Harvard Law Review

Aims & Scope

The Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship.

The Review comes out monthly from November through June and has roughly 2,500 pages per volume.

The organization is formally independent of the Harvard Law School.

Student editors make all editorial and organizational decisions and, together with a professional business staff of three, carry out day-to-day operations.

Aside from serving as an important academic forum for legal scholarship, the Review has two other goals.

First, the journal is designed to be an effective research tool for practicing lawyers and students of the law.

Second, it provides opportunities for Review members to develop their own editing and writing skills.

Accordingly, each issue contains pieces by student editors as well as outside authors.

The Review publishes articles by professors, judges, and practitioners and solicits reviews of important recent books from recognized experts.

All articles — even those by the most respected authorities — are subjected to a rigorous editorial process designed to sharpen and strengthen substance and tone.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.223

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	97

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3438

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	288

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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.

• Whiteness as Property

  Citation: 3188

  Authors: Cheryl I.

• The Right to Privacy

  Citation: 2421

  Authors: Samuel D., Louis D.

• Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma

  Citation: 1363

  Authors: Derrick A.

• Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral

  Citation: 874

  Authors: Guido, A. Douglas

• Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals

  Citation: 746

  Authors: H. L. A.

• Race, Reform, and Retrenchment: Transformation and Legitimation in Antidiscrimination Law

  Citation: 710

  Authors: Kimberle Williams

• The Tragedy of the Anticommons: Property in the Transition from Marx to Markets

  Citation: 690

  Authors: Michael A.

• The Path of the Law

  Citation: 640

  Authors:

• For Whom Are Corporate Managers Trustees?

  Citation: 561

  Authors: E. Merrick

• Positivism and Fidelity to Law: A Reply to Professor Hart

  Citation: 416

  Authors: Lon L.

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