The American Journal of Comparative Law
Last updated ISSN 0002-919X
The American Journal of Comparative Law is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,402.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The American Journal of Comparative Law concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- European and International Contract Law
- Comparative and International Law Studies
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- European and International Law Studies
- International Law and Aviation
- Legal principles and applications
- International Arbitration and Investment Law
- Corporate Governance and Law
- Law, logistics, and international trade
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-919X, 2326-9197 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,402 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,637 |
| Publishing since | 1952 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/ajcl |
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.
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