Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Latin American Legal Studies
ISSN 0719-9104 · eISSN 0719-9112 · Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez · Chile
Latin American Legal Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Latin American Legal Studies is published by Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Comparative International Legal Studies and Legal principles and applications, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Latin American Legal Studies is a law journal which publishes original articles that meet strict scholar standards, on miscellaneous legal subjects with a philosophical, doctrinal, comparative, or interdisciplinary approach, that relates to one or more Latin American systems, as well as comparative work between one Latin American system and a non-Latin American system, written in English and Spanish. The journal also publishes articles based on the Law & Society approach. Manuscripts submitted to Latin American Legal Studies are subject to double-blind peer review. The journal is supported by the Faculty of Law of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Latin American Legal Studies publishes two issues per year in January and August. The journal is open access, without publication or access fee, and is published in PDF format. Approved manuscripts are published in the order, volume and number defined by the Editorial Team.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 5, United Kingdom 3, United States 2, Colombia 2, Brazil 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences13.5%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences12.7%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences10.4%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences7.7%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences5.4%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences4.3%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
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 | 667/1162 | — |
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 145 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | 9 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 5 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted4
- articlepublishes original articles that meet strict scholar standardsLength not stated
- original articlespublishes original articles that meet strict scholar standardsLength not stated
- research articleResearch article. A document that provides a detailed presentation of the original results of completed research studies. Manuscripts should be between 7,000 an…Length not stated
- review articleReview article. A document that presents the results of a completed research that presents an updated overview of a relevant field of study to identify advances…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interest declaration required. Model summary
The authors must declare that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with the submitted article between the authors, the journal, the publishing entity, and the financing entities.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Singapore Declaration on Integrity of Scientific Research. Model summary
The authors must assure that their manuscripts comply with the principles on the Integrity of Scientific Research as established in the Singapore Declaration.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Model summary
Latin American Legal Studies is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which means that you a re free to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, no publication or access fee. Model summary
The journal is open access, without publication or access fee, and is published in PDF format.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
Manuscripts submitted to Latin American Legal Studies are subject to double-blind peer review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
CLOCKSS preservation. Model summary
Latin American Legal Studies supports the CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system as a permanent and secure archive for the journal.
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
- Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0719-9104
- Electronic ISSN
- 0719-9112
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Latin American Legal Studies
How long does peer review take at Latin American Legal Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Latin American Legal Studies based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (5), United Kingdom (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Latin American Legal Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Latin American Legal Studies is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Latin American Legal Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Latin American Legal Studies 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .