Journal profile · LAW
CORNELL LAW REVIEW
ISSN 0010-8847 · Cornell University Press
CORNELL LAW REVIEW: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3; subscription journal; 28 articles a year; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CORNELL LAW REVIEW is published by Cornell University Press and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Legal and Constitutional Studies and Legal principles and applications, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1915, the Cornell Law Review is a student-run and student-edited journal that strives to publish novel scholarship that will have an immediate and lasting impact on the legal community. The Cornell Law Review publishes seven issues annually consisting of articles, essays, book reviews, and student notes. Click here for more on the history of the journal. Click here for more on membership. Additionally, Cornell Law Review is a signatory to the Joint Law Review Statement on Data and Code Transparency. This statement commits Cornell Law Review to the publication of all data and code used in empirical legal scholarship (with limited appropriate exemptions). The link to the statement, including the list of signatories, is here: https://lnkd.in/egJipNf8.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesSocial Sciences11.2%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences6.7%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.2%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences5.1%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences4.5%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 140 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- License & copyright Copyright’s Invisible Hand: Subsidizing America’s Cultural Institutions
Guy A. Rub Vincent J. Marella Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law. The doctrine of copyright exhaustion conceals a substantial and underappreciated subsidy at the heart of American copyright law. For more than a century, it has operated as a deliberate congressional scheme transferring billions of dollars in value to cultural institutions, such as libraries, museums, and gall…
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
- Cornell University Press
- ISSN
- 0010-8847
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CORNELL LAW REVIEW
What CAS zone is CORNELL LAW REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CORNELL LAW REVIEW is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of CORNELL LAW REVIEW?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.3; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 9.
Which databases index CORNELL LAW REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CORNELL LAW REVIEW is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is CORNELL LAW REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
CORNELL LAW REVIEW is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .