Journal of Private International Law

Journal of Private International Law is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction, European and International Contract Law and Corporate Governance and Law, together about 52% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Private International Law ( J. Priv. Int. L.) was launched in spring 2005. We invite papers for this scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of original articles and analysis of current developments in the field. The journal covers all aspects of private international law, reflecting the role of the European Union and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the making of private international law, in addition to the traditional role of domestic legal orders. We welcome articles from scholars anywhere in the world writing in English about developments in any jurisdiction on any aspect of private international law. We also welcome shorter articles or analysis from anywhere in the world, including analysis of new treaties and conventions, and lengthy review articles dealing with significant new publications. "The Journal of Private International Law should be compulsory reading for the growing number of lawyers involved in cross-border transactions or litigation. The complexity of the issues thrown up in cross-border cases will only increase, and the Journal will likewise assume a corresponding and increasing importance to practitioners who have to grapple with problems of this kind." Charles Proctor, Bird and Bird "Offers a practitioner just the right balance of case analysis and theory to improve my role in advising clients, assessing potential litigation and drafting agreements. In addition, its coverage of legal developments outside the United States provides valuable insight for anticipating the challenges our multinational clients face in a globalized economy." Peter D. Trooboff, Covington & Burling LLP "The Journal is now the essential English language periodical for practitioners, academics and others working in the field of private international law. Provides topical coverage of a broad range of issues of current importance from a global perspective." David Stewart, Georgetown University "When the Journal was established five years ago, one of the objectives of the Editors was that the Journal should examine private international law topics in more than one legal system. That objective has been met with conspicuous success as can be seen from the range of articles addressing common problems with perspectives drawn from across Europe, North America, South Africa and the Pacific region. Equally the editors' prediction that we live in interesting times in the private international law field is fully borne out by the scope of the

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): LAW

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, United States 1, Australia 1, South Africa 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.5Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.18LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.18Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.18Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

23OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

86OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

20.29%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

83,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1744-1048

Electronic ISSN

1757-8418

Latest issue on the website

Volume 22, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub