Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Juridica International
ISSN 1406-1082 · eISSN 1406-5509 · Iuridicum Foundation · Estonia
Juridica International: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Juridica International is published by Iuridicum Foundation. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are European and International Contract Law, European and International Law Studies and Legal principles and applications, together about 27.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Juridica International is a peer-reviewed open access law journal published by the School of Law at the University of Tartu and Iuridicum Foundation. The journal publishes original scientific articles on all fields of law. The focus of the journal is on legal developments in Estonia, the Baltic Sea region, and Europe, or Western legal culture in a wider sense, including comparative and international law studies. Authors are also encouraged to submit case analyses and commentaries on new laws and current law reform proposals, book reviews, and conference reviews. The journal is targeted at the widest audience of those interested in the law−whether as practitioners, students, teachers, judges, or administrators.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Marju Luts-SootakPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences9.9%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences9.6%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences8%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences6.6%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences6.3%
- Corporate Insolvency and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q3 | 807/1162 | 30th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 31 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 26 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted1
- original scientific articlesThe journal publishes original scientific articles on all fields of law.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Submissions must fall within the scope of Juridica International. Model summary
Before submitting, authors should ensure that their contribution falls within the scope of the Juridica International.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
The journal adheres to the following publication ethics and malpractice statement issued by the University of Tartu Press.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Juridica International provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All papers are published under CC BY-NC-ND licence.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review: peer-reviewed; Open access: open access Model summary
All scientific articles will be peer-reviewed. The journal uses blind review process. Book reviews and other non-articles are reviewed internally by the editors.
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
- Iuridicum Foundation
- Country or region
- Estonia
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISSN
- 1406-1082
- Electronic ISSN
- 1406-5509
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34 (2025)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Juridica International
How long does peer review take at Juridica International?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Juridica International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Juridica International is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Juridica International open access, and what is the APC?
Juridica International is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .