Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Aims & Scope

The Oxford Journal of Legal Studies is published on behalf of the Faculty of Law in the University of Oxford.

It is designed to contribute to understanding in all matters relating to law.

While the Journal has an emphasis on theoretical work and on broad issues arising from the relationship of law to other disciplines, no topic of legal interest and no approach to scholarship is excluded.

The Journal welcomes outstanding original contributions in doctrinal and critical scholarship on domestic and international law, and contributions to comparative law, to legal history, and to legal philosophy.

We welcome interdisciplinary contributions in areas of relevance to the law and, in particular, work that uses the techniques of the social sciences and the humanities to contribute to understanding in legal studies.

The Journal publishes scholarship in a wide variety of forms and traditions, and is open to the work of all scholars wherever they may be.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.593

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9791

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	256

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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.

• The Idea Of An Overlapping Consensus

  Citation: 420

  Authors: JOHN

• Image-Based Sexual Abuse

  Citation: 220

  Authors: Clare, Erika

• Rethinking Self-Regulation

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Anthony

• Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law (1946)

  Citation: 150

  Authors: G.

• Solidarity in the European Union

  Citation: 147

  Authors: A.

• Does Criminal Law Deter? A Behavioural Science Investigation

  Citation: 130

  Authors: P. H.

• THE EMERGENCE OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

  Citation: 108

  Authors: JHON

• Dangers of Dystopias in Penal Theory

  Citation: 106

  Authors: L.

• A Right-Based Critique of Constitutional Rights

  Citation: 99

  Authors: JEREMY

• If at First You Don’t Succeed: Suing Corporations for Climate Change

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Geetanjali, Joana, Veerle

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