Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals is firmly established as the leading journal in its field. Each issue will give you the latest developments with respect to the preparation, adoption, suspension, amendment and revision of Rules of Procedure as well as statutory and internal rules and other related matters. The Journal will also provide you with the latest practice with respect to the interpretation and application of rules of procedure and constitutional documents, which can be found in judgments, advisory opinions, written and oral pleadings as well as legal literature. Procedural matters covered in the Journal include: • the bench, • representation of the parties, • institution of contentious proceedings, • written proceedings and related matters, • oral proceedings, • proceedings in chambers, • absence of appearance, • provisional measures of protection, • preliminary objections, • counterclaims, • intervention by third States, • discontinuance of proceedings, • the decision, • interpretation and revision of judgments, • advisory proceedings, • evidence, • witnesses, • experts, • the extra-judicial function.

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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.

Category	Year	Quartile
Law	2008	Q4
Law	2009	Q3
Law	2010	Q2
Law	2011	Q1
Law	2012	Q2
Law	2013	Q3
Law	2014	Q3
Law	2015	Q2
Law	2016	Q2
Law	2017	Q2
Law	2018	Q3
Law	2019	Q4
Law	2020	Q2
Law	2021	Q2
Law	2022	Q2
Law	2023	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q3
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q4
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q2
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q2

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
2008	0.101
2009	0.125
2010	0.454
2011	0.825
2012	0.285
2013	0.179
2014	0.190
2015	0.332
2016	0.333
2017	0.280
2018	0.233
2019	0.116
2020	0.253
2021	0.330
2022	0.301
2023	0.399

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2007	18
2008	21
2009	15
2010	13
2011	17
2012	14
2013	25
2014	12
2015	25
2016	22
2017	22
2018	29
2019	10
2020	31
2021	21
2022	24
2023	12

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)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.111
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.231
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.672
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.712
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.559
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.478
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.559
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.592
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.506
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.276
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.422
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.489
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	0.297
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	0.605
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.111
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.755
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.822
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.490
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.468
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.492
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.536
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.260
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.328
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	0.323
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.553
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.111
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.231
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.389
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.857
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.700
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.548
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.436
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.514
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.553
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.568
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.118
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.463
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.365
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.356

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	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	1
Self Cites	2009	3
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	9
Self Cites	2012	6
Self Cites	2013	4
Self Cites	2014	5
Self Cites	2015	4
Self Cites	2016	5
Self Cites	2017	3
Self Cites	2018	3
Self Cites	2019	1
Self Cites	2020	5
Self Cites	2021	6
Self Cites	2022	4
Self Cites	2023	2
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	2
Total Cites	2009	9
Total Cites	2010	27
Total Cites	2011	37
Total Cites	2012	37
Total Cites	2013	22
Total Cites	2014	24
Total Cites	2015	25
Total Cites	2016	29
Total Cites	2017	29
Total Cites	2018	37
Total Cites	2019	19
Total Cites	2020	20
Total Cites	2021	35
Total Cites	2022	20
Total Cites	2023	42

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	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	0.056
External Cites per document	2009	0.154
External Cites per document	2010	0.389
External Cites per document	2011	0.571
External Cites per document	2012	0.689
External Cites per document	2013	0.409
External Cites per document	2014	0.339
External Cites per document	2015	0.412
External Cites per document	2016	0.387
External Cites per document	2017	0.441
External Cites per document	2018	0.493
External Cites per document	2019	0.247
External Cites per document	2020	0.246
External Cites per document	2021	0.414
External Cites per document	2022	0.258
External Cites per document	2023	0.526
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	0.111
Cites per document	2009	0.231
Cites per document	2010	0.500
Cites per document	2011	0.755
Cites per document	2012	0.822
Cites per document	2013	0.500
Cites per document	2014	0.429
Cites per document	2015	0.490
Cites per document	2016	0.468
Cites per document	2017	0.492
Cites per document	2018	0.536
Cites per document	2019	0.260
Cites per document	2020	0.328
Cites per document	2021	0.500
Cites per document	2022	0.323
Cites per document	2023	0.553

% 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
2007	11.11
2008	4.76
2009	6.67
2010	0.00
2011	23.53
2012	7.14
2013	8.00
2014	8.33
2015	0.00
2016	22.73
2017	9.09
2018	10.34
2019	20.00
2020	19.35
2021	4.76
2022	16.67
2023	8.33

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	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	5
Non-citable documents	2022	6
Non-citable documents	2023	7
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	18
Citable documents	2009	36
Citable documents	2010	51
Citable documents	2011	45
Citable documents	2012	43
Citable documents	2013	42
Citable documents	2014	52
Citable documents	2015	48
Citable documents	2016	58
Citable documents	2017	58
Citable documents	2018	66
Citable documents	2019	70
Citable documents	2020	58
Citable documents	2021	65
Citable documents	2022	56
Citable documents	2023	69

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	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	16
Uncited documents	2009	31
Uncited documents	2010	38
Uncited documents	2011	27
Uncited documents	2012	27
Uncited documents	2013	32
Uncited documents	2014	37
Uncited documents	2015	35
Uncited documents	2016	42
Uncited documents	2017	39
Uncited documents	2018	47
Uncited documents	2019	62
Uncited documents	2020	46
Uncited documents	2021	46
Uncited documents	2022	49
Uncited documents	2023	54
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	2
Cited documents	2009	8
Cited documents	2010	16
Cited documents	2011	22
Cited documents	2012	18
Cited documents	2013	12
Cited documents	2014	19
Cited documents	2015	16
Cited documents	2016	20
Cited documents	2017	20
Cited documents	2018	22
Cited documents	2019	11
Cited documents	2020	15
Cited documents	2021	24
Cited documents	2022	13
Cited documents	2023	22