Journal Rankings 2026 — Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4

Browse 12 ranked journals grouped into quartiles by citation rate. Use the subject filter below to narrow down by research field.

Data last refreshed: Jul 30, 2026

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Q1 — Top 25%

3 journals
Journal IF
Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
0.95
Revista Catalana de Dret Públic
Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya
0.34
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
0.33

Q2 — 50th-75th Percentile

3 journals
Journal IF
Politeja
Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
0.23
Sortuz
Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
0.21
Forum Prawnicze
Utriusque Iuris Foundation and Jagiellonian University
0.17

Q3 — 25th-50th Percentile

3 journals
Journal IF
Revista Naţională de Drept
University of Political and Economic European Studies 'C. Stere'
0.11
Derecho Animal
Tirant lo Blanch
0.09
Revista de Drept Constituţional
Universul Juridic
0.07

Q4 — Bottom 25%

3 journals
Journal IF
Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo)
Universidad Católica del Norte
0.06
Štát a Právo
Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Law
Cultura giuridica e diritto vivente
Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo

Understanding Journal Quartile Rankings

Quartile rankings (Q1-Q4) are a standard way to categorize academic journals within a subject. They're calculated by ordering all journals in a category by their citation rate (or SJR score) and dividing them into four equal groups.

Note: When official Scopus/JCR quartile data is available we use it. Otherwise quartiles are approximated by ranking journals within the selected subject by their latest citation rate.

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