Journal profile
The Denning Law Journal
ISSN 0269-1922 · eISSN 2047-2765 · University of Buckingham Press · United Kingdom
The Denning Law Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 23 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The Denning Law Journal is published by University of Buckingham Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal principles and applications, Legal Cases and Commentary and Judicial and Constitutional Studies, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Denning Law Journal is a general, peer-refereed legal journal that publishes original articles that seek to promote the values cherished by Lord Denning; Freedom of the individual Independence from State intervention Preservation of Human rights Preserving the traditions of judicial independence, integrity and creativity Global libertarianism In addition to publishing articles, the journal and its website contain sections devoted to recent legislation and reports, to case analysis and book reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Obinna C. EdejiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Australia 1, Nigeria 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences16.4%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine9.5%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences5.5%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences4.3%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 384 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 57 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 70 |
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 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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-NC | |
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticles Duty of Care of Public Authorities in England, Liability by Omission, and Article 2 of the Human Rights ActLength not stated
- editorialEditorial From the Chief Editor Dr Obinna C. Edeji 3-6Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Publication decisions The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Articles are published online within Gold Open Access under a CC-BY-NC licence. Authors retain copyright and full publishing rights for their written text.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate gold open access under a CC-BY-NC licence to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review: peer-refereed journal Model summary
Each article is blind peer reviewed. Initially the articles are reviewed by the editor and the assistant editor. The Denning Law Journal has an editorial board, and its members cover a wide range of disciplines within the educational field. All the members of the board have an established track record in academic publication. Once articles are accepted to peer-review they are then sent to selected…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Like all academic journals, we take plagiarism extremely seriously. The Denning Law Journal uses iThenticate software to check submissions and if there is a cause for concern the editor will arrange to discuss the potential problem with the contributor. We are happy to consider articles which have been submitted to other journals with the relevant permissions and attribution and the intellectual p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving and Institutional Repositories
UBP offers a publishing model that enables wide access to academic research, global readership for our authors and ensures the long-term preservation of published content. As a result, we permit authors to archive their contributions to this Journal. This can be either via authors' own websites, or via their institution’s or funding body’s online repository or archive In addition, all published ar…
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 Buckingham Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0269-1922
- Electronic ISSN
- 2047-2765
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 The Denning Law Journal
How long does peer review take at The Denning Law Journal?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of The Denning Law Journal based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Australia (1) and Nigeria (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index The Denning Law Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, The Denning Law Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is The Denning Law Journal open access, and what is the APC?
The Denning Law Journal 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: .