About this journal
Aims and scope
All articles published in this journal have been subject to initial appraisal by the Managing Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 85K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.807 (2023) SNIP
- 0.328 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 13 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 20 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 14% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Subhajit Basu - University of Leeds, UK
Deputy Editors:
Abhilash Nair - University of Exeter, UK
James Griffin - University of Exeter, UK
Previous Editor:
Kenneth V. Russell
Associate Editors:
Abbe Brown - University of Aberdeen, UK
Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici- University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Arno R. Lodder - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Claudia Sandei - University of Padova, Italy
Charlotte Waelde - Coventry University, UK
Stefan Fafinski - Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK
David S. Wall - University of Leeds, UK
Richard Jones - Consultant
International Advisory Board:
Roger Brownsword - King’s College London, University of London, UK
Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger- Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, UK
Uma Suthersanen - Queen Mary University of London, UK
Chris Marsden- Monash University, Australia
David Tan- National University of Singapore, Singapore
Michael Geist - University of Ottawa, Canada
David Erdos - University of Cambridge, UK
Joseph Cannataci - University of Malta, Malta
Burkhard Schafer- University of Edinburgh, UK
Lee Andrew Bygrave - University of Oslo, Norway
Charles D. Raab - University of Edinburgh, UK
Peter Yu- Texas A&M University, USA
Andrew Charlesworth - University of Bristol, UK
Nicolo Zingales - Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil
Angela Daly- University of Dundee, UK
Alex Makulilo- Open University of Tanzania, Tanzania
Dan Jerker B. Svantesson - Bond University Gold Coast, Australia
Ida Madieha bt. Abdul Ghani Azmi - IIUM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kryss Macleod – Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Nadezhda (Nadya) Purtova- Utrecht University, The Netherlands
John Cross - University of Louisville, USA
Alisdair Gillespie - Lancaster University, UK
Paul Maharg - Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada
Manuel D. Masseno - Polytechnic Institute of Beja, Portugal
Giovanni Sartor - European University Institute, Italy
Genevieve Wilkinson- University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Tobias Mahler - University of Oslo, Norway
Abstracting and indexing
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology is currently noted in Emerald Abstracts (Computer and Communications Security Abstracts), EBSCO (Academic Search Elite, Academic Search Premier, Business Source Corporate, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Computer Source, Corporate Resource Net, Legal Collection, MasterFile Elite, MasterFile Select, MasterFile Premier, TOC Premier, TOPICsearch), Wilson Databases (Index to Legal Periodicals and Books), CSA (LISA), INSPEC.
Open access
International Review of Law, Computers & Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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