De Jure
Last updated ISSN 1466-3597
De Jure is published by Academy of Science of South Africa in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $135.
Is your paper a fit?
The surest way to know is to compare your own abstract against what this journal has actually been publishing, rather than against its aims-and-scope page. Paste your abstract and Journal Hunt will tell you how close De Jure is — and show you journals like it.
What it publishes
Recent work in De Jure concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Corporate Insolvency and Governance
- Comparative and International Law Studies
- Human Rights and Development
- Legal principles and applications
- Corporate Governance and Law
- Corporate Law and Human Rights
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- South African History and Culture
- European and International Contract Law
Key facts
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1466-3597, 2225-7160 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $135 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 280 |
| Publishing since | 2015 |
| Journal website | www.dejure.up.ac.za/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
Journals like De Jure
Other established journals in social sciences, if this one is not the right home for your paper:

