The Journal of Private International Law ( J. Priv. Int. L.) was launched in spring 2005. We invite papers for this scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of original articles and analysis of current developments in the field. The journal covers all aspects of private international law, reflecting the role of the European Union and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the making of private international law, in addition to the traditional role of domestic legal orders.
We welcome articles from scholars anywhere in the world writing in English about developments in any jurisdiction on any aspect of private international law. We also welcome shorter articles or analysis from anywhere in the world, including analysis of new treaties and conventions, and lengthy review articles dealing with significant new publications.
"The Journal of Private International Law should be compulsory reading for the growing number of lawyers involved in cross-border transactions or litigation. The complexity of the issues thrown up in cross-border cases will only increase, and the Journal will likewise assume a corresponding and increasing importance to practitioners who have to grapple with problems of this kind." Charles Proctor, Bird and Bird
"Offers a practitioner just the right balance of case analysis and theory to improve my role in advising clients, assessing potential litigation and drafting agreements. In addition, its coverage of legal developments outside the United States provides valuable insight for anticipating the challenges our multinational clients face in a globalized economy." Peter D. Trooboff, Covington & Burling LLP
"The Journal is now the essential English language periodical for practitioners, academics and others working in the field of private international law. Provides topical coverage of a broad range of issues of current importance from a global perspective." David Stewart, Georgetown University
"When the Journal was established five years ago, one of the objectives of the Editors was that the Journal should examine private international law topics in more than one legal system. That objective has been met with conspicuous success as can be seen from the range of articles addressing common problems with perspectives drawn from across Europe, North America, South Africa and the Pacific region. Equally the editors' prediction that we live in interesting times in the private international law field is fully borne out by the scope of the examination in the Journal of challenging issues arising across the world, not least in terms of proposals emerging from Brussels and The Hague. The Journal has established itself as a major source of information and analysis in this challenging and increasingly important field of legal study and practice." Sir Peter North, Jesus College, University of Oxford
"The Journal simply is the leading English-language law review for private international law, worldwide." Professor. Dr. Peter Mankowski
"A valuable source of both information and ideas for practitioners and academics interested in this very dynamic field of law." Michael Bogdan, Lund University
"The Journal of Private International Law is the leading magazine worldwide dealing with the conflict of laws. This esteemed publication provides an invaluable forum for the exchange of information and novel ideas in the field on a truly global scale." Jan Neels, University of Johannesburg
"I consider the Journal of Private International Law to be immensely valuable both to my academic research and practice in the field of private international law in Australia. Its virtue is that it contains highly topical material and also displays a high quality of scholarship. There is no equivalent journal in the world." Richard Garnett, University of Melbourne
Journal metrics
Usage
54K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.3 (2023) Impact Factor
0.4 (2023) 5 year IF
0.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
0.000 (2023) SNIP
0.123 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
60 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
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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
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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.
General Editors Paul Beaumont FRSE Professor of Private International Law University of Stirling Pathfoot Building Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland, UK Email: [email protected]
Jonathan HarrisQC (Hon.) Professor of International Commercial Law The Dickson Poon School of Law King's College London Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK Email: [email protected]
Review Articles Editor Mary Keyes -Griffith University, Australia
Editorial Advisory Board Stefania Bariatti(Italy) Ronald A Brand(USA) Gilles Cuniberti(Luxembourg) Nadia de Araujo(Brazil) Andrew Dickinson(UK, Australia) Richard Fentiman(UK) Christopher Forsyth(UK) Francisco Garcimartín Alférez(Spain) Justice David Goddard(New Zealand) Peter Gottwald(Germany) Trevor Hartley(UK) Michael Hellner(Sweden) Alexander Layton QC(UK) David McClean(UK) Lord Mance(UK) Reid Mortensen(Australia) Horatia Muir Watt(France) Richard Oppong(USA) George Panagopoulos(Greece) Stephen Pitel(Canada) Fausto Pocar(Italy) Andrea Schulz(Germany) Linda Silberman(USA) Koji Takahashi(Japan) Sophia Tang(UK) Yongping Xiao(China)
Updated 31-03-2023
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Private International Law is currently abstracted/indexed in: J-Gate, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Hein On-Line, Informit - The Source for Online Australasian Information.
Open access
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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
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