Overview
The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (HJRL) is a multidisciplinary journal (three issues per annum) that aims to deepen and broaden our knowledge and understanding about the rule of law.
Its main areas of interest are:
- current developments in rule of law in domestic, transnational and international contexts
- theoretical issues related to the conceptualization and implementation of the rule of law in domestic and international contexts;
- the relation between the rule of law and economic development, democratization and human rights protection;
- historical analysis of rule of law;
- significant trends and initiatives in rule of law promotion.
Editorial Policy
The HJRL welcomes contributions from academics and practitioners with expertise in any relevant field, including law, anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, political science and sociology. It publishes papers (appr. 6,000-10,000 words) which are accepted on the basis of double blind peer-review. Manuscripts submitted to the HJRL must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Acceptance of the Editorial Board’s offer to publish, implies that the author agrees to an embargo on publication elsewhere for a period of two years following the date of publication in the HJRL.
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Ronald Janse
- Journal Impact Factor
- 2.9 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 1.8 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 56 days
- Downloads
- 167,592 (2023)
Societies and partnerships
Latest issue
August 2024 |Populism, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe
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Journal updates
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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals
We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2023 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1876-4053
- Print ISSN
- 1876-4045
- Co-Publisher information
- T.M.C. Asser Press
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- ANVUR
- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Dimensions
- EBSCO
- Google Scholar
- Naver
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Portico
- ProQuest
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Social Science Citation Index
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Wanfang
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