Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Social Sciences

Impact Factor
3.423
2022
H-Index
29.000
2023
SJR
0.892
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN20539711
CountryUnited Kingdom
PublisherOxford University Press
Subject AreasBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Social Sciences
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years2014, 2016-2021
WebsiteVisit journal
JIF 2022–20232.500
2020-2021 SCR Rank3697

II. Scope & Description

The Journal of Law and the Biosciences JLB is the first fully open access peerreviewed legal journal focused on the advances at the intersection of law and the biosciences. A coventure between Duke University Harvard University Law School and Stanford University and published by Oxford University Press this open access online and interdisciplinary academic journal publishes cuttingedge scholarship in this this important new field. The journal contains original and response articles essays and commentaries on a wide range of topics including bioethics neuroethics genetics reproductive technologies stem cells enhancement patent law and food and drug regulation. JLB is published as one volume with three issues per year with new articles posted online on an ongoing basis.The biosciences are booming. Stem cell technologies are developing rapidly reproductive technologies are being used in new ways and with new frequency life science patents are hotly contested and neuroscience and genetics are being used to make new predictions about behavior and health. And thats just a taste of the current scientific revolutions in the biosciences.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20223.4233.6023.280
20214.2003.7363.159
20202.6832.3331.800
20191.7031.6761.676
20181.4031.4031.371
20171.4381.4921.492
20161.9291.9291.929

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20230.892
20220.939
20211.144
20200.904
20190.609

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
202329.000
202226.000
202123.000

How to Get Published

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