Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Federal Law Review
ISSN 0067-205X · eISSN 1444-6928 · Australian National University, College of Law
Federal Law Review: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,550; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Federal Law Review is published by Australian National University, College of Law. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Administrative Law and Governance, together about 44.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published since 1964 at the Australian National University, the Federal Law Review (FLR) is recognised as one of Australia’s leading academic law j...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and FederalismSocial Sciences19.8%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences15.7%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences9.1%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences7.5%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences5.4%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine4.2%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 400/1162 | 65th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,464 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 129 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 196 |
| 2024 | 24 | 17 | 230 |
| 2023 | 31 | 26 | 290 |
| 2022 | 38 | 16 | 225 |
| 2021 | 30 | 16 | 217 |
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Australian National University, College of Law
- ISSN
- 0067-205X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1444-6928
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Federal Law Review
Which databases index Federal Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Federal Law Review is indexed in Scopus.
Is Federal Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Federal Law Review is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,550.
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: .