The Canadian yearbook of international law. Annuaire canadien de droit international

The Canadian yearbook of international law. Annuaire canadien de droit international is published by Cambridge University Press 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 International Law and Human Rights, International Law and Aviation and International Arbitration and Investment Law, together about 42.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Established in 1961, The Canadian Yearbook of International Law is a leading international academic journal covering both public and private international legal issues. Authors from Canada and around the world are invited to publish peer-reviewed articles in French or English that advance critical thinking in all areas of international law. The Canadian Yearbook of International Law also seeks to make Canadian practice in international law accessible to academics, policy-makers, and practitioners. Issued annually under the auspices of the Canadian Council on International Law, the Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the fields of public and private international law; a notes and comments section; a digest of Inter-American law; a digest of international economic law; a section on current Canadian practice in international law (including recent parliamentary declarations, Canadian treaty actions, and positions stated by Canada’s Department of Global Affairs); a digest of important Canadian cases in the fields of public and private international law; and a book reviews section.Fondé en 1961, l’Annuaire canadien de droit international est une revue internationale réputée qui se spécialise dans les questions de droit international public et privé. Ses auteurs et auteures, en provenance du Canada et de partout dans le monde, sont invités à publier des articles en français comme en anglais, évalués par des pairs et qui mettent de l’avant une pensée critique dans tous les domaines du droit international. L’Annuaire canadien de droit international cherche aussi à rendre la pratique canadienne du droit international accessible aux universitaires, aux responsables de politiques publiques ainsi qu’aux praticiens et praticiennes. Publié annuellement sous les auspices du Conseil canadien de droit international, l’Annuaire comprend des articles de fond dans le domaine du droit international public et privé, une rubrique de notes et de commentaires, une chronique sur le droit interaméricain, une chronique de droit international économique, une rubrique sur la pratique canadienne en droit international (y compris les récentes déclarations au Parlement, les positions canadiennes sur les traités et les positions du ministère canadien des Affaires mondiales), un recueil de la jurisprudence canadienne relative au droit international public et privé, et une rubrique de recensions d’ouvrages.

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Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

0.3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.12LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.29LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

87OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.16OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

0069-0058

Electronic ISSN

1925-0169

Official links

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