Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies
ISSN 2704-8012 · Suor Orsola Benincasa Università Editrice · Italy
European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 3 weeks (community reports); 71 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies is published by Suor Orsola Benincasa Università Editrice. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Law, AI, and Intellectual Property, together about 28.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies (EJPLT) is a European Law Journal awarded Class A status by ANVUR, for the sectors of Private Law (12/A1), Constitutional Law (12/C1) and Comparative Law (12/E2), since 2021. The Journal is in Open Access Diamond, and focuses on the relationship between law and new technologies and, specifically, on that between privacy law and technology's development.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 4%); most named Italy 64, Spain 12, United Kingdom 11, Mainland China 5, France 5 (126 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences12%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences8.8%
- Law, AI, and Intellectual PropertyComputer Science7.5%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences6.6%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences6.1%
- Legal and Labor StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences5%
- Management, Economics, and Public PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, Crossref, HeinOnline, DoGi - Dottrina Giuridica, ROAD - Directory of Open Access scholarly Resources - ISSN, InfoLEGES, Libkey, Zeitschriften Datenbank (ZDB), OpenCitations, OpenAlexPublisher 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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| 2025 | 71 | 71 | 68 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 46 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 63 |
| 2022 | 39 | 39 | 74 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
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 3 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Single 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted5
- articlesTemplate Articles, comments on decisions and focusLength not stated
- comments on decisionsTemplate Articles, comments on decisions and focusLength not stated
- focusTemplate Articles, comments on decisions and focusLength not stated
- newsTemplate NewsLength not stated
- project deliverablesTemplate Project DeliverablesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship
Authors must have at least a Ph.D. (c) title. Model summary
authors wishing to submit a contribution to the journal must have at least a Ph.D. (c) title.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright of issues with Publisher; intellectual property of contributions remains with authors. Model summary
The copyright of the Issues is of the Publisher, while the intellectual property of the individual contributions remains with the authors, who grant the Publisher a license to publish their contributions in open access diamond.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access; no publication fees for authors. Model summary
EJPLT is an Open Access Journal and the Authors do not bear any cost for the publication of their contributions in the Journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review for each paper. Model summary
A double-blind peer review process is provided for each single paper sent to the Journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
No previously published contributions; papers must have footnotes, adequate scientific content, innovation, and well-defined methodology. Model summary
Journal does not publish contributions that have already been published in other journals, and, in any case, it does not publish papers without footnotes and adequate scientific content, innovation concerning the state of the art and well-defined methodology.
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
- Suor Orsola Benincasa Università Editrice
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- French, Italian, Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 2704-8012
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 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 European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies based?
Of the 126 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (64), Spain (12) and United Kingdom (11). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Privacy Law Technologies 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .