American Journal of Legal History

Aims & Scope

The American Journal of Legal History was founded in 1957 and was the first English-language periodical in the field.

The journal was relaunched as an Oxford University Press (OUP) publication at the beginning of 2016 with new editors, Professors Al Brophy (University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill) and Stefan Vogenauer (Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt).

The new AJLH aims to publish outstanding scholarship on all facets and periods of legal history.

While retaining its focus on American legal history, it accommodates the enormous broadening of the intellectual horizon of the discipline over the past decade and is particularly interested in contributions of a comparative, international or transnational nature.

Book reviews are a regular feature.

The new AJLH is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, made available in printed and electronic form.

Manuscript submissions are handled quickly and efficiently.

Manuscripts concurrently submitted for publication elsewhere will not be considered.

Accepted papers that have been copyedited and typeset are made available online immediately through the 'Advance Access' function on the OUP website.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27466

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.118

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Law in American History

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Lawrence M., Donald, Bernard

• The Development of the Employment at Will Rule

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Jay M.

• Federal Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes: The Historical Development of a Legal Concept

  Citation: 37

  Authors: William W.

• Law & Geometry: Legal Science from Leibniz to Langdell

  Citation: 32

  Authors: M. H.

• "Pactum... Legem Vincit et Amor Judicium"--The Settlement of Disputes by Compromise in Eleventh-Century Western France

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Stephen D.

• Medieval Labor Law and English Local Courts

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Elaine

• The Rise of Legal Formalism

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Morton J.

• Law and Culture in the District Court of Honolulu, 1844-1845: A Case Study of the Rise of Legal Consciousness

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Mari J.

• Legal Borrowing and the Origins of Slave Law in the British Colonies

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Bradley J.

• Insanity and the Unwritten Law

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Robert M.

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