Journal profile · LAW
Journal of International Arbitration
ISSN 0255-8106 · eISSN 2212-182X · Wolters Kluwer Health
Journal of International Arbitration: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International Arbitration is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 International Arbitration and Investment Law, Dispute Resolution and Class Actions and Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction, together about 82.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting34.6%
- Dispute Resolution and Class ActionsBusiness, Management and Accounting25.7%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences22.4%
- World Trade Organization LawSocial Sciences2.8%
- International Law and AviationSocial Sciences1.9%
- Law, logistics, and international tradeBusiness, Management and Accounting1.7%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences1.6%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine1.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 | 579/1162 | 50th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 192OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,922 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 2 | 172 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3 | 198 |
| 2024 | 35 | 1 | 267 |
| 2023 | 33 | 2 | 282 |
| 2022 | 40 | 6 | 361 |
| 2021 | 39 | 1 | 629 |
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0255-8106
- Electronic ISSN
- 2212-182X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International Arbitration
What CAS zone is Journal of International Arbitration in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of International Arbitration is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of International Arbitration?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International Arbitration is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of International Arbitration open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International Arbitration is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .