Jurisprudence-An International Journal of Legal and Political Thought

Jurisprudence-An International Journal of Legal and Political Thought is published by Taylor & Francis 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 in Society and Culture, Political Philosophy and Ethics and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Jurisprudence provides a forum for scholarly writing on the philosophy of law. While demanding the utmost intellectual honesty, clarity and scholarly rigour, its editorial policy is distinctively open-minded in relation to philosophical approach. A main purpose of the journal is to encourage scholarship which explores and transcends the categories and assumptions on which contemporary jurisprudential debates are conducted, and to stimulate reflection upon traditional questions concerning the nature of law, politics and society. The journal's unique reviews section will provide in-depth discussion and analysis of major developments in the field. Jurisprudence aims: to encourage research exploring the relation between questions in the philosophy of law, including any of its substantive areas, and debates in related branches of philosophy, such as political philosophy, moral philosophy, the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of action, among others; to support study of the intellectual history of the philosophy of law, both for its own sake and in order to shed light on contemporary jurisprudential questions; to encourage careful research that brings theoretical debates in anthropology, sociology, cultural and literary studies, to bear on jurisprudential questions in an original and illuminating manner. Replies and correspondence pieces will be generally discouraged, although may be acceptable if the intention is to deepen and extend an original line of thought, and not merely to reiterate or amplify an earlier argument. "Jurisprudence not only goes deeply into legal questions, it explores these questions with genuine philosophical insight. This is precisely what the idea of jurisprudence requires." Robert Alexy, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kielhristian "...Jurisprudence has managed to attract first rate contributions on central questions in legal and political philosophy. The review symposia and original articles makes it required reading." Arthur Ripstein, Professor of Law and Philosophy, Faculty of Law University of Toronto "Jurisprudence has not only fulfilled its mission of recognizing that there are numerous facets and approaches to the jurisprudential project, but it has, from the beginning, attracted major figures producing genuinely new and important work. The journal is eclectic in the best sense of that term, and it is publishing high quality theoretical scholarship from a range of different perspectives." Frederick Schauer, David and

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): LAW

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

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Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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SSCIPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

1.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.19LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.19Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

24OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

77OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

12.66%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

32LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

106,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Acceptance to publication

77 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2040-3313

Electronic ISSN

2040-3321

Latest issue on the website

Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website