Journal profile · LAW
Arab Law Quarterly
ISSN 0268-0556 · eISSN 1573-0255 · Brill
Arab Law Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); hybrid open access; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arab Law Quarterly is published by Brill and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Islamic Studies and History and Law, logistics, and international trade, together about 38.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Arab Law Quarterly (ALQ) is the leading English language scholarly publication on all matters relating to the law and legal systems of the 22 states in the Arab League. It is indispensable not only for Arab law scholars, but also for those working in the fields of Middle Eastern law, Islamic law, and comparative law. In keeping with our commitments to global inclusivity and broad engagement at all levels, we publish high impact scholarship of the highest calibre from leading scholars of Arab law in the most respected universities around the world, as well as works from rising and established authors working in the Arab world, and from practitioners familiar with the region.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editor-in-chief Haider HamoudiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting16.9%
- Islamic Studies and HistorySocial Sciences11%
- Law, logistics, and international tradeBusiness, Management and Accounting10.2%
- Socioeconomic Development in MENASocial Sciences9.2%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting9.1%
- Middle East and Rwanda ConflictsSocial Sciences6.6%
- Archaeology and Historical StudiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 151OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,764 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 8 | 21 |
| 2024 | 28 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 24 | 14 | 16 |
| 2022 | 28 | 6 | 48 |
| 2021 | 29 | 6 | 41 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 0268-0556
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-0255
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arab Law Quarterly
What CAS zone is Arab Law Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Arab Law Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Arab Law Quarterly?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1, h-index 31.
Which databases index Arab Law Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arab Law Quarterly is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Arab Law Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Arab Law Quarterly is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-30). Last updated: .