American Journal of Comparative Law
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

American Journal of Comparative Law
Overview

Impact Factor

0.764

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.444

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 0002919X
Publisher: American Society of Comparative Law
History: 1974, 1977, 1985-1988, 1990, 1995-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The American Journal of Comparative Law is a scholarly quarterly journal devoted to comparative law, comparing the laws of one or more nations with those of another or discussing one jurisdiction"s law in order for the reader to understand how it might differ from that of the United States or another country. It publishes features articles contributed by major scholars and comments by law student writers. The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc. (ASCL), formerly the American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc., is an organization of institutional and individual members devoted to study, research, and write on foreign and comparative law as well as private international law.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



American Journal of Comparative Law
SCR Impact Factor

American Journal of Comparative Law
SCR Journal Ranking

American Journal of Comparative Law
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly 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.

0.368

American Journal of Comparative Law
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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American Journal of Comparative Law
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.718 0.725 0.722
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.444 0.6 0.67
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.46 0.691 0.714
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.743 0.713 0.826
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.613 0.763 0.847
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.844 1.164 1.157
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    1.167 1.333 1.317
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.12 1.074 1.627
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    1.2 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    2.423 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    1.56 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    1.765 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    1.625 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    1.25 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.439 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.356 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.404 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.295 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.222 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.271 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.07 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.135 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.556 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

American Journal of Comparative Law
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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American Journal of Comparative Law
H-Index History