Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Lawyer Quarterly
ISSN 1805-8396 · eISSN 1805-840X · Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Lawyer Quarterly: fully open access; no APC; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lawyer Quarterly is published by Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EU Law and Policy Analysis, International Law and Human Rights and International Arbitration and Investment Law, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The theoretical journal The Lawyer Quarterly, International Journal for Legal Research, focuses on legal theory and practice. It publishes articles that address current issues in national and international law, legal philosophy, legal history, and other law-related disciplines. It also contains discussions, reviews, and news from the scientific community. TLQ is a peer-reviewed journal and the peer-review process is anonymous. All information on the double-blind peer-review process can be found under the Peer Review section and Instructions for Authors section. TLQ offers publishing under an open access license. All users have free access to the Journal’s content on our website without any restrictions, and there are no article processing charges or other fees related to publishing in TLQ. TLQ is registered with Scopus, the European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), EBSCO, the Italian Classification of Scientific and Class A Journals (Classificazione delle Riviste Scientifiche e di Classe A) administered by the Italian National Agency for Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR), and the Czech National Bibliography of the National Library of the Czech Republic. Starting with issue 01/2026, TLQ is published exclusively in electronic form. Readers can access all articles on this website free of charge. For more information about the possibility of ordering printed copies of older TLQ issues, please do not hesitate to contact us. Publisher and Publication Frequency The Institute of the State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the oldest research center of a non-university type in the Czech Republic, publishes TLQ regularly four times a year. The journal is published online (ISSN 1805-840X). Until the end of 2025, it was also published in print (ISSN 1805-8396). The Publisher can be contacted at the address: Institute of State and Law of the CAS Národní 18 116 00 Praha 1 - Nové Město Czech Republic More information about the Publisher can be found on the website of the Institute https://www.ilaw.cas.cz/en/ Release Calendar 2025 Issue Publication Date Vol. 15 No. 1 3.3.2025 Vol. 15 No. 2 2.6.2025 Vol. 15 No. 3 1.9.2025 Vol. 15 No. 4 1.12.2025 Release Calendar 2026 Issue Publication Date Vol. 16 No. 1 2.3.2026 Vol. 16 No. 2 1.6.2026 Vol. 16 No. 3 31.8.2026 Vol. 16 No. 4 30.11.2026 Journal History TLQ journal was founded in 2011 to support the publication of legal or law-oriented research results, ena
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Czechia 13, United Kingdom 2, Italy 2, Germany 1, Switzerland 1 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EU Law and Policy AnalysisSocial Sciences11.1%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences7.4%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Diverse Legal and Medical StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Disability Rights and RepresentationSocial Sciences3.7%
- Merger and Competition AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 950/1162 | 18th |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access Policy
TLQ will provide readers with immediate free access to all published content in Open Access policy and counts as so called "diamond" journal. We believe that immediate open access enables the worldwide exchange of academic results and opinions. Practical consequences of the Open Access policy Open Access means free access and its meaning, goal and purpose is productive exchange of opinions and als…
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
- Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- ISSN
- 1805-8396
- Electronic ISSN
- 1805-840X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lawyer Quarterly
Where are the editorial board members of Lawyer Quarterly based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Czechia (13), United Kingdom (2) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Lawyer Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lawyer Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.
Is Lawyer Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Lawyer Quarterly is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .