Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

H-Index

33

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

17401453, 17401461

Coverage

2011-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

jels@cornell.edu

Scope

The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (JELS) is a peer-edited, peer-refereed, interdisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality, empirically-oriented articles of interest to scholars in a diverse range of law and law-related fields, including civil justice, corporate law, criminal justice, domestic relations, economics, finance, health care, political science, psychology, public policy, securities regulation, and sociology. Both experimental and nonexperimental data analysis are welcome, as are law-related empirical studies from around the world. Launched in 2004, JELS is devoted to the dissemination of empirical studies of the legal system. The Journal's editors and editorial advisory boards comprise renowned international scholars from diverse disciplines, including law, statistics, economics, psychology, industrial relations, and dispute resolution. Recognizing that many legal and policy debates hinge on assumptions about the operation of the legal system, the Journal seeks to encourage and promote the careful, dispassionate testing of these assumptions. The editorial policy of the Journal is open to empirical work from any disciplinary or ideological approach to the study of law. Empirical analysis of the legal system has a long, if spotty, tradition in the academy. Many legal realists of the 1930s made their mark with empirical studies. A growing number of contemporary scholars recognize the value of empirical analysis in understanding the legal system and its role in society. JELS provides an outlet for publication of high quality empirical work, supporting and encouraging this growing field of study. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Education2012Q2
Education2013Q1
Education2014Q1
Education2015Q1
Education2016Q1
Education2017Q2
Education2018Q1
Education2019Q2
Education2020Q2
Education2021Q2
Education2022Q1
Education2023Q2
Law2012Q2
Law2013Q1
Law2014Q1
Law2015Q1
Law2016Q1
Law2017Q1
Law2018Q1
Law2019Q1
Law2020Q1
Law2021Q1
Law2022Q1
Law2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20120.485
20130.994
20141.250
20151.044
20160.738
20170.648
20180.775
20190.676
20200.529
20210.661
20220.783
20230.540
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201144
201230
201332
201418
201528
201628
201729
201830
201931
202028
202126
202230
202331
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.818
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20131.757
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20141.330
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20151.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.670
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20181.350
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20191.348
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20201.381
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.449
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.774
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20232.096
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.818
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20131.757
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20141.330
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20151.788
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.295
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20171.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20181.259
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20191.218
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20201.289
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.494
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.847
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20231.548
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.818
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20131.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20141.306
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20151.620
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20161.087
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20171.125
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20181.175
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.983
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20201.180
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20211.644
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.315
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20231.107
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20125
Self Cites20138
Self Cites201411
Self Cites20157
Self Cites201610
Self Cites20173
Self Cites20188
Self Cites20196
Self Cites20201
Self Cites202110
Self Cites202213
Self Cites20236
Total Cites20110
Total Cites201236
Total Cites2013130
Total Cites2014141
Total Cites2015143
Total Cites2016101
Total Cites201792
Total Cites2018107
Total Cites2019106
Total Cites2020116
Total Cites2021133
Total Cites2022157
Total Cites2023130
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20110
External Cites per document20120.705
External Cites per document20131.649
External Cites per document20141.226
External Cites per document20151.700
External Cites per document20161.167
External Cites per document20171.203
External Cites per document20181.165
External Cites per document20191.149
External Cites per document20201.278
External Cites per document20211.382
External Cites per document20221.694
External Cites per document20231.476
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20120.818
Cites per document20131.757
Cites per document20141.330
Cites per document20151.788
Cites per document20161.295
Cites per document20171.243
Cites per document20181.259
Cites per document20191.218
Cites per document20201.289
Cites per document20211.494
Cites per document20221.847
Cites per document20231.548
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20119.09
201220.00
201312.50
201411.11
20157.14
20167.14
201717.24
201816.67
201916.13
202014.29
202115.38
202216.67
202319.35
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20121
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20142
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20162
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20185
Non-citable documents20193
Non-citable documents20202
Non-citable documents20211
Non-citable documents20221
Non-citable documents20232
Citable documents20110
Citable documents201243
Citable documents201372
Citable documents2014104
Citable documents201579
Citable documents201676
Citable documents201771
Citable documents201880
Citable documents201984
Citable documents202088
Citable documents202188
Citable documents202284
Citable documents202382
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20110
Uncited documents201219
Uncited documents201326
Uncited documents201439
Uncited documents201521
Uncited documents201634
Uncited documents201733
Uncited documents201833
Uncited documents201944
Uncited documents202038
Uncited documents202132
Uncited documents202232
Uncited documents202333
Cited documents20110
Cited documents201225
Cited documents201348
Cited documents201467
Cited documents201559
Cited documents201644
Cited documents201741
Cited documents201852
Cited documents201943
Cited documents202052
Cited documents202157
Cited documents202253
Cited documents202351
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201135.16
201226.15
201323.88
201418.42
201530.77
201624.00
201729.23
201827.78
201935.53
202034.38
202124.49
202234.38
202329.87
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton201118
Overton201214
Overton201310
Overton20145
Overton20159
Overton20164
Overton20176
Overton20189
Overton20199
Overton20205
Overton20213
Overton20224
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201811
SDG201912
SDG20208
SDG20219
SDG202211
SDG202315
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