International Journal of the Legal Profession

Aims & Scope

International Journal of the Legal Profession is an academic journal addressing the organization, structure, management and infrastructure of the legal professions of the common law and civil law world.

International Journal of the Legal Profession encompasses studies of the work, work practices, skills and ethics of the legal profession as well as the internal management of law firms and chambers.

It also considers the methods and extent of provision of legal services.

A range of socio-legal information is included involving inter-disciplinary interest from academic and professional lawyers, economists, philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and business academics interested in the world of law and lawyers.

Major changes are occurring in the legal professions of America, Europe and Australasia.

The profession has become much more open for study and accountability to the public and to government.

Academic interest has grown over recent years and study of the legal profession is now well respected and represented within law departments.

Scholars have begun to view law as an interesting area of study and lawyers, without any internal methodology for assessing and measuring their work or value, have welcomed the outside interest.

International Journal of the Legal Profession considers these issues at an academic level, but also provides strategic solutions emanating from its literature.

It is therefore of interest to theorists within law firms as well as academia Peer Review Policy:

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18586

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	51

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.250

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

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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 Business, Management and Accounting 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.

• Megalawyering in the global order: The cultural, social and economic transformation of global legal practice

  Citation: 73

  Authors: John

• “A pit to put women in”: professionalism, work intensification, sexualisation and work–life balance in the legal profession in England and Wales

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Hilary

• Women solicitors in a fractured profession: Intersections of gender and professionalism in England and Wales

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Hilary

• Can<i>feminist</i>judges make a difference?

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Rosemary

• Managerialism and the legal profession: A new professional paradigm

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Hilary

• Work/life or work/work? Corporate legal practice in the twenty-first century

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Margaret

• Thinking about gender and judging

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Sally J.

• Professionalism and the legal services market

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Alan A.

• Work commitment in the legal profession: a study of Baby Boomers and Generation Xers

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Jean E.

• From kinship to magic circle: the London commercial law firm in the twentieth century

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Marc, Simon

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