Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Oslo Law Review
ISSN 2387-3299 · University of Oslo · Norway
Oslo Law Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Oslo Law Review is published by University of Oslo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction, Digitalization, Law, and Regulation and International Law and Human Rights, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Oslo Law Review was established in 2014, and publishes research articles from all areas of legal scholarship, as well as interdisciplinary articles that engage with law from the perspective of other related disciplines (e.g. political science, anthropology, sociology, linguistics and philosophy). Of special interest are articles that consider regulatory challenges arising from the interaction of national, supranational and international normative frameworks, for example in the context of the European Economic Area. The journal aims to provide an open access forum for high quality academic discourse on legal issues. Its remit includes discussing Norwegian and Nordic legal phenomena. The journal’s target groups are legal scholars and other researchers with an interest in legal topics. The journal may also be of interest to law students, practising lawyers, judges, political decision makers, the media and a broader reading public. The journal has two issues per year with a continuous publication model. The journal publishes articles in English. The journal is published by Scandinavian University Press on behalf of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo. Peer review All articles that are considered by the editors to be relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least one anonymous academic referee with no ties to the author. The final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the editors-in-chief. The journal practises ‘double blind’ peer review, whereby both the reviewer and the author remain anonymous to each other. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: Scopus HeinOnline Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) JournalTOCs Juridika Rettsinfo.no SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) Oria Summon (Ex Libris) Ebsco Discovery Service WorldCat (OCLC) The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 1 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden) and in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list. All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editor-in-chief Alla PozdnakovaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences11.2%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences10.2%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences9.3%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences7.4%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences7%
- Discrimination and Equality LawSocial Sciences4.7%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences4.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 336/1162 | 71st |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC, PorticoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 111 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 110 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 156 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 104 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 129 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 97 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 114 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | 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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship Artificial intelligence (AI) and authorship
Authors must disclose if AI-assisted technologies (language models, chatbots, or image generators) have been used to generate text, images, or data in the submitted manuscript. The author should describe what technologies have been used, how they have been used, and how the author has ensured that no breach of copyright has occurred in the use of AI. Language models and chatbots (for example ChatG…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics
All content in this journal must be characterized by scientific integrity and adhere to international ethical standards for research publications. The journal adheres to the guidelines developed by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE). See further information under Publication Ethics. The journal uses software to screen papers for unoriginal material. By submitting, you agree to plagiarism c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
The journal uses double blind peer review of manuscripts. Manuscripts must therefore be anonymised by the author(s). Information about the author(s) must be provided in a separate document. All explicit references to one’s own publication(s) should be anonymised.
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
- University of Oslo
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2387-3299
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Oslo Law Review
How long does peer review take at Oslo Law Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Oslo Law Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3. 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.
Which databases index Oslo Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Oslo Law Review is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Oslo Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
Oslo 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .