Journal profile · LAW
Sydney law review
ISSN 0082-0512 · eISSN 1444-9528 · Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Sydney law review: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sydney law review is published by Faculty of Law, University of Sydney and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal principles and applications, Legal processes and jurisprudence and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The University of Sydney Law School is home to exceptional legal educators, world-renowned researchers and esteemed professional practitioners, making us one of the top law schools in the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences14.2%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences7.9%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences7.7%
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and FederalismSocial Sciences7.7%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine6.9%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences5.1%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences5.1%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 | Q3 | 716/1162 | 38th |
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
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 257 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 19 | 4 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| 2024 | 22 | 21 | 35 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 69 |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access Model summary
We support open access and content is available free of charge on the Sydney Law Review website to read, print or download.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
The University of Sydney Law School is home to exceptional legal educators, world-renowned researchers and esteemed professional practitioners, making us one of the top law schools in the world. Model summary
The University of Sydney Law School is home to exceptional legal educators, world-renowned researchers and esteemed professional practitioners, making us one of the top law schools in the world.
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
- Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
- ISSN
- 0082-0512
- Electronic ISSN
- 1444-9528
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sydney law review
What CAS zone is Sydney law review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sydney law review is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Sydney law review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sydney law review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Sydney law review open access, and what is the APC?
Sydney law 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .