Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 53/434 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 53 out of 434 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 1,168 total citations, 32 total articles, 32 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.800, which is 0.100 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.260.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0263-323X and electronic ISSN 1467-6478. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY
Abbreviated journalJ LAW SOC
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN0263-323X
eISSN1467-6478
Total cites1,168
Total articles32
Citable items32
Cited half-life13.2 years
Citing half-life9.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator1.260
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank53/434
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY?

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY?

JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY is listed as being published by WILEY.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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