Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze
ISSN 1689-7404 · eISSN 2719-9452 · Sciendo · Poland
Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); 60 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Polish Law and Legal System, Criminal Law and Policy and Polish Legal and Social Issues, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Białostockie Studia Prawnicze (Bialystok Legal Studies) is an open-access, double blind peer-reviewed quarterly, with an international editorial office and extensive international editorial board, published by the Faculty of Law of the University of Bialystok (Poland). Launched in 2006 and initially circulated in print, from 2021 the journal is published solely electronically, in an effort to preserve the environment. Białostockie Studia Prawnicze is one of Poland’s top legal journals with an international profile and indexed at the lists such as ERIH+, ICI Journals Master List, NORWEGIAN REGISTER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, SERIES AND PUBLISHERS, CEJSH, CEEOL, ANVUR, HeinOnline, Elsevier - SCImago (SJR) and Elsevier - Scopus. Each volume is dedicated to one specific theme. Articles in Białostockie Studia Prawnicze primarily address traditional questions of legal interest, ranging from civil law, criminal law, administrative law, constitutional law, corporate law, international law, European law to legal theory. Authorship includes both established and early-career legal scholars and practitioners. Articles and commentaries of a comparative nature are published in Polish and English. We kindly encourage members of the academic community to contribute to our journal. Papers submitted to the forthcoming issues are double-blind peer reviewed by eminent scholars in the particular field under strict supervision of the international editorial board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Elżbieta KużelewskaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 9, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Canada 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences29%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences6.3%
- Polish Legal and Social IssuesSocial Sciences6%
- Taxation and Legal IssuesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences4.3%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine3.7%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 718/1162 | 38th |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 486/744 | 34th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 516/745 | 30th |
| Public Administration | Q4 | 195/248 | 21st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH+, ICI Journals Master List, CEJSH, CEEOL, ANVUR, HeinOnline, Elsevier - SCImago (SJR)Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.61OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,127 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 123 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 | 205 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 222 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 240 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 181 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 110 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 36 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Published solely electronically since 2021 Model summary
from 2021 the journal is published solely electronically, in an effort to preserve the environment
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Open access, double blind peer-reviewed quarterly Model summary
Białostockie Studia Prawnicze is an open-access, double blind peer-reviewed quarterly
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 1689-7404
- Electronic ISSN
- 2719-9452
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze
How long does peer review take at Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (9), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze open access, and what is the APC?
Bialostockie Studia Prawnicze is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .