Griffith Law Review: Law Theory Society is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the socio-legal, inter-disciplinary, critical and theoretical study of law. Our focus is international and we engage with worldwide issues and agendas.
Griffith Law Review invites submissions with a focus on the social, cultural, theoretical and aesthetic dimensions of law, including international law.
Griffith Law Review's Open Space section offers a forum for alternative pieces of scholarship, such as interviews, reports on conferences attended, creative works, and photo essays. Open Space aims to foster cutting edge non-traditional legal inquiry in keeping with the journal’s focus on interdisciplinary, socio-legal, theoretical and critical legal scholarship. Contributions to Open Space are reviewed by our Academic Editors.
As part of its commitment to social and critical engagement in legal scholarship, Griffith Law Review also publishes book reviews. Book reviews, consonant with the journal’s aims and scope, are also reviewed by our Academic Editors.
Griffith Law Review publishes four issues per volume/year: typically one/two themed (symposium) issues and two/three non-themed (general) issues.
Peer review policy All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
68K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.4 (2023) 5 year IF
1.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.131 (2023) SNIP
0.226 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
17 days avg. from submission to first
decision
91 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
18% 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.
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.
Managing Editors: Dr Emma Palmer - Griffith University, Australia Dr Olivera Simic - Griffith University, Australia Academic Editors: Professor Afshin Akhtarkhavari - Queensland University of Technology, Australia Dr Edwin Bikundo - Griffith University, Australia (Book Review Editor) Dr Chris Butler - Griffith University, Australia Dr Karen Crawley - Griffith University, Australia (Open Space Editor) Dr Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne - University of Dundee, United Kingdom Dr Ian Duncanson - Griffith University, Australia Professor Rob McQueen - University of Melbourne, Australia Dr Timothy Peters - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
International Editorial Board: Prof Simon Bronitt - University of Sydney, Australia Prof Javier A Couso - Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Prof Denis Galligan - University of Oxford, United Kingdom Prof Regina Graycar - University of Sydney, Australia Prof Christine B Harrington - New York University, United States Prof Kathleen Mahoney - University of Calgary, Canada Prof Ngaire Naffine - University of Adelaide, Australia Assoc Prof Peter D Rush - Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia Prof Margaret Thornton - Australian National University, Australia Prof William Twining - University College London, United Kingdom Prof Sally Wheeler - Australian National University, Australia Prof Alison Young - University of Melbourne, Australia Prof Francisco Valdes - University of Miami, United States
Griffith Law Review 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.
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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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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