California Law Review

Aims & Scope

The California Law Review was the first student law journal published west of Illinois and the ninth law review in the United States.

The chief architects of the California Law Review were turn-of-the-century California progressives who saw the California Law Review as a vehicle for reform.

As stated by the first Editor-in-Chief and later Dean of Berkeley Law Orrin McMurray, “it is not expected that the Review will occupy a place by the side of the great national reviews of this country and of Europe, but it is hoped, that it may in a slight degree, meet the needs . . . presented in California and the other Pacific Coast states.” McMurray added that he hoped the California Law Review would take the lead in “the inevitable development of a western type of jurisprudence.”

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.963

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	68

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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 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.

• Implicit Bias: Scientific Foundations

  Citation: 494

  Authors: Anthony G., Linda Hamilton

• A Theory of Procedure

  Citation: 466

  Authors: John, Laurens

• Privacy

  Citation: 316

  Authors: William L.

• Conceptualizing Privacy

  Citation: 299

  Authors: Daniel J.

• Law and Behavioral Science: Removing the Rationality Assumption from Law and Economics

  Citation: 244

  Authors: Russell B., Thomas S.

• The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion

  Citation: 207

  Authors: D. Michael, Michael J., William C., Robert

• Intellectual Property Rights and Standard-Setting Organizations

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Mark A.

• Psychiatry and the Presumption of Expertise: Flipping Coins in the Courtroom

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Bruce J., Thomas R.

• A Compliance-Based Theory of International Law

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Andrew T.

• Toward an Asian American Legal Scholarship: Critical Race Theory, Post-Structuralism, and Narrative Space

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Robert S.

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