Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Italian Review of Legal History
ISSN 2464-8914 · Università degli Studi di Milano · Italy
Italian Review of Legal History: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Italian Review of Legal History is published by Università degli Studi di Milano. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Legal Studies and Society, Medieval and Early Modern Justice and Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La rivista on line Italian Review of Legal History si propone di costituire, per tutti i colleghi e studiosi italiani e stranieri uno strumento di intensificazione del dibattito scientifico a livello internazionale sui grandi temi della storia giuridica italiana, europea e mondiale. La scelta di pubblicare gli articoli sia in lingua madre sia preferibilmente in inglese nasce dal desiderio di contribuire alla circolazione degli studi storico – giuridici in un dialogo tra ricercatori di diversi paesi. Si è adottato un codice di condotta e un sistema di peer review coerente con le migliori prassi, secondo i criteri di rilevanza delle questioni oggetto di ricerca, di originalità dell’apporto scientifico, di innovatività nella scelta dei temi di indagine e di rigore metodologico. L’arco temporale si estende dall’alto medioevo alla contemporaneità e l’evoluzione del diritto, generale e/o particolare, è analizzata in tutte le sue articolazioni con attenzione all’intrinseca storicità del diritto e alla sua contestualizzazione con riguardo ai profili dei poteri pubblici, della cultura, della società e dell’economia. Continuità e discontinuità costituiscono le caratteristiche essenziali della storia giuridica. In questa fase di profonde trasformazioni e di ricerca di nuove vie del diritto per una società più giusta, il confronto tra cultori del diritto positivo e del diritto storico può offrire una chiave di interpretazione dell’oggi e il punto di avvio per una ricostruzione di regole e principii. Appare nondimeno fondamentale il continuo colloquio anche con tutte le discipline storiche nel quadro della circolazione tra i saperi e della necessità di realizzare una rete tra i vari apporti specialistici, connotati da metodologie, linguaggi e fonti almeno in parte differenti. Nell’attuale momento storico irto di sfide per tutti coloro che vivono l’Università e la Ricerca come parte del loro impegno civile, la rivista si pone come sede di riflessione in senso diacronico sulle dinamiche giuridiche e istituzionali. L’I.R.L.H. sarà aperta alla discussione sui temi dell’esperienza giuridica suggeriti dal comitato scientifico o da colleghi italiani e stranieri, da analizzare, in prospettiva storica e nel confronto con i giuristi positivi, sia tramite contributi di singoli studiosi, sia con interviste a specialisti, sia nella forma del forum.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Legal Studies and SocietySocial Sciences25.1%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences18.4%
- Renaissance and Early Modern StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Italian Fascism and Post-war SocietySocial Sciences4.2%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences4.2%
- War, Law, and JusticeSocial Sciences3.8%
- Historical Economic and Legal ThoughtSocial Sciences2.9%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences2.5%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 1027/1162 | 11th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher 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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 126 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 4 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Licenza Creative Commons
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license Model summary
La rivista è distribuita con licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Condividi allo stesso modo.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Per promuovere la diffusione della conoscenza e il dibattito scientifico, la Italian Review of Legal History fornisce accesso aperto e immediato ai propri articoli. La pubblicazione sulla Italian Review of legal History non comporta costi per gli autori.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Retraction policy following COPE guidelines Model summary
In caso di errori, comportamenti scorretti o cattiva condotta scientifica la Direzione adotterà le misure appropriate, seguendo le raccomandazioni e le linee guida di COPE (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines ) .
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
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, French, Italian
- ISSN
- 2464-8914
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Italian Review of Legal History
How long does peer review take at Italian Review of Legal History?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Italian Review of Legal History?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Italian Review of Legal History is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Italian Review of Legal History open access, and what is the APC?
Italian Review of Legal History 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .