Indian Law Review

Aims & Scope

Indian Law Review is an academic-led, double-blind peer-reviewed, generalist journal on the laws of the Indian subcontinent.

The objects and purposes of the Journal are: • To publish peer reviewed scholarship about the laws of the Indian subcontinent spanning all areas of law, including comparative perspectives that engage with the laws of the Indian subcontinent. • To offer a forum for the community of scholars who work on laws of the Indian subcontinent, both within and outside the subcontinent. • To take a broad multidisciplinary approach to the study of laws of the Indian subcontinent, thereby reaching a wide readership including legal academics, philosophers, criminologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, political scientists, legal practitioners and others. • To cultivate, support and promote legal scholarship and education for those working on the laws of the Indian subcontinent, and, in particular, those based in the Indian subcontinent. • To respect academic freedom in all its activities.

Indian Law Review publishes three issues per year.

Its editorial policy requires anonymised submissions, and strictly adheres to double-blind peer review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23542

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	38

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.163

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

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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

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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.

• Model Groundwater (Sustainable Management) Bill, 2017: a new paradigm for groundwater regulation

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Philippe

• Divine labours, devalued work: the continuing saga of India’s surrogacy regulation

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Sneha, Prabha

• Secularism and the Citizenship Amendment Act

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Abhinav

• The slow erosion of fundamental rights: how <i>Romila Thapar v. Union of India</i> highlights what is wrong with the UAPA

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Mayur

• Abrogation of Article 370: can the president act without the recommendation of the constituent assembly?

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Balu

• Arbitrariness, subordination and unequal citizenship

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Farrah

• Equal moral membership: <i>Naz Foundation</i> and the refashioning of equality under a transformative constitution

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Gautam

• CSR in the post pandemic era: the dual promise of ESG investment and investor stewardship

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Rudresh, Ashwin

• Rape adjudication in India in the aftermath of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013: findings from trial courts of Delhi

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Preeti Pratishruti

• Law, religion and gender equality: literature on the Indian personal law system from a women’s rights perspective

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Tanja

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