University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1852 as the American Law Register, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review is the nation’s oldest law review.

In the 2019-2020 academic year, the Law Review will publish its 168th volume.

The Law Review has both a professional and an educational mission.

It serves the legal profession, the bench, the bar, and the academy by providing a forum for the publication of original legal research of the highest quality.

We accept and scrutinize approximately 2,000 written submissions annually to select approximately eighteen articles in each volume.

We also ensure uniformity in the citation of authority in legal scholarship and court documents by cooperating with our peer organizations at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale in the maintenance of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.

The Twentieth Edition of The Bluebook was published on May 1, 2015.

The Law Review also affords Associate Editors two valuable educational experiences.

First, we provide training in the performance of all the editorial and administrative tasks associated with the publication of a professional legal journal.

Second, we assist each of our members in preparing an original work of scholarship suitable for professional publication.

Associate Editors are encouraged to write their student comments on a subject of particular interest to them, and up to twelve comments will be selected for publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.009

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	73

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4758

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	143

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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.

• A Taxonomy of Privacy

  Citation: 883

  Authors: Daniel J.

• Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for "Asymmetric Paternalism"

  Citation: 733

  Authors: Colin, Samuel, George, Ted, Matthew

• On the Expressive Function of Law

  Citation: 390

  Authors: Cass R.

• Pricing the Priceless: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protection

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Frank, Lisa

• Two Models of the Criminal Process

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Herbert L.

• Expressive Theories of Law: A General Restatement

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Elizabeth S., Richard H.

• The Chicago School of Antitrust Analysis

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Richard A.

• Blackmail, Privacy, and Freedom of Contract

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Richard A.

• Merchant Law in a Merchant Court: Rethinking the Code's Search for Immanent Business Norms

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Lisa

• More Statistics, Less Persuasion: A Cultural Theory of Gun-Risk Perceptions

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Dan M., Donald

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