Aims & Scope

The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy is published three times annually by the Harvard Society for Law & Public Policy, Inc., an organization of Harvard Law School students.

The Journal is one of the top five most widely circulated law reviews and the nation’s leading forum for conservative and libertarian legal scholarship.

The late Stephen Eberhard and former Senator and Secretary of Energy E.

Spencer Abraham founded the journal forty years ago and many journal alumni have risen to prominent legal positions in the government and at the nation’s top law firms.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 0.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.424

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

h-index

Year Value
2024 32

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


Quick Facts

Current Factor
0.5
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.424
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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