Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Law and Contemporary Problems
ISSN 0023-9186 · Duke University Press
Law and Contemporary Problems: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Law and Contemporary Problems is published by Duke University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Constitutional Studies, Legal principles and applications and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance15.3%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences9.6%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.1%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences4.9%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.9%
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 | Q2 | 309/1162 | 73rd |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 543OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,536 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 340 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 607 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 584 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 730 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 712 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 878 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 0023-9186
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Law and Contemporary Problems
Which databases index Law and Contemporary Problems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Law and Contemporary Problems is indexed in Scopus.
Is Law and Contemporary Problems open access, and what is the APC?
Law and Contemporary Problems is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .