Journal of Law and Society

Journal of Law and Society  
Discipline Sociology of law
Edited by Philip Thomas
Publication details
Former name(s)
 British Journal of Law and Society
Publication history
 1974–present
Publisher
Frequency Quarterly
0.796
Standard abbreviations
J. Law Soc.
Indexing
ISSN 0263-323X
LCCN 83642269
OCLC no. 750962784
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The Journal of Law and Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal which publishes papers in the field of the sociology of law. It was established in 1974 as the British Journal of Law and Society, obtaining its current name in 1982. It is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Cardiff School of Law and Politics.[1] Since its founding, the journal's editor-in-chief has been Philip Thomas (Cardiff School of Law and Politics).[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.796, ranking it 81st out of 149 journals in the category "Law"[3] and 87th out of 143 journals in the category "sociology".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Christos, Boukalas,; Lydia, Hayes,; Aneurin, Thomas, Philip (2015-01-15). "The Journal of Law and Society at 40: history, work and prospects".
  2. ↑ "Professor Philip Aneurin Thomas". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Law". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
  4. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2017.
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