University of Toronto Law Journal

The University of Toronto Law Journal has taken a broad and visionary approach to legal scholarship since its beginnings in 1935. Its first editor, Professor WPM Kennedy, hoped that the journal would foster a knowledge of law “as [the] expression … of organized human life, of ordered progress, and of social justice.” The University of Toronto Law Journal has since established itself as a leading journal for theoretical, interdisciplinary, comparative, and other conceptually oriented inquiries into law and law reform. The Journal regularly publishes articles that study law from such perspectives as legal philosophy, law and economics, legal history, criminology, law and literature, and feminist analysis. Global in relevance, international in scope, it publishes work by highly regarded scholars from many countries, including Australia, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The University of Toronto Law Journal is currently ranked first among all general refereed law journals worldwide by the Washington and Lee most cited legal periodicals list, a position that it has held since 2007. UTLJ also received the highest ranking for journal quality from the Australian Research Council and is recommended to British law libraries by the Society of Legal Scholars. The University of Toronto Law Journal appears in numerous legal and social science databases, including Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, JSTOR, Project Muse, and SCOPUS.

Category	Year	Quartile
Law	2009	Q4
Law	2010	Q2
Law	2011	Q2
Law	2012	Q3
Law	2013	Q3
Law	2014	Q3
Law	2015	Q2
Law	2016	Q3
Law	2017	Q2
Law	2018	Q2
Law	2019	Q2
Law	2020	Q2
Law	2021	Q2
Law	2022	Q3
Law	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q3

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.

Year	SJR
2009	0.101
2010	0.335
2011	0.349
2012	0.200
2013	0.267
2014	0.182
2015	0.260
2016	0.247
2017	0.311
2018	0.337
2019	0.320
2020	0.236
2021	0.285
2022	0.135
2023	0.237

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2008	15
2009	20
2010	48
2011	31
2012	18
2013	29
2014	24
2015	12
2016	22
2017	25
2018	29
2019	28
2020	35
2021	35
2022	8
2023	30

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 document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.067
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.771
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.928
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.746
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.786
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.460
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.784
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.687
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.736
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.711
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.864
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.827
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.761
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.724
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.632
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.067
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.771
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.928
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.677
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.794
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.449
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.732
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.538
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.741
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.814
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.947
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.890
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.880
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.347
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.641
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.067
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.771
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.824
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.671
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.735
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.362
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.604
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.853
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.894
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.796
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.018
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.371
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.581

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.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	0
Self Cites	2012	0
Self Cites	2013	0
Self Cites	2014	1
Self Cites	2015	2
Self Cites	2016	3
Self Cites	2017	1
Self Cites	2018	9
Self Cites	2019	8
Self Cites	2020	2
Self Cites	2021	7
Self Cites	2022	0
Self Cites	2023	2
Total Cites	2008	0
Total Cites	2009	1
Total Cites	2010	27
Total Cites	2011	77
Total Cites	2012	67
Total Cites	2013	77
Total Cites	2014	35
Total Cites	2015	52
Total Cites	2016	35
Total Cites	2017	43
Total Cites	2018	48
Total Cites	2019	72
Total Cites	2020	73
Total Cites	2021	81
Total Cites	2022	34
Total Cites	2023	50

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.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2008	0
External Cites per document	2009	0.067
External Cites per document	2010	0.771
External Cites per document	2011	0.928
External Cites per document	2012	0.677
External Cites per document	2013	0.794
External Cites per document	2014	0.436
External Cites per document	2015	0.704
External Cites per document	2016	0.492
External Cites per document	2017	0.724
External Cites per document	2018	0.661
External Cites per document	2019	0.842
External Cites per document	2020	0.866
External Cites per document	2021	0.804
External Cites per document	2022	0.347
External Cites per document	2023	0.615
Cites per document	2008	0.000
Cites per document	2009	0.067
Cites per document	2010	0.771
Cites per document	2011	0.928
Cites per document	2012	0.677
Cites per document	2013	0.794
Cites per document	2014	0.449
Cites per document	2015	0.732
Cites per document	2016	0.538
Cites per document	2017	0.741
Cites per document	2018	0.814
Cites per document	2019	0.947
Cites per document	2020	0.890
Cites per document	2021	0.880
Cites per document	2022	0.347
Cites per document	2023	0.641

% 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.

Year	International Collaboration
2008	6.67
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	0.00
2014	0.00
2015	0.00
2016	4.55
2017	4.00
2018	13.79
2019	10.71
2020	2.86
2021	28.57
2022	12.50
2023	0.00

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	0
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	5
Non-citable documents	2013	4
Non-citable documents	2014	5
Non-citable documents	2015	4
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	4
Non-citable documents	2020	5
Non-citable documents	2021	5
Non-citable documents	2022	4
Non-citable documents	2023	2
Citable documents	2008	0
Citable documents	2009	15
Citable documents	2010	34
Citable documents	2011	80
Citable documents	2012	94
Citable documents	2013	93
Citable documents	2014	73
Citable documents	2015	67
Citable documents	2016	61
Citable documents	2017	56
Citable documents	2018	56
Citable documents	2019	72
Citable documents	2020	77
Citable documents	2021	87
Citable documents	2022	94
Citable documents	2023	76

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2008	0
Uncited documents	2009	14
Uncited documents	2010	21
Uncited documents	2011	52
Uncited documents	2012	60
Uncited documents	2013	66
Uncited documents	2014	58
Uncited documents	2015	48
Uncited documents	2016	36
Uncited documents	2017	31
Uncited documents	2018	28
Uncited documents	2019	47
Uncited documents	2020	55
Uncited documents	2021	55
Uncited documents	2022	76
Uncited documents	2023	47
Cited documents	2008	0
Cited documents	2009	1
Cited documents	2010	14
Cited documents	2011	31
Cited documents	2012	39
Cited documents	2013	31
Cited documents	2014	20
Cited documents	2015	23
Cited documents	2016	29
Cited documents	2017	27
Cited documents	2018	31
Cited documents	2019	29
Cited documents	2020	27
Cited documents	2021	37
Cited documents	2022	22
Cited documents	2023	31

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