Journal profile · LAW
Edinburgh Law Review
ISSN 1364-9809 · eISSN 1755-1692 · Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh Law Review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Edinburgh Law Review is published by Edinburgh University Press 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 Legal principles and applications, Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction and European and International Contract Law, together about 46.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
An international forum for the discussion of law High-quality, original, refereed academic writing Contemporary substantive law, legal theory and history, and other aspects of the study of law in its social and cultural context Focus on Scots law and the Scottish legal system, setting the law of Scotland in an international and comparative context Coverage of interest for a modern European ius commune Discussion of issues common to mixed legal systems Analysis of developments in legislation and of court decisions Reviews of major academic works
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences23.7%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences13.1%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences9.6%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences4%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences3%
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
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,956 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 15 | 0 |
| 2025 | 63 | 25 | 6 |
| 2024 | 63 | 41 | 5 |
| 2023 | 62 | 32 | 23 |
| 2022 | 72 | 25 | 34 |
| 2021 | 67 | 23 | 31 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
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
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)
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- analysisThose submitted for the Analysis section of the journal should normally not exceed 2,500 words (including footnotes).main text ≤ 2,500 words
- articlesThose submitted as articles should normally not exceed 10,000 words (including footnotes).main text ≤ 10,000 words
- front matterVolume 30Issue 2May 2026 Front matterLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use AI Policy
AI use must be disclosed at submission. Model summary
Any use of AI in the development or writing of your manuscript must be disclosed to the editors at the point of submission. You can find the EUP AI disclosure form here. And you can read the full EUP AI policy here. Generative AI cannot be used in any aspect of the peer review process. Reviewers cannot upload unpublished manuscripts to any AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
In order to be considered an author or co-author of an article in Edinburgh Law Review, a person must: 1) have made substantial contributions to the work 2) be willing to accept accountability for the work that was done and its presentation in a publication. The contributions to the manuscript of anyone who does not meet this criteria should be listed in the acknowledgements section. For example, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Author Copyright Form
Prospective authors, please click here to download the author copyright form for submission with your article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access, archiving and social sharing
No submission or publication fees; separate fees for optional gold open access. Model summary
All EUP journals are published on a Green Open Access basis, whereby authors are allowed to deposit a pre-publication version of their contribution on their personal or departmental web page and in their institutional repository. Authors are also permitted to deposit a pre-publication version of their contribution in a non-commercial subject repository one year following publication in print. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review through an anonymised reviewing process. Model summary
All articles accepted to be considered for possible publication are peer-reviewed through an anonymised reviewing process. All identifying marks should be removed from your submission. Do not include your name anywhere in your article (in running headers and footers, for example), and try as far as possible to remove it from your file Properties. The review process normally takes approximately thr…
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
- Edinburgh University Press
- ISSN
- 1364-9809
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-1692
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Edinburgh Law Review
What CAS zone is Edinburgh Law Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Edinburgh 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.
Which databases index Edinburgh Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Edinburgh Law Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Edinburgh Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Edinburgh 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .