Journal profile
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
ISSN 0710-0841 · eISSN 2561-5017 · University of Windsor · Canada
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice: fully open access; no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 3 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice is published by University of Windsor. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Dispute Resolution and Class Actions, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Consistent with its history and mandate and in light of previous suggestions by SSHRC, the Yearbook has sought to ensure that published articles move beyond doctrinal analysis of law. While analysis of legal texts and developments in legal interpretation are by no means eschewed, the Editors acknowledged the extraordinary wealth of scholarship about access to justice (rather than access to legal institutions) in the discourses of anthropology, philosophy, social history, classics and literary criticism. The Editors intend to continue efforts to tap the potential of such scholarship for the Yearbook and value papers that draw upon social science and other non-doctrinal sources of legal scholarship. Within that rubric, the Yearbook encourages scholarship in new or under-theorized areas of access to justice scholarship. As our article justification points out, we have recently published articles in areas such as transnational law and justice as well as critical race theory, consistent with our philosophy that Access to justice begins with an underlying of who, how, when and why groups and individuals remain unequal in law, the legal order and legal institutions (including law faculties). The Editors have made a special effort to support scholarship from Aboriginal and women scholars as well as emerging scholars.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ali HammoudiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences15.8%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences7.1%
- Dispute Resolution and Class ActionsBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Indigenous Peoples' Rights and LawSocial Sciences6%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences5%
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
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 307 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 59 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 82 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 112 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 121 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 90 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 152 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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, with length limits
- book reviewInstructions for Authors for submitting Book Reviews and Review Essays: WYAJ welcomes Book Reviews (500-1500 words) that address the content, scope and importan…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- reviewarship in the field. WYAJ welcomes full Review Essays (3,000-5,000 words) that situate the text within the field of scholarship addrmain text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright not assigned to journal Model summary
The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice does not require copyright to be assigned for work published in the Yearbook. The Yearbook requires any subsequent publication elsewhere to acknowledge its previous publication in the Yearbook. Persons seeking permission to republish articles from the Yearbook must approach the Coordinator for permission directly from the author and then inform the Yearboo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No APCs Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The online journal is available without subscription to anyone with access to the internet and is published without cost to the author. In addition, authors are welcome and encouraged to self-archive the final published ver…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
1. An undertaking is obtained from the author that the submission is not being considered elsewhere. 2. The paper proceeds to internal review. The EIC and Articles Editor review all submissions. In addition, the EIC works with an Internal Advisory Board consisting of University of Windsor Faculty of Law experts to determine if an article should proceed to external review. The Internal Advisory Boa…
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 Windsor
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 0710-0841
- Electronic ISSN
- 2561-5017
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
How long does peer review take at Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice open access, and what is the APC?
Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .