Ratio Juris

Aims & Scope

Ratio Juris is a leading international journal of philosophy of law and general jurisprudence.

It provides a truly international and trans-cultural forum for the communication of philosophical ideas about law and legal questions.

Ratio Juris is open to scholars from all backgrounds and traditions, legal, philosophical, political, cultural and linguistic.

Ratio Juris covers classical topics such as: the nature of law; law and morality; justice; rightness and natural law; law and reason; the logic of norms; artificial intelligence and law; law and language; legal obligation; rights validity and the legitimacy of law; the rule of law; legal epistemology; rules and principles; rules and acts; legal reasoning; interpretation; deontic logic and expert systems in law.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.164

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23488

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	33

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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

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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 Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability*

  Citation: 290

  Authors: EVA FEDER

• On Balancing and Subsumption. A Structural Comparison

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Robert

• On the Structure of Legal Principles

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Robert

• Depoliticizing Democracy

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Philip

• Constitutional Rights, Balancing, and Rationality

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Robert

• Is There a Modern Legal Culture?

  Citation: 79

  Authors: LAWRENCE M.

• The European Nation State. Its Achievements and Its Limitations. On the Past and Future of Sovereignty and Citizenship

  Citation: 76

  Authors: JÃœRGEN

• On the Concept and the Nature of Law

  Citation: 74

  Authors: ROBERT

• The Pragmatics of Legal Language

  Citation: 67

  Authors: ANDREI

• Reflections on Habermas on Democracy

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Joshua

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