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University of New South Wales law journal, The

Country

Australia

Universities and research institutions in Australia
Media Ranking in Australia

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Law School, University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

10

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

03130096

Coverage

1983, 1991, 1994, 2001-2003, 2018-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

law.journal@unsw.edu.au

Scope

The University of New South Wales Law Journal (‘UNSW Law Journal’) is one of Australia’s leading academic legal journals, and one of the few to be produced entirely by a voluntary student board. It is the flagship publication of the UNSW Law School and one of the most widely cited legal reviews in Australia. The Journal publishes four issues annually. In 2020, three are General Issues, and one is a Thematic Issue, which focuses and brings together a range of perspectives on a single subject. The Journal is renowned for its noteworthy and topical content aimed at contributing to contemporary legal debate. The Journal is a refereed publication, committed to publishing articles that are relevant not only to academics, but also to legal and business professionals. It is widely cited in academic texts, other scholarly journals, Hansard, parliamentary committee reports, government reports and in the news media. It is also regularly cited in court judgments, including those of the High Court of Australia. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Law2019Q3
Law2020Q3
Law2021Q3
Law2022Q3
Law2023Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q4
Philosophy2019Q2
Philosophy2020Q2
Philosophy2021Q2
Philosophy2022Q2
Philosophy2023Q2
Sociology and Political Science2019Q3
Sociology and Political Science2020Q4
Sociology and Political Science2021Q3
Sociology and Political Science2022Q3
Sociology and Political Science2023Q3
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of 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 It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20020.121
20030.110
20040.102
20050.102
20060.103
20190.141
20200.138
20210.164
20220.172
20230.180
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
20011
20021
20038
20040
20050
20060
201848
201951
202055
202157
202253
202344
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.521
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.566
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.688
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.806
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.731
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.521
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.566
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.688
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.712
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.770
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.521
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.566
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.661
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.773
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20201
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20221
Self Cites20230
Total Cites20010
Total Cites20020
Total Cites20030
Total Cites20040
Total Cites20050
Total Cites20060
Total Cites20180
Total Cites201925
Total Cites202056
Total Cites2021106
Total Cites2022116
Total Cites2023127
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20010
External Cites per document20020.000
External Cites per document20030.000
External Cites per document20040.000
External Cites per document20050.000
External Cites per document20060.000
External Cites per document20180
External Cites per document20190.521
External Cites per document20200.556
External Cites per document20210.688
External Cites per document20220.706
External Cites per document20230.770
Cites per document20010.000
Cites per document20020.000
Cites per document20030.000
Cites per document20040.000
Cites per document20050.000
Cites per document20060.000
Cites per document20180.000
Cites per document20190.521
Cites per document20200.566
Cites per document20210.688
Cites per document20220.712
Cites per document20230.770
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040
20050
20060
20184.17
20197.84
20205.45
20218.77
20223.77
20232.27
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20195
Non-citable documents202010
Non-citable documents202115
Non-citable documents202216
Non-citable documents202318
Citable documents20010
Citable documents20021
Citable documents20032
Citable documents200410
Citable documents20059
Citable documents20068
Citable documents20180
Citable documents201943
Citable documents202089
Citable documents2021139
Citable documents2022147
Citable documents2023147
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20010
Uncited documents20021
Uncited documents20032
Uncited documents200410
Uncited documents20059
Uncited documents20068
Uncited documents20180
Uncited documents201933
Uncited documents202063
Uncited documents202197
Uncited documents202298
Uncited documents2023106
Cited documents20010
Cited documents20020
Cited documents20030
Cited documents20040
Cited documents20050
Cited documents20060
Cited documents20180
Cited documents201915
Cited documents202036
Cited documents202157
Cited documents202265
Cited documents202359
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
20010.00
2002100.00
200337.50
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
201862.86
201956.58
202064.47
202154.65
202257.89
202358.14
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201820
SDG201917
SDG202023
SDG202122
SDG202228
SDG202319
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