 2, 2.13%
China
2 publications, 2.13%
Italy, 1, 1.06%
Italy
1 publication, 1.06%
Singapore, 1, 1.06%
Singapore
1 publication, 1.06%
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