Information and Communications Technology Law

Aims & Scope

The last decade has seen the introduction of computers and information technology at many levels of human transaction.

Information technology (IT) is now used for data collation, in daily commercial transactions like transfer of funds, conclusion of contract, and complex diagnostic purposes in fields such as law, medicine and transport.

The use of IT has expanded rapidly with the introduction of multimedia and the Internet.

Any new technology inevitably raises a number of questions ranging from the legal to the ethical and the social.

Information & Communications Technology Law covers topics such as: the implications of IT for legal processes and legal decision-making and related ethical and social issues; the liability of programmers and expert system builders; computer misuse and related policing issues; intellectual property rights in algorithms, chips, databases, software etc; IT and competition law; data protection; freedom of information; the nature of privacy, legal controls in the dissemination of pornographic, racist and defamatory material on the Internet; network policing; regulation of the IT industry; problems of computer representation and the computational semantics of law; the role of visual or image-based legal ‘mental models’; general public policy and philosophical aspects of law and IT.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.516

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	25

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11260

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	153

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science and 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.

• The European Union general data protection regulation: what it is and what it means

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Chris Jay, Bart, Frederik Zuiderveen

• Contract law 2.0: ‘Smart’ contracts as the beginning of the end of classic contract law

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Alexander

• Artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence collaboration: regaining trust and confidence in the financial sector

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Alison, George William

• Algorithmic risk assessment policing models: lessons from the Durham HART model and ‘Experimental’ proportionality

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Marion, Jamie, Sheena, Geoffrey C.

• Privacy implications and liability issues of autonomous vehicles

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Lisa

• Virtual money laundering: the case of Bitcoin and the Linden dollar

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Robert

• Hate speech on social media networks: towards a regulatory framework?

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Natalie

• Cyberhate: the globalization of hate

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Barbara, Patrik

• Approaching the human in the loop – legal perspectives on hybrid human/algorithmic decision-making in three contexts

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Therese, Lena, Markus

• Internet regulation in China: the never‐ending cat and mouse game1

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Assafa

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