Sydney Law Review

Aims & Scope

The Sydney Law Review features original peer-reviewed articles, as well as review essays and book reviews commissioned by the Editorial Board.

The Sydney Law Review publishes four issues per year (March, June, September and December) and accepts submissions on a rolling basis (there are no submission deadlines).

Archives dating back to 1953 are available on the AustLII website.

Students enrolled in the Sydney Law Review unit of study have the opportunity to publish case notes or law reform comments in the journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.181

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22413

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	44

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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.

• Unmet Need for Building, Home Contents and Comprehensive Car Insurance among Uninsured Australians: Survey Findings and Options for Reform

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Evgenia, Ian, Paul

• Dispossession Cycles and Resistance: Historical Continuums in the Deportation of First Nations Peoples

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Alison, Annette

• "We Are One, But We Are Many": Conceptions of Australia’s Sovereign People and the Proposed Voice to Parliament

  Citation: 0

  Authors: David

• Responsible Government as an Underenforced Norm of the Australian Constitution: Some Interpretive Consequences

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Dan, Benjamin

• The <i>Legal Recognition of Animal Sentience: Principles, Approaches and Applications</i> by Jane Kotzmann and MB Rodriguez Ferrere (eds)

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Debbie

• Bosanac v Federal Commissioner of Taxation: The Future of the Presumptions of Resulting Trust and Advancement

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Cora

• The Evolution of the Australian Electoral System as a Constitutional Process

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Stephen

• Interpreting Discrimination Law Creatively: Statutory Discrimination Law in the UK, Canada and Australia by Alice Taylor

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Alysia

• A New Australian Constitutionalism? Constitutional Purposes, Proportionality and Process Theory

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Rosalind

• Data Sharing in the Australian Public Sector after the Optus and Medibank Incidents: Taking Reasonable Steps to Prevent Data Breaches

  Citation: 0

  Authors: Serena

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