Social and Legal Studies

Aims & Scope

SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES is a leading international journal, publishing progressive, interdisciplinary and critical approaches to socio-legal study.

The journal was born out of a commitment to feminist, anti-colonial and socialist economic perspectives to the study of law.

It offers an intellectual space for theoretically informed and empirically grounded work, where diverse traditions and critical approaches within legal study meet.

We particularly welcome work in new fields of socio-legal study, as well as non-western scholarship.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.619

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9360

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	291

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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.

• Plural Policing and Democratic Governance

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Ian

• Jurisdiction and Scale: Legal `Technicalities' as Resources for Theory

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Mariana

• Enclosure, Common Right and the Property of the Poor

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Nicholas

• Virtual Criminality: Old Wine in New Bottles?

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Peter N

• Sexual Violence in the Digital Age

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Nicola, Anastasia

• Constructing the `Right To the City' in Brazil

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Edésio

• ‘Setting ’Em Up’: Personal, Familial and Institutional Grooming in the Sexual Abuse of Children

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Anne-Marie

• Governed By Law?

  Citation: 158

  Authors: Nikolas, Mariana

• ‘It’s Torture for the Soul’: The Harms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Clare, Kelly, Erika, Nicola, Nicola, Asher, Anastasia

• Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Clare, Nicole

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