241 Law journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform | 0363-602X | 715 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| International Journal of Business Law and Education | 2747-139X | 210 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique | 0952-8059 | 166 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| GRUR International | 2632-8550 | 163 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Indonesian Journal of Law and Justice | 3031-0016 | 163 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| JURNAL USM LAW REVIEW | 2621-4105 | 163 | 1 | ≈ ₹8,052 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| International Journal of Science and Society | 2715-8780 | 159 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal Of World Science | 2828-8726 | 158 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Sociedad & Tecnología | 2773-7349 | 149 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Beijing Law Review | 2159-4627 | 146 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Journal of Law and Sustainable Development | 2764-4170 | 124 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| GRURRR. Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, Rechtsprechungs-Report/GRUR-DVD/GRUR-CD/IIC/Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht/Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht. Internationaler Teil | 0016-9420 | 122 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,30,225 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice | 1747-1532 | 92 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,67,193 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Public Administration | 0036-0767 | 92 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Oñati Socio-legal Series | 2079-5971 | 86 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Law and Society | 0263-323X | 77 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Law Teacher | 0306-9400 | 74 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law | 2050-0386 | 72 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| SIGn Jurnal Hukum | 2685-8606 | 72 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies | 2704-8012 | 71 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Law & Social Inquiry | 0897-6546 | 66 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Law & Society Review | 0023-9216 | 66 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Verdad y Derecho. Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales. | 3028-872X | 66 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ecuador |
| Law Enforcement Review | 2542-1514 | 65 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad | 1727-3781 | 62 | 1 | ≈ ₹20,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| Journal of Law and Legal Reform | 2715-0941 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹21,472 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Modern Law Review | 0026-7961 | 61 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Alternative Law Journal | 1037-969X | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Petita Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Syariah | 2502-8006 | 57 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurisprudence | 2040-3313 | 56 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| UNES Law Review | 2622-7045 | 56 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Industrial Law Journal | 0305-9332 | 55 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,89,456 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Perkara. | 2988-5213 | 54 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Social & Legal Studies | 0964-6639 | 52 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista do Direito Público | 1980-511X | 51 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Law Administration and Social Science | 2809-2295 | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Hukum | 1412-2723 | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan | 0125-9687 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal | 2359-3881 | 47 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Environmental Claims Journal | 1040-6026 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Hakim | 2987-6737 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| International Journal of Law in Context | 1744-5523 | 44 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Jurnal IUS Kajian Hukum dan Keadilan | 2303-3827 | 44 | 1 | ≈ ₹8,052 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| IBLAM LAW REVIEW | 2775-3174 | 43 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Journal of Environmental Law | 0952-8873 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,89,649 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Public Administration Issues | 1999-5431 | 43 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| The American Journal of Comparative Law | 0002-919X | 43 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nurani Jurnal Kajian Syari ah dan Masyarakat | 1693-8437 | 42 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Revista Diversidad Científica | 2789-4673 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Guatemala |
| Direito Público | 1806-8200 | 41 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Sapiens International Multidisciplinary Journal | 3073-116X | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Ecuador |
| International Journal of Discrimination and the Law | 1358-2291 | 40 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of African Law | 0021-8553 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | 0143-6503 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,84,062 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Statute Law Review | 0144-3593 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,36,850 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| University of New South Wales law journal | 0313-0096 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Human Rights Culture and Legal System | 2807-2812 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹28,899 to publish | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Interpretasi Hukum | 2746-5047 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Review of Law Computers & Technology | 1360-0869 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Athens Journal of Law | 2407-9685 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Greece |
| LITIGASI | 0853-7100 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹21,472 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Asian Journal of Comparative Law | 1932-0205 | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Law Technology and Humans | 2652-4074 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Australia |
| SASI | 1693-0061 | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹10,736 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| South African Journal of Economics | 0038-2280 | 36 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,74,536 to publish | No | No | South Africa |
| The Easta Journal Law and Human Rights | 2963-0193 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Konstitusi | 1829-7706 | 35 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Iuris Dictio | 1390-6402 | 34 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| The Journal of Criminal Law | 0022-0183 | 34 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| GLS Law Journal. | 2582-5402 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | II |
| International Journal of Law and Information Technology | 0967-0769 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,36,657 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Jindal Global Law Review | 0975-2498 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,16,921 to publish | No | No | India |
| Journal of Contemporary Law Studies | 3030-8097 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Law and Courts | 2164-6570 | 33 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Journal of Law Policy and Globalization | 2224-3240 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Hong Kong SAR China |
| JURNAL HUKUM IUS QUIA IUSTUM | 0854-8498 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| MAQASIDI Jurnal Syariah dan Hukum | 2798-9801 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| The International Journal of Law, Social Science, and Humanities | 3063-7554 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Binamulia Hukum | 1410-0088 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Minnesota law review | 0026-5535 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT ISSUES IN ARTS AND MANAGEMENT | 2992-5770 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Volksgeist Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi | 2615-174X | 32 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,489 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| IJCLS (Indonesian Journal of Criminal Law Studies) | 2548-1568 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Sustainable Development and Regulatory Issues (JSDERI) | 2987-8063 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Suara Hukum | 2656-534X | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Khazanah Hukum | 2715-9698 | 31 | 1 | ≈ ₹42,944 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Sinergi International Journal of Law | 3021-7989 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Africa’s Public Service Delivery and Performance Review | 2310-2152 | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,08,463 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| MASALAH-MASALAH HUKUM | 2086-2695 | 30 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,368 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Philosophers Imprint | 1533-628X | 30 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Annual Review of Law and Social Science | 1550-3585 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Derecho. | 2415-6752 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Peru |
| International Asia Of Law and Money Laundering (IAML) | 2829-1654 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| International Journal of Law and Society (IJLS) | 2827-9042 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jambe Law Journal | 2598-7925 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| European Review of Contract Law | 1614-9920 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi - Mineral Resources Management | 0860-0953 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies | 2548-1584 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹12,619 to publish | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Jurnal Independent | 2338-7777 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Legal Order and Legal Values | 2949-1843 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No |
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