Journal profile · LAW
Information & Communications Technology Law
ISSN 1360-0834 · eISSN 1469-8404 · Taylor & Francis
Information & Communications Technology Law: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Information & Communications Technology Law is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, Artificial Intelligence in Law and Copyright and Intellectual Property, together about 23.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The last decade has seen the introduction of computers and information technology at many levels of human transaction. Information technology (IT) is now used for data collation, in daily commercial transactions like transfer of funds, conclusion of contract, and complex diagnostic purposes in fields such as law, medicine and transport. The use of IT has expanded rapidly with the introduction of multimedia and the Internet. Any new technology inevitably raises a number of questions ranging from the legal to the ethical and the social. Information & Communications Technology Law covers topics such as: the implications of IT for legal processes and legal decision-making and related ethical and social issues; the liability of programmers and expert system builders; computer misuse and related policing issues; intellectual property rights in algorithms, chips, databases, software etc; IT and competition law; data protection; freedom of information; the nature of privacy, legal controls in the dissemination of pornographic, racist and defamatory material on the Internet; network policing; regulation of the IT industry; problems of computer representation and the computational semantics of law; the role of visual or image-based legal ‘mental models’; general public policy and philosophical aspects of law and IT. The journal invites articles, national reports and case notes on the above and related topics. All submissions are independently refereed. The journal is published three times a year with one issue a year devoted to a particular theme. Forthcoming special issues will focus on intellectual property issues and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences9.9%
- Artificial Intelligence in LawSocial Sciences7.1%
- Copyright and Intellectual PropertyBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Freedom of Expression and DefamationSocial Sciences6.1%
- Law, AI, and Intellectual PropertyComputer Science5.3%
- Dispute Resolution and Class ActionsBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Cybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesComputer Science4.6%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences4.6%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Current Law Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, Legal Journals Index, LISA: Library & Information Science
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.59Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.65LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 3.65Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 176,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 683 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 23 | 6 |
| 2025 | 24 | 13 | 77 |
| 2024 | 26 | 17 | 91 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 | 108 |
| 2022 | 20 | 11 | 241 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6 | 353 |
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 to publication
- 12 daysPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted2
- editorialEditorial | Published online: 31 Aug 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 12 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Information & Communications Technology Law is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All submissions are independently refereed. Model summary
All submissions are independently refereed.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1360-0834
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8404
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Information & Communications Technology Law
What CAS zone is Information & Communications Technology Law in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Information & Communications Technology Law is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Information & Communications Technology Law?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 35.
What JCR quartile is Information & Communications Technology Law in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Where are the editorial board members of Information & Communications Technology Law based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (2) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Information & Communications Technology Law?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Information & Communications Technology Law is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Information & Communications Technology Law open access, and what is the APC?
Information & Communications Technology Law is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .