Journal profile · LAW
Bratislava Law Review
ISSN 2585-7088 · eISSN 2644-6359 · Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law · Slovakia
Bratislava Law Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bratislava Law Review is published by Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law 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 European and International Law Studies, European Criminal Justice and Data Protection and Polish Law and Legal System, together about 33.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Bratislava Law Review is an international legal journal published by the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (till the end of 2019 it was published by Wolters Kluwer in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University in Bratislava). It seeks to support legal discourse and research and promote critical legal thinking in a global extent. The journal offers a platform for fruitful scholarly discussions via various channels – be it lengthy scholarly papers, discussion papers, book reviews, annotations or conference reports. Bratislava Law Review focuses on publishing papers not only from the area of legal theory and legal philosophy but also other topics with international aspects (international law, EU law, regulation of the global business). Comparative papers and papers devoted to interesting trends and issues in national law that reflect various global challenges and could inspire legal knowledge and its application in other countries are also welcomed. The Bratislava Law Review has adopted multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, but also cross-disciplinary coverage. This is also the reason why members of the Bratislava Law Review Editorial Board are experts both in legal sciences and legal practice as well as in related disciplines – to ensure cross-cutting knowledge throughout all legal sciences, branches and fields of law. The Editorial Board consisting of foreign scholars-experts in the above fields, as well as a double-blind peer review, provide a guarantee of the high standard of the contributions published. In this way, the Bratislava Law Review hopes to provide space for presenting a diversity of opinions and approaches to up-to-date legal issues and problems, aiming in this way to contribute to an overall rise in standards of legal scholarship in the CEE region. The journal is published semi-annually with spring/summer issue and autumn/winter issue. For deadlines for submissions, please follow the call for papers in the "announcements" section.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Macau, China 1, Belgium 1, Hungary 1, Serbia 1, Slovenia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences18.2%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences8.6%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences6.5%
- Ombudsman and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences5.5%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Corporate Governance and LawBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Legal Studies and ReformsSocial Sciences4.4%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 335 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 12 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 27 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 45 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 54 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 19 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted8
- articlesArticles are peer-reviewed scientific papers offering substantial and original legal analysis in the fields of international law, European Union law, legal theo…Length not stated
- book reviewBook Reviews provide a critical evaluation of one or more scholarly publications in the fields of international law, European Union law, legal theory, legal phi…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook Reviews provide a critical evaluation of one or more scholarly publications in the fields of international law, European Union law, legal theory, legal phi…Length not stated
- case analysesCase Analyses are peer-reviewed scientific papers providing in-depth and original analysis of judicial decisions (not older than three years) within the fields …Length not stated
- conference reportConference Reports provide informative and analytically oriented accounts of academic conferences, workshops, or similar scholarly events within the fields of i…Length not stated
- conference reportsConference Reports provide informative and analytically oriented accounts of academic conferences, workshops, or similar scholarly events within the fields of i…Length not stated
- short articlesShort Articles are peer-reviewed scientific papers providing focused and original analysis of specific legal questions or narrowly defined areas of regulation w…Length not stated
- studiesStudies are peer-reviewed scientific papers providing exceptionally in-depth, comprehensive, and original analysis in the fields of international law, European …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Anti-ghostwriting policy: all authors and co-authors disclosed. Model summary
The contribution of individual authors to the creation of the Article is properly provided and all authors and co-authors are disclosed (anti-ghostwriting policy).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Funding sources presented in the article. Model summary
The sources of funding for research are presented in the article itself.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Desk Rejection Policy
Academic and publication ethics rules obeyed. Model summary
06.07.2026 In the event of a breach of the Journal's policies, the Editor-in-Chief may impose a five-year publication ban, during which all submissions by the author will be automatically desk-rejected. Read More Read more about Publication Ethics and Desk Rejection Policy
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Agreement with the journal's Licence Agreement at submission. Model summary
The Author(s) transfers copyright to the Article to the Publisher of the Journal by the Licence Agreement. The Author(s) retains rights specified in the Licence Agreement. The readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all of the Article of the Journal and use them for any other lawful purpose under specified Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind review preparation: authors remove names and file metadata. Model summary
The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text suggesting authorship. With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism check via iThenticate for all papers. Model summary
All papers are subject to an anti-plagiarism check via iThenticate.
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
- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law
- Country or region
- Slovakia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2585-7088
- Electronic ISSN
- 2644-6359
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bratislava Law Review
What CAS zone is Bratislava Law Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bratislava Law Review 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.
How long does peer review take at Bratislava Law Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Bratislava Law Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Bratislava Law Review based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Macau, China (1), Belgium (1) and Hungary (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Bratislava Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bratislava Law Review is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Bratislava Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Bratislava Law Review 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, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .