Journal profile
Legal Spirit
ISSN 1978-2608 · eISSN 2621-9115 · Postgraduate Master of Law Universitas Widya Gama · Indonesia
Legal Spirit: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 63 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Legal Spirit is published by Postgraduate Master of Law Universitas Widya Gama. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal Studies and Policies, Legal and Social Justice Studies and Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies, together about 59.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Legal Spirit journal is managed by the Postgraduate Masters of Law, Universitas Widya Gama Malang. Legal Spirit Journal can be used as a reference in an effort to achieve the ideals of the rule of law that everyone dreams of in accordance with Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution.LEGAL SPIRIT published each of the issue has more than five articles both on review and research article use English and Indonesian language. P ISSN: 1978 2608 E ISSN: 2621 9115
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Lukman HakimPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal Studies and PoliciesSocial Sciences24.1%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences18.2%
- Indonesian Legal and Regulatory StudiesSocial Sciences17.5%
- Legal and Policy Analysis in IndonesiaSocial Sciences13.4%
- Marriage and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Islamic Finance and CommunicationSocial Sciences3.6%
- Gender and Women's RightsSocial Sciences2.7%
- SMEs Development and Digital MarketingSocial Sciences2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 50 | 0 |
| 2025 | 63 | 60 | 3 |
| 2024 | 60 | 60 | 7 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 18 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 18 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | IDR 400,000 | No | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright policy: authors hold copyright and retain publishing rights without restrictions. Model summary
Attribution: you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. Legal Spirit allows readers to r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access policy: readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full-text articles and use them for any lawful purpose. Model summary
Legal Spirit allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to its articles' full texts and allows readers to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: manuscripts are studied anonymously by reviewers appointed by editors according to their expertise. Model summary
All manuscripts are studied anonymously by reviewers appointed by editors according to their expertise.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Privacy: names and email addresses used exclusively for stated journal purposes, not shared with other parties. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Archiving policy: authors may archive submitted and final published articles in open access repositories. Model summary
Authors are allowed to archive their submitted article in an open access repository Authors are allowed to archive the final published article in an open access repository with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal
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
- Postgraduate Master of Law Universitas Widya Gama
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 1978-2608
- Electronic ISSN
- 2621-9115
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Legal Spirit
How long does peer review take at Legal Spirit?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Legal Spirit?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Is Legal Spirit open access, and what is the APC?
Legal Spirit is a fully open-access journal. 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .