Journal profile · LAW
Law and Humanities
ISSN 1752-1483 · eISSN 1752-1491 · Taylor & Francis
Law and Humanities: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Law and Humanities 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 Law in Society and Culture, Legal Education and Practice Innovations and Legal principles and applications, together about 51.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Law and Humanities is a peer-reviewed journal, providing a forum for scholarly discourse within the arts and humanities around the subject of law. For this purpose, the arts and humanities disciplines are taken to include literature, history (including history of art), philosophy, theology, classics and the whole spectrum of performance and representational arts. The remit of the journal does not extend to consideration of the laws that regulate practical aspects of the arts and humanities (such as the law of intellectual property). Law and Humanities is principally concerned to engage with those aspects of human experience which are not empirically quantifiable or scientifically predictable. Each issue carries five or six major articles of between 8,000 and 12,000 words each, as well as shorter essays (around 4,000 words). It also carries reviews of books, exhibitions, plays, concerts and other artistic publications relevant to law and legal issues. Peer review All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, research articles are then subject to peer review by two or more independent, anonymous expert referees. For special issues, articles are reviewed by the relevant guest editors, at least one expert referee, and the journal editor. Reviews, essays, and other papers that are not research articles are generally reviewed by the journal editors only. All peer review is double-anonymous and submission is online via the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal. "All scholars interested in the relationship between law and literature, law and philosophy and law and history should make a regular habit of reading Law and Humanities. Lawyers and other legal professionals will find a wide range of articles and reviews that expand their knowledge of the way in which law interacts with a wide range of humanistic pursuits." Barbara Shapiro, Emerita Professor, Rhetoric Department, University of California Berkeley
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editor-in-chief David GurnhamPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 4, Italy 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences38.9%
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities4%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.8%
- Multicultural Socio-Legal StudiesSocial Sciences2.8%
- Historical Economic and Legal ThoughtSocial Sciences2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
J-Gate, Hein On-LinePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 56,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 406 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 16 | 7 |
| 2024 | 26 | 13 | 7 |
| 2023 | 23 | 13 | 13 |
| 2022 | 29 | 15 | 35 |
| 2021 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- book reviewIt also carries reviews of books, exhibitions, plays, concerts and other artistic publications relevant to law and legal issues.Length not stated
- research articleEach issue carries five or six major articles of between 8,000 and 12,000 words each, as well as shorter essays (around 4,000 words).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Hybrid journal (Open Select) offering open access publication. Model summary
Law and Humanities is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and read…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review; online submission via Taylor & Francis Submission Portal. Model summary
All peer review is double-anonymous and submission is online via the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1752-1483
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-1491
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Law and Humanities
What CAS zone is Law and Humanities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Law and Humanities is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Law and Humanities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 16.
Where are the editorial board members of Law and Humanities based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Law and Humanities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Law and Humanities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Law and Humanities open access, and what is the APC?
Law and Humanities is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .