Journal profile · LAW
Journal of Corporate Law Studies
ISSN 1473-5970 · eISSN 1757-8426 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Corporate Law Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.21; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 202 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Corporate Law Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Insolvency and Governance, Corporate Governance and Law and Legal principles and applications, together about 44.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
THE established international forum for high quality analysis of corporate law, The Journal of Corporate Law Studies is: vital for teaching and research, vital for practice, vital for regulation, law and policy-making. We cover corporate law and corporate governance, capital market and broader financial regulation, involving restructuring and insolvency. Companies are at the forefront of the studies in this journal, whether that be in engaging shareholders actively, regulating misbehaviour among directors or determining the aims of corporate management. We encourage global perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches, which understand the importance of financial, economic and political contexts and the impact of technological developments. This outlook makes us the source for a fully developed, rigorously analytical view of corporate law around the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editor-in-chief Victoria BarnesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Insolvency and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting19.6%
- Corporate Governance and LawBusiness, Management and Accounting15.1%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences10.2%
- Corporate Law and Human RightsBusiness, Management and Accounting10.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.1%
- Global Financial Regulation and CrisesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
J-Gate, Hein On-Line, Informit - The Source for Online Australasian InformationPublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 2.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.62Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 134,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 465 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 26 | 16 | 12 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 | 53 |
| 2023 | 19 | 14 | 115 |
| 2022 | 27 | 11 | 139 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 | 99 |
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 Crossref · to
202 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 141 days – 325 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 62 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 257 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (43 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 88 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Journal of Corporate Law Studies 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 discoverab…
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
- 1473-5970
- Electronic ISSN
- 1757-8426
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Corporate Law Studies
What CAS zone is Journal of Corporate Law Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Corporate Law Studies is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Corporate Law Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.21; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Corporate Law Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 202 days (interquartile range 141–325 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Corporate Law Studies 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 3 of Management.
Which databases index Journal of Corporate Law Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Corporate Law Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Corporate Law Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Corporate Law Studies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .