Journal profile
USFQ Law Review
ISSN 2631-2573 · eISSN 1390-8014 · Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ · Ecuador
USFQ Law Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 28 weeks (community reports); 19 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
USFQ Law Review is published by Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative International Legal Studies, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies and International Arbitration and Investment Law, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
USFQ Law Review is a law, academic, and peer-reviewed journal that is published annually. Its purpose is to provide for experts in various areas of Law, such as professionals, academics, and students, with a space in which they may publish law research papers that analyze different perspectives and give critical opinions on relevant law issues. Additionally, USFQ Law Review seeks to be a research resource because of its highly academic content, and to raise the quality of legal debate in Ecuador and throughout the region, addressing the needs of the law community, both nationally and internationally. For this reason, USFQ Law Review publishes papers written in Spanish and English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences12.2%
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences11.1%
- International Arbitration and Investment LawBusiness, Management and Accounting8.3%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences8.3%
- Dispute Resolution and Class ActionsBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences5.5%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences4.7%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial 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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Latindex, Latindex (Catalogue 2.0), Latindex (Directory), ISSN Portal, Crossref, ROAD, MIAR, REBID, Sherpa Romeo, Aura-AmeliCA, CORE, Internet Archive, I2OR, SIS, Google Scholar, Latinoamericana, RELAREDI, LatinREV, Declaration of Mexico (Open Access), DORAPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 196 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 53 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 55 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 49 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 36 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 43 |
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 28 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
Any person can participate as author in USFQ Law Review publications. There is more information available about the Authorship Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Policy
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License Model summary
Authors preserve their copy rights and guarantee USFQ Law Review the right to first publication of the article, under its policies. USFQ Law Review publishes its content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). In other words, a third party is free to use USFQ Law Review content whether it is for sharing (copying and redistributing)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
The entirety of the USFQ Law Review content is Open Access in compliance with the Creative Commons licenses, which promote academic debate and diffusion of ideas and critical stances. Online publication of the journal in the Open Journal Systems (OJS) allows for transparency of editorial processes and access to information free of charge. USFQ Law Review does not charge authors (APCs or submission…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review system Model summary
USFQ Law Review is an arbitrated journal that employs a double-blind peer review system. The double-blind peer review system consists of a collegiate body, composed of External Peer Reviewers (EPR), who do not belong to the Editorial Committee and are not affiliated with the publisher institution. The EPR are nominated by the Editorial Committee and chosen by the Editorial Directors based on their…
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
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
- Country or region
- Ecuador
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2631-2573
- Electronic ISSN
- 1390-8014
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, 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 USFQ Law Review
How long does peer review take at USFQ Law Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 28 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.
Which databases index USFQ Law Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, USFQ Law Review is indexed in DOAJ.
Is USFQ Law Review open access, and what is the APC?
USFQ Law Review 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: .