Journal profile · LAW
Supreme Court Review
ISSN 0081-9557 · eISSN 2158-2459 · University of Chicago Press
Supreme Court Review: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.58; subscription journal; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Supreme Court Review is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Law, Rights, and Freedoms, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America's great cities, UChicago Law offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. UChicago Law does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths. More about us: Mission of the Law School Learning Outcomes Accreditations and Memberships University of Chicago Nondiscrimination Statement
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Editor-in-chief David A. Strauss, Geoffrey R. Stone, William Baude, and Justin DriverPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences16.6%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences14.4%
- Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesSocial Sciences12.5%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences11.3%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences7.4%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.58LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 675 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | 38 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright
The Supreme Court Review is published by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Law School. The University of Chicago holds legal copyright for the entire contents of each volume, though authors retain an equitable copyright in their work. See more information on Authors' Rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Submissions should be emailed to William Baude at baude@uchicago.edu. Model summary
The Supreme Court Review welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. Submissions should be emailed to William Baude at baude@uchicago.edu.
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 Chicago Press
- ISSN
- 0081-9557
- Electronic ISSN
- 2158-2459
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Supreme Court Review
What CAS zone is Supreme Court Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Supreme Court Review is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Supreme Court Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.58; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 35.
Which databases index Supreme Court Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Supreme Court Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Supreme Court Review open access, and what is the APC?
Supreme Court Review 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .