Law and Contemporary Problems
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Law and Contemporary Problems
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.462

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 239186
Publisher: Duke University School of Law
History: 1976, 1979, 1981-1982, 1985-1986, 1988-1989, 1991, 1993-1994, 1996, 2004-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Law and Contemporary Problems was founded in 1933 and is the oldest journal published at Duke Law School. It is a quarterly interdisciplinary facultyedited publication of Duke Law School. LCP recognizes that many fields in the sciences social sciences and humanities can enhance the development and understanding of law. It is our purpose to seek out these areas of overlap and to publish balanced symposia that enlighten not just legal readers but readers from these other disciplines as well.LCP uses a symposium format generally publishing one symposium per issue on a topic of contemporary concern. Authors and articles are selected to ensure that each issue collectively creates a unified presentation of the contemporary problem under consideration. LCP hosts an annual conference at Duke Law School featuring the authors of one of the years four symposia.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Law and Contemporary Problems
SCR Impact Factor

Law and Contemporary Problems
SCR Journal Ranking

Law and Contemporary Problems
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.

Law and Contemporary Problems
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Law and Contemporary Problems
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Law and Contemporary Problems
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Law and Contemporary Problems
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.362 0.467 0.512
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.369 0.403 0.387
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.462 0.5 0.709
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.592 0.713 0.812
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.753 1.088 1.096
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    1.372 1.209 1.389
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    1.849 1.662 1.643
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    1.404 1.354 1.103
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.827 0.707 0.647
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.576 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.554 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.545 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.388 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.792 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.548 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.403 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.518 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.914 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.417 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA 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)

Law and Contemporary Problems
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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Law and Contemporary Problems
H-Index History