Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Revista Justicia y Derecho
ISSN 0719-9392 · Universidad Autónoma de Chile · Chile
Revista Justicia y Derecho: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Justicia y Derecho is published by Universidad Autónoma de Chile. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative International Legal Studies, Legal principles and applications and Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, together about 28.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Justicia y Derecho Journal is a serial publication that has a continuous periodicity and is submitted to external peer review through the double-blind method. It belongs to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Doctorates of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile (Autonomous University of Chile) and under the scientific supervision of the Research Institute in Law (IID) of the Faculty of Law. Approach and scopeThe journal articles by the Justice and Law Journal will focus on current, Chilean or comparative law (international contributions), and the grow and development of normative, jurisprudential or doctrinal sources in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The Justice and Law Journal aims to build a space for academic and scientific discussion of the legal discipline with an extensive international and multidisciplinary scope.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences10%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences10%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences8.8%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences7.7%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences7.1%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.7%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences4.8%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences4.3%
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
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 863/1162 | 25th |
| Political Science and International Relations | Q4 | 608/745 | 18th |
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
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 217 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 24 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
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 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 | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile
- Country or region
- Chile
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0719-9392
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Justicia y Derecho
How long does peer review take at Revista Justicia y Derecho?
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.
Which databases index Revista Justicia y Derecho?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Justicia y Derecho is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Justicia y Derecho open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Justicia y Derecho 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: .