Transnational Legal Theory

Aims & Scope

The objective of Transnational Legal Theory is to publish high-quality theoretical scholarship that addresses transnational dimensions of law and legal dimensions of transnational fields and activity.

Central to Transnational Legal Theory's mandate is publication of work that explores whether and how transnational contexts, forces and ideations affect debates within existing traditions or schools of legal thought.

Similarly, the journal aspires to encourage scholars debating general theories about law to consider the relevance of transnational contexts and dimensions for their work.

With respect to particular jurisprudence, the journal welcomes not only submissions that involve theoretical explorations of fields commonly constructed as transnational in nature (such as commercial law, maritime law, or cyberlaw) but also explorations of transnational aspects of fields less commonly understood in this way (for example, criminal law, family law, company law, tort law, evidence law, and so on).

Submissions of work exploring process-oriented approaches to law as transnational (from transjurisdictional litigation to delocalized arbitration to multi-level governance) are also encouraged.

Equally central to Transnational Legal Theory's mandate is theoretical work that explores fresh (or revived) understandings of international law and comparative law 'beyond the state' (and the interstate).

The journal has a special interest in submissions that explore the interfaces, intersections, and mutual embeddedness of public international law, private international law, and comparative law, notably in terms of whether such inter-relationships are reshaping these sub-disciplines in directions that are, in important respects, transnational in nature.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.359

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14901

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	72

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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.

• Transnational Legal Pluralism

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Peer

• Human Rights in the Emerging World Order

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Joseph

• #Metoo—has the ‘sisterhood’ finally become global or just another product of neoliberal feminism?

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Farnush

• Private International Law Beyond the Schism

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Horatia Muir

• Earth system law for the Anthropocene: rethinking environmental law alongside the Earth system metaphor

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Louis J.

• The effects of oil pollution on the marine environment in the Gulf of Guinea—the Bonga Oil Field example

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Ifesinachi

• Global policing and transnational rule with law

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Ben, James

• Global Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and Law: An Interactive Regulatory Perspective on the Voluntary-Mandatory Dichotomy

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Radu

• The Project of Constitutional Sociology: Irritating Nation State Constitutionalism

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Gunther

• The EU’s democratic deficit in a realist key: multilateral governance, popular sovereignty and critical responsiveness

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Jan Pieter, Enzo

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