Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Rechtsgeschichte
ISSN 1619-4993 · eISSN 2195-9617 · Vittorio Klostermann · Germany
Rechtsgeschichte: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rechtsgeschichte is published by Vittorio Klostermann. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Historical Legal Studies and Society, Medieval and Early Modern Justice and Legal and Social Philosophy, together about 52% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History (Rg) ist die Zeitschrift des Max-Planck-Instituts für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie, herausgegeben von den Direktoren Marietta Auer, Thomas Duve und Stefan Vogenauer. Sie deckt die ganze Bandbreite des Fachs ab und beschränkt sich nicht auf bestimmte Epochen oder Rechtsgebiete. Ihr besonderes Profil erhält sie durch die am Institut durchgeführte rechtshistorische Forschung zur Rechtsgeschichte Europas, den Welten des Common Law und der iberischen Monarchien. Die Zeitschrift ist international und multilingual ausgerichtet. Sie trägt damit der Vielfalt von Rechts- und Forschungskulturen Rechnung. Jedes Heft enthält auf einen thematischen »Fokus« bezogene Beiträge, einen »Debatten«- oder »Forum«-Teil mit pointierten Diskussionsbeiträgen sowie ausgewählte herausragende Beiträge zu rechtshistorischen Themen von allgemeinem Interesse in der Rubrik »Recherche«. Die Rubrik »Kritik« versammelt Rezensionen aus der rechtshistorischen Forschung.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Historical Legal Studies and SocietySocial Sciences30.9%
- Medieval and Early Modern JusticeSocial Sciences17.1%
- Legal and Social PhilosophySocial Sciences4%
- Legal and cultural studies analysisSocial Sciences3.7%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences3.6%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences3.3%
- German legal, social, and political studiesSocial Sciences3%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences2.7%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q4 | 1497/1936 | 22nd |
| Law | Q4 | 1082/1162 | 6th |
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,749 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 40 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 120 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 209 |
| 2023 | 64 | 64 | 186 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 142 |
| 2021 | 86 | 86 | 216 |
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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1
- beiträgeIn der Zeitschrift erscheinen Beiträge auf Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch und Portugiesisch.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics
COPE Model summary
Rg befürwortet und orientiert sich an den Richtlinien des Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Alle in Rg publizierten Beiträge werden unter der Creative Commons-Lizenz CC BY 4.0 veröffentlicht.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open Access since 2012 (Issue 20), published simultaneously in print and online. Model summary
Seit Ausgabe 20 (2012) wird sie einmal jährlich zeitgleich als gedruckte Ausgabe im Klostermann Verlag und text- und seitenkonkordant online im Open Access publiziert.
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
- Vittorio Klostermann
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese, German
- ISSN
- 1619-4993
- Electronic ISSN
- 2195-9617
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rechtsgeschichte
How long does peer review take at Rechtsgeschichte?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
Which databases index Rechtsgeschichte?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rechtsgeschichte is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Rechtsgeschichte open access, and what is the APC?
Rechtsgeschichte 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: .