The Oñati Socio-Legal Series (ISSN 2079-5971) is an international peer-reviewed on-line journal which publishes work within the field of law and society. This is broadly defined to include work which makes a significant contribution to the understanding and analysis of law as a set of social institutions, processes, practices or techniques, using any methodologies and approaches from the social sciences and humanities. Oñati Socio-Legal Series is a 100% Open Access journal and is owned and published by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
Oñati Socio-Legal Series publishes original pieces of research. Papers previously published as preprints or working papers are accepted, as well as original reviews of literature. Papers are first reviewed at desk and, if pre-accepted, are sent out to double-blind peer-review by at least two external referees. Authors retain the copyright of their work at all times.
We are pleased to announce that Oñati Socio-Legal Series has been ranked Q2 in the Law category in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics), published on 17 June, with a category rank of 220/443.
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Issue edited by Gavin Slade (Nazarbayev University) and Laura Piacentini (University of Strathclyde).
Oñati Socio-legal Series (ISSN 2079-5971) is published by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law Foundation (IISL-IISJ). The journal is indexed on the following platforms/has the following accreditations:
Social Sciences - Law
Catálogo v2.0 (2018-)
Agenzia nazionale di valutazione del sistema universitario e della ricerca: Upper Class ("A") journal
Qualis-CAPES: A2 journal
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