JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS

JOURNAL OF LAW & ECONOMICS is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, Merger and Competition Analysis and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Frequency: 4 issues/year ISSN: 0022-2186 E-ISSN: 1537-5285 2025 JCR Impact Factor*: 1.7 Ranked #289 out of 626 “Economics” journals; and ranked #80 out of 443 “Law” journals 2025 CiteScore*: 2.7 Ranked #379 out of 755 “Economics and Econometrics” journals; and ranked #266 out of 1,162 “Law” journals 2025 Washington and Lee University Law Journals Impact Factor: 0.29 Ranked #3 out of 32 “Law and Economics” journals Established in 1958, the Journal of Law and Economics publishes research on a broad range of topics, including the economic analysis of law, the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, industrial organization and antitrust policy, the political economy of legislation and legislative processes, law and finance, and corporate finance and governance. The JLE has published some of the most influential and widely cited articles in these areas. It is an invaluable resource for academics and those interested in cutting-edge analysis of current public policy issues. View content coverage periods and institutional full-run subscription rates for The Journal of Law and Economics. *Journal Impact Factor™ 2024 courtesy of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)™ (Clarivate 2025). Scopus CiteScore (Elsevier B.V.). Retrieved June 2025, from scopus.com/sources. Press ReleasesMedia University of Chicago Press journals earn top rankings in 2025 indices August 27, 2026 University of Chicago Press journals earn top rankings in 2024 indices August 8, 2025 University of Chicago Press journals earn top rankings in 2023 indices September 17, 2024 All press releases On Uber and Lyft, varying prices for the same ride raise questions about fare calculation Read The Journal of Law and Economics article cited in Yahoo! News August 3, 2026 The Economic Benefit of Birthright Citizenship Read The Journal of Law and Economics article cited in Cato Institute June 10, 2026 Sam Alito’s Math on “Color-Blindness” Doesn’t Check Out Read The Journal of Law and Economics article cited in Yahoo! News June 10, 2026 All media

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Research area (LetPub): Multiple

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Impact

Impact factor

1.51LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.7Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

2.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.7Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

1.59LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.32LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

199OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,320OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.25OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

28LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

University of Chicago Press

ISSN

0022-2186

Electronic ISSN

1537-5285

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