Theory and Practice of Legislation

Aims & Scope

The Theory and Practice of Legislation aims to offer an international and interdisciplinary forum for the examination of legislation.

The focus of the journal, which succeeds the former title Legisprudence, remains with legislation in its broadest sense.

Legislation is seen as both process and product, reflection of theoretical assumptions and a skill.

The journal addresses formal legislation, and its alternatives (such as covenants, regulation by non-state actors etc.).

The editors welcome articles on systematic (as opposed to historical) issues, including drafting techniques, the introduction of open standards, evidence-based drafting, pre- and post-legislative scrutiny for effectiveness and efficiency, the utility and necessity of codification, IT in legislation, the legitimacy of legislation in view of fundamental principles and rights, law and language, and the link between legislator and judge.

Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged.

But dogmatic descriptions of positive law are outside the scope of the journal.

The journal offers a combination of themed issues and general issues.

All articles are submitted to double blind review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.218

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	18

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20190

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	60

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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 middle-out approach: assessing models of legal governance in data protection, artificial intelligence, and the Web of Data

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Ugo, Pompeu, Robert

• Parliamentary oversight under the Covid-19 emergency: striving against executive dominance

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Elena

• The value of crowdsourcing in public policymaking: epistemic, democratic and economic value

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Tanja, Kaiping

• COVID-19 in Hungary and Poland: extraordinary situation and illiberal constitutionalism

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Tímea, Agnieszka

• The COVID-19 emergency in the age of executive aggrandizement: what role for legislative and judicial checks?

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Jan

• Covid-19 meets politics: the novel coronavirus as a novel challenge for legislatures

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Ittai

• Digital agoras: democratic legitimacy, online participation and the case of Uber-petitions

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Sofia

• Legislation and regulation: three analytical distinctions

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Nir, David, Guy

• Governing in a pandemic: from parliamentary sovereignty to autocratic technocracy

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Eric L

• COVID-19 legislation in the light of the precautionary principle

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Klaus

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