Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Mizan Law Review
ISSN 1998-9881 · eISSN 2309-902X · St. Mary's University, Addis Ababa · Ethiopia
Mizan Law Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 16 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mizan Law Review is published by St. Mary's University, Addis Ababa. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are African history and culture analysis, International Arbitration and Investment Law and International Law and Human Rights, together about 20.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mizan Law Review publishes peer reviewed original scholarly articles that identify, examine and analyze legal and related concepts, principles and stipulations based on research findings. The articles aim at interpretation, diagnosis, problem-solving, proactive critique and projection that assist the application and development of laws in Ethiopia. The journal focuses on law in action relating to Ethiopian laws, comparative laws and various themes under international law. It also publishes non-peer reviewed thematic comments, notes, sharing thoughts and case comments based on internal review. Mizan Law Review is published by the Center for Law in Sustainable development, St. Mary’s University (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). The electronic ISSN for this journal is 2309-902X.Indexed in DOAJ: 8 September 2010 Accreditation by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education: Dec. 18, 2020Scopus indexed: 29 August 2022
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Elias NourPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, India 1, Belgium 1, South Africa 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- African history and culture analysisSocial Sciences8.1%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences5.8%
- Land Rights and ReformsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences4.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 840/1162 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 288 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 90 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | 81 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 121 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 89 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 70 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 62 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Not considered
- AI authorship which involves content creation
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- editorialat the end of the draft article. b) The Editorial Team may allow publication of an article which exceeds 10,000 words where condensing or splitting it adversely…main text ≤ 10,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Submissions must not use hate scripts or stereotypes relating to gender, race, religion, ethnic identities or language groups. Model summary
Submissions shall not expressly or impliedly use hate scripts and stereotypes relating to gender, race, religion, ethnic identities or language groups.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
a) Copyright of published content shall be retained by the author. b) The reproduction of published content as book chapter requires acknowledgement of its prior publication in Mizan Law Review. c) An author is entitled to deposit her/his published article in any Open Access repository subject to the condition that the format and layout shall not be changed. Depositing a post-publication version i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Immediate open access; making research freely available supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND. This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Peer review: anonymous internal review by the Editorial Team, then double-blind review by two external assessors; a third external assessor is final where reviewers vary. Model summary
1. Guidelines in peer review process a) Draft articles shall be given numerical code (without author’s name) and shall be sent to members of the Editorial Team for anonymous internal review. b) Based on internal review, draft Articles shall be classified into four categories: (i) drafts that can be sent to two external reviewers for blind review; (ii) drafts that can be concurrently sent to author…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy: paraphrasing without source indication, or using four or more words in the same form and sequence without quotation marks or indentation, constitutes plagiarism; violating submissions are not processed and may be retracted. Model summary
The use of another person’s intellectual contribution without acknowledgement by: a) paraphrasing text without indication of source/s; or b) using four or more words in the same form and sequence without quotation marks or indentation, even if the source is acknowledged constitutes plagiarism.
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
- St. Mary's University, Addis Ababa
- Country or region
- Ethiopia
- Language
- English, Amharic
- ISSN
- 1998-9881
- Electronic ISSN
- 2309-902X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mizan Law Review
How long does peer review take at Mizan Law Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Mizan Law Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Author–date. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Mizan Law Review 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 States (1), United Kingdom (1) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Mizan Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mizan Law Review is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Mizan Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Mizan Law Review is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .