Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Global Jurist
ISSN 1934-2640 · Walter de Gruyter
Global Jurist: subscription journal; APC about USD 2,712; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Jurist is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Law and Human Rights, Comparative and International Law Studies and Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal ObjectiveGlobal Jurist offers a forum for scholarly debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and society, and legal anthropology. Edited by an international board of leading comparative law scholars from all the continents, Global Jurist is mindful of globalization and respectful of cultural differences. We will develop a truly international community of legal scholars where linguistic and cultural barriers are overcome and legal issues are finally discussed outside of the narrow limits imposed by positivism, parochialism, ethnocentrism, imperialism and chauvinism in the law. Submission is welcome from all over the world and particularly encouraged from the Global South.TopicsGlobal Jurist publishes articles on issues of:comparative lawlaw and economicsinternational lawlaw and societylegal anthropologylaw and human itiesArticle formatsEditorials, Forewords, Research articlesArticle formatsEditorials, Forewords, Research articles > Information on submission process Your Benefits Complete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Ugo MatteiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences10.7%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences8.5%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences5.8%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.1%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | 483/1162 | 58th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q2 | 353/745 | 52nd |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher 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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.65OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 410 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 106 |
| 2025 | 23 | 6 | 144 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5 | 199 |
| 2023 | 17 | 4 | 173 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8 | 222 |
| 2021 | 29 | 17 | 120 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1934-2640
- Print ISSN
- 2194-5675
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Jurist
Which databases index Global Jurist?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Jurist is indexed in Scopus.
Is Global Jurist open access, and what is the APC?
Global Jurist is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,712.
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: .