Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy
ISSN 2280-482X · Societa Editrice Il Mulino
Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 35 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy is published by Societa Editrice Il Mulino and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Law in Society and Culture, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Legal Education and Practice Innovations, together about 41.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The Rivista di Filosofia del diritto (Journal of Legal Philosophy) publishes highly qualified scientific contributions on matters related to Philosophy and Theory of Law, Legal Sociology and related fields of research. Its publication is promoted by the Italian Association for Legal Philosophy (Italian Section of the Internationale Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie), being its Official journal. It is aimed also at promoting the encounter and exchange between Italian and foreign legal-philosophical traditions. Two issues per year will be published, and articles submitted will be reviewed under the best European standards of evaluation. Editorial board Editor in chief Baldassare Pastore (Università di Ferrara) Editorial board Damiano Canale coordinatore (Università Bocconi di Milano), Laura Palazzani (Università di Roma-Lumsa), Claudio Sarzotti (Università di Torino), Alberto Scerbo (Università degli Studi Magna Graecia, Catanzaro) Scientific board Robert Alexy (Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel), Agata Amato Mangiameli (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Adalgiso Amendola (Università di Salerno), Luisa Avitabile (Sapienza Università di Roma), Jesùs Ballesteros (Universitat del València), Patrizia Borsellino (Università di Milano Bicocca), Gaetano Carcaterra (Sapienza Università di Roma), Thomas Casadei (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia), Francesco Cavalla (Università di Padova), Davide Dyzenhaus (University of Toronto), Alessandra Facchi (Università di Milano), Carla Faralli (Università di Bologna), Vincenzo Ferrari (Università di Milano), John Gardner (University of Oxford), Tommaso Greco (Università di Pisa), Luigi Lombardi Vallauri (Università di Firenze), Fabio Macioce (Università di Roma-Lumsa), Bruno Montanari (Università di Catania), José Juan Moreso (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Ulfrid Neumann (Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main), François Ost (Facultés universitaires Saint-Louís, Bruxelles), Monica Palmirani (Università di Bologna), Gianluigi Palombella (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa), Luigi Pannarale (Università di Bari), Enrico Pattaro (Università di Bologna), Gerald Postema (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Geminello Preterossi (Università di Salerno), Antonio Punzi (Università Luiss-Roma), Francesco Riccobono (Università di Napoli Federico II), Eugenio Ripepe (Università di Pisa), Aldo Schiavello (Università di Palermo), Michel Troper (Université Paris-Ouest-Nanterre La Défense)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Editor-in-chief Baldassare PastorePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences22.7%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences12.6%
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences6.6%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Legal and Labor StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Political Philosophy and EthicsSocial Sciences4%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 187 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access
- Publication ethics
Publishing ethics guidelines (PEMS) based on COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Model summary
The journals on this platform adopt and promote specific guidelines (PEMS) about publishing ethics. Our ethics statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS
Pubblicazioni 2012 Rivista di filosofia del diritto 1/2013 pp: 257 DOI: 10.4477/73551 Descrizione Download Cite
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Societa Editrice Il Mulino
- ISSN
- 2280-482X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy
What CAS zone is Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy open access, and what is the APC?
Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto-Journal of Legal Philosophy is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .