Theory and Practice of Legislation

Theory and Practice of Legislation 由 Taylor & Francis 出版，属中科院社会学大类（2025 升级版4区）。按 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，该刊主要发表 Judicial and Constitutional Studies、European and International Law Studies、Legal Language and Interpretation 等主题的论文，这 3 个主题约占 40.4%，主导子领域为 Law。（根据 OpenAlex 主题统计与中科院分区数据生成）

The Theory and Practice of Legislation ( TPLeg) aims to offer an international and interdisciplinary forum for the examination of legislation. The main aim of the journal is to be the major international journal in the legal field dedicated to the theory, philosophy and practice of legislation (often referred to as "legislation studies," "legislative studies," "science of legislation," "legisprudence" or “nomography”). Indeed, TPLeg has been the highest ranked legislation journal in the world in the past three years, according to both Scopus and Scimago rankings of legal journals in 2023. At the same time, TPLeg also aims to be an interdisciplinary journal, and publishes high-quality articles by scholars in additional relevant disciplines, such as legislative studies and political science, public policy, regulation, governance, economics etc. The scope of the journal covers legislation in its broadest sense. Legislation is seen as both process and product, reflection of theoretical assumptions and a skill. This broad definition includes a broad spectrum of scholarship from the highly theoretical philosophical discussions of legislation to the highly practical scholarship, such as scholarship directed at instructing legislative drafters. It also covers both formal legislation and alternative forms of regulation, such as co-regulation, regulation by non-state actors, guidance, codes and directions from governments etc. Some examples of possible issues include drafting techniques; the introduction of open standards; evidence-based drafting and lawmaking; judicial review of legislation and legislative processes; pre- and post-legislative scrutiny for effectiveness and efficiency; the utility and necessity of codification; information technology, artificial intelligence and data science & legislation; the legitimacy of legislation in view of fundamental principles and rights; law and language; and the link between legislator and judge. Theoretical, comparative, empirical or interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. The focus is on legislation as a subject in its own right, rather than substantive areas of law that are covered by legislation. For example, we are interested in articles on how or why the law of evidence is codified into legislation, rather than the content of the legislation on evidence. Therefore, blackletter descriptions of positive law are outside the scope of the journal. The editors are mainly interested in articles that are relevant for a

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研究方向（LetPub）：LAW

中科院期刊分区表

期刊官网公布的 JCR / CiteScore 分区

• JCR Q2 · 最佳分区 · 2025 年度
• CiteScore Q2 · 2025 年度

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数据库收录

ESCIScopusLetPub

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期刊官网自述收录

J-Gate、Scimago、Hein On-Line出版商官网

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影响力指标

影响因子（出版商公布） 2025

1.2出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

五年影响因子（出版商公布） 2025

2出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

2.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore（出版商公布） 2025

2.1出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.23LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR（出版商公布） 2025

0.23出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

24OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

52OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

两年平均被引

1.67OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

自引率

16.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Gold OA 文章占比

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

发文规模

年文章数

16LetPub · 2026-09-13

年下载量（出版商公布）

65,000出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

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各来源数据

录用率（出版商公布）

27%出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

投稿到首次决定

11 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

外审后首次决定

137 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

接收到发表

17 天出版商官网 · 2026-09-30

社区反馈来自投稿者样本，置信度 0.5，不代表期刊承诺；“出版商公布”的时间节点定义以官网为准。

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出版商

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

2050-8840

电子版 ISSN

2050-8859

官网最新一期

Volume 14, Issue 1（2026 年）

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