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WoS ESCI Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #9,115Hybrid

European Company and Financial Law Review

Identifier (ISSN):1613-2548(Print)/1613-2556(Online)
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Publisher:Walter de Gruyter
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.7↓ -0.5
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for European Company and Financial Law Review

WoS Q2
01120.620231.320241.220250.72026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.644
#9,115

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
13

13 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ2
Self-Citation Rate30.8%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
28articles/year
26.8% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

In legislation and in case law, European law has become a steadily more dominant factor in determining national European company laws. The “European Company”, the forthcoming “European Private Company” as well as the Regulation on the Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Regulation”) have accelerated this development even more. The discussion, however, is still mired in individual nations. This is true for the academic field and – even still – for many practitioners. The journal intends to overcome this handicap by sparking a debate across Europe on drafting and application of European company law. It integrates the European company law component previously published as part of the Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), on of the leading German law reviews specialized in the field of company and capital market law. It aims at universities, law makers on both the European and national levels, courts, lawyers, banks and other financial service institutions, in house counsels, accountants and notaries who draft or work with European company law. The journal focuses on all areas of European company law and the financing of companies and business entities. This includes the law of capital markets as well as the law of accounting and auditing and company law related issues of insolvency law. Finally it serves as a platform for the discussion of theoretical questions such as the economic analysis of company law. It consists of articles and case notes on both decisions of the European courts as well as of national courts insofar as they have implications on European company law.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics85.9%Business85.1%Political science81.2%Law73.5%Finance70.7%Sociology49.5%Accounting44.2%Law and economics44%Management43%Computer science41.6%Corporate governance40.2%Philosophy30.3%Programming language26.9%Corporate law26.1%Biology24.2%History24%Geography23.8%International trade23.2%Archaeology23%International economics22.2%Economic policy22%Macroeconomics21.6%European union21.2%Shareholder20.4%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

LAW

Q2
Rank199/443
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

LAW

Q2
Rank127/443
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF0.7
Articles / Year23
Total Citations0
2025
IF1.2
Articles / Year36
Total Citations2
2024
IF1.3
Articles / Year28
Total Citations21
2023
IF0.6
Articles / Year43
Total Citations77
2022
IF—
Articles / Year43
Total Citations296

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #9,115Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2016-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.644

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.08

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,803 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations179
3-Year Documents97
Citable Documents95

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate26.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1
LawQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 30.8%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区LAW
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

European Company and Financial Law Review (ISSN: 1613-2548) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of LAW, published by Walter de Gruyter in Germany. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.70, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.644 (Q1), an H-index of 13.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 28 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $2,803 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-09-29