Journal profile · LAW
Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis
ISSN 2770-6869 · eISSN 2770-6877 · Taylor & Francis
Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 189 days to acceptance (17 articles, last 24 months); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis 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 Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law, Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies and Legal and cultural studies analysis, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are 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
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights and LawSocial Sciences27.7%
- Multicultural Socio-Legal StudiesSocial Sciences12.9%
- Legal and cultural studies analysisSocial Sciences8%
- Religious Freedom and DiscriminationSocial Sciences3.8%
- Land Rights and ReformsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences3%
- Legal Issues in South AfricaSocial Sciences3%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences3%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 500/1162 | 56th |
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
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 135 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 5 | 61 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 | 64 |
| 2024 | 60 | 39 | 44 |
| 2023 | 29 | 13 | 54 |
| 2022 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
189 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 131 days – 284 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (17 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 197 days
- Sample
- 17 articles with submission and acceptance dates (26 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2770-6869
- Electronic ISSN
- 2770-6877
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis
What CAS zone is Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 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.
How long does peer review take at Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis?
Based on the dates recorded on 17 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 189 days (interquartile range 131–284 days). 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.
Which databases index Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .