Law and Critique - Impact Factor, Indexing, Rank, and APC 2025

Aims & Scope

Law and Critique is the prime international critical legal theory journal.

It has been published for 20 years and is associated with the Critical Legal Conference.

Law and Critique covers all aspects of legal theory, jurisprudence and substantive law that are approached from a critical perspective.

Law and Critique has introduced into legal scholarship a variety of schools of thought, such as postmodernism; feminism; queer theory; critical race theory; literary approaches to law; psychoanalysis; law and the humanities; law and aesthetics and post-colonialism.

Postmodern jurisprudence, law and aesthetics and law and psychoanalysis were pioneered in Law and Critique which remains the most authoritative international source for these schools of thought.

Law and Critique is keen to translate and incorporate non-English critical legal thought.

More specifically, Law and Critique encourages the submission of articles in the areas of critical legal theory and history, law and literature, law and psychoanalysis, feminist legal theory, critical race theory, law and post-colonialism; postmodern jurisprudence, law and aesthetics; legal phenomenology; and law and autopoiesis.

Past special issues include: 'Critical Legal Education'; 'The Gender of Law'; 'Law and Postmodernism'; 'Law and Literature'; 'Law and Post-colonialism', 'Law and Theatre'; 'Jean-Luc Nancy and Law'; 'Agamben and Law'.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11663

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	89

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.496

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Impact Factor Trend

Abstracting & Indexing

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

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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.