International Journal of Legal Discourse

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Legal Discourse (IJLD) is associated with Multicultural Association of Law and Language and International Academy of Linguistic Law.

This journal covers both verbal and non-verbal aspects of legal discourse.

This journal aims to provide a world-class platform for academic exchanges in legal discourse as well as its neighboring areas, tapping into research on law, discourse analysis, linguistics, politics, semiotics, sociology and psychology.

This journal invites contributions examining the interface of law and other disciplines, and exploring the interaction among law professionals, administrators, policy makers and other social actors.

Topics law discourse studies applied linguistics sociology

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12650

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	92

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.449

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

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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.

• From principles to practices: the intertextual interaction between AI ethical and legal discourses

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Le, Xiuli

• Linguistic variation and legal representation in legislative discourse: A corpus-based multi-dimensional study

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Yuxiu, Le

• Law as a culturally constituted sign-system – A space for interpretation

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Wagner, Aleksandra, Le

• Identifying the fourth generation of human rights in digital era

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Lijue, Changshan

• Finding ordinary meaning in law: The judge, the dictionary or the corpus?

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Lawrence M., Tammy

• Stancetaking in the U.S. Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence (1973-present): epistemic (im)probability and evidential (dis)belief

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Jamie

• Exploring the cyber governance discourse: A perspective from China

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Chunhui, Le, Jiamin

• Culture and law: The cultural impact on islamic legal statements and its implications for translation

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Rafat Y.

• A science mapping of studies on courtroom discourse with CiteSpace

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Min, Min

• Instrumentalization of law as a socially constituted sign-system

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Anne, Aleksandra

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