European Law Journal

Aims & Scope

The European Law Journal represents an authoritative new approach to the study of European Law, developed specifically to express and develop the study and understanding of European law in its social, cultural, political and economic context.

It has a highly reputed board of editors.

The journal fills a major gap in the current literature on all issues of European law, and is essential reading for anyone studying or practising EU law and its diverse impact on the environment, national legal systems, local government, economic organizations, and European citizens.

As well as focusing on the European Union, the journal also examines the national legal systems of countries in Western, Central and Eastern Europe and relations between Europe and other parts of the world, particularly the United States, Japan, China, India, Mercosur and developing countries.

The journal is published in English but is dedicated to publishing native language articles and has a dedicated translation fund available for this purpose.

It is a refereed journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.440

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	69

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12843

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	112

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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.

• Analysing and Assessing Accountability: A Conceptual Framework¹

  Citation: 1388

  Authors: Mark

• Europe’s ‘Democratic Deficit’: The Question of Standards

  Citation: 430

  Authors: Giandomenico

• Learning from Difference: The New Architecture of Experimentalist Governance in the EU

  Citation: 424

  Authors: Charles F., Jonathan

• Directly‐Deliberative Polyarchy

  Citation: 247

  Authors: Joshua, Charles

• From Intergovernmental Bargaining to Deliberative Political Processes: The Constitutionalisation of Comitology

  Citation: 235

  Authors: Christian, Jürgen

• Does Europe Need a Constitution?

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Dieter

• Hard and Soft Law in the Construction of Social Europe: the Role of the Open Method of Co-ordination

  Citation: 217

  Authors: David M., Louise G.

• Problems of Democratic Accountability in Network and Multilevel Governance

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Yannis

• Mind the Gap: Law and New Approaches to Governance in the European Union

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Joanne, David M.

• Does Europe Need a Constitution? Demos, Telos and the German Maastricht Decision

  Citation: 188

  Authors: J.H.H.

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