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JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION
ISSN 8756-6222 · eISSN 1465-7341 · Oxford University Press
JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.18; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,106; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION is published by Oxford University 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, Legal and Constitutional Studies and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 39.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization is an interdisciplinary exercise. It seeks to promote an understanding of many complex phenomena by examining such matters from a combined law, economics, and organization perspective (or a two-way combination thereof). In this connection, we use the term organization broadly - to include scholarship drawing on political science, psychology and sociology, among other fields. It also holds the study of institutions - especially economic, legal, and political institutions - to be specifically important and greatly in need of careful analytic study. Abstracting and Indexing Services Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services: Criminal Justice Abstracts Current Law Index Current Contents® /Social and Behavioral Sciences EconLit IBSS Index to Legal Periodicals & Books Infotrac International Political Science Abstracts Jounal of Economic Literature Journal Citation Reports /Social Sciences Edition Legal Journals Index Legal Trac LexisNexis Periodicals Index Online (PIO) PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Complete PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Global PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Research PROQUEST DATABASE : Magazines PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Discovery PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research Library PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest News & Magazines PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Pharma Collection PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Research Library Scopus Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Social Sciences Citation Index® Social Scisearch® The Standard Periodical Directory Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.3 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 1.7 Law (Rank by Impact Factor) 105/444 Economics (Rank by Impact Factor) 332/620 2025 Cited Half-Life 21.1 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.3 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00152 2025 Article Influence Score 1.309 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 3.3 Law (Rank by CiteScore) 197/1162 Economics And Econometrics (Rank by CiteScore) 316/755 Organizational Behavior And Human Resource Management (Rank by CiteScore) 128/254 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 1.232 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 76,759 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in The Journal Of Law, Economics, And Organization are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of th
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Andrea PratPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences6.8%
- Auction Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences6.5%
- Merger and Competition AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
- Corruption and Economic DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 1.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 147OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 763OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 76,759Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,113 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 10 | 14 |
| 2025 | 25 | 11 | 15 |
| 2024 | 29 | 11 | 106 |
| 2023 | 31 | 5 | 108 |
| 2022 | 27 | 5 | 337 |
| 2021 | 42 | 15 | 467 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,106 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) publicationethics.org
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 8756-6222
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-7341
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 2 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.18; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 147.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,106.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .