Journal profile · LAW
Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
ISSN 1569-1853 · eISSN 1571-8034 · Brill
Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals is published by Brill 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 International Law and Human Rights, International Arbitration and Investment Law and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 65.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences26.1%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting25.3%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences14%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences7.9%
- World Trade Organization LawSocial Sciences4.4%
- War, Law, and JusticeSocial Sciences3.6%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences3.3%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 | 519/1162 | 55th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q3 | 380/745 | 49th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 792/1530 | 48th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 587 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 8 | 86 |
| 2025 | 14 | 3 | 181 |
| 2024 | 27 | 10 | 154 |
| 2023 | 20 | 16 | 236 |
| 2022 | 38 | 16 | 239 |
| 2021 | 28 | 9 | 252 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 1569-1853
- Electronic ISSN
- 1571-8034
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals
What CAS zone is Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals open access, and what is the APC?
Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals is a hybrid 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: .