Annual Review of Law and Social Science

|Subject |Discipline}}| Law
Social science
Language| English
Edited by| Carol A. Heimer
Publication details
History| 2005–present, 21 years old
Publisher|

Annual Reviews (US)

Frequency| Annually

Open access

| Subscribe to Open

Impact factor

| 3[1] (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt1 * alt2)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Annu. Rev. Law Soc. Sci.
Indexing
CODEN * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
ISSN| 1550-3585 (print)
1550-3631 (web)

OCLC no.| 55135983
Links

* Journal homepage

The Annual Review of Law and Social Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes an annual volume of review articles relevant to the interconnection of law, culture, social structure, and society. It was established in 2005 and is published by Annual Reviews. Its current editor is Carol A. Heimer.[2] As of 2023, it is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Open model.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Scope and indexing
* 3 Editorial processes
* 3.1 List of editors
* 3.2 Current editorial board
* 4 References

## History

The Annual Review of Law and Social Science was first published in 2005 by nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. As of 2021, it is published both in print and electronically.[4] Its inaugural editor was John L. Hagan.[5] Hagan was followed by Robert J. MacCoun (2018-2023).[6][7] As of November 2023, Carol A. Heimer was listed as the editor.[2]

## Scope and indexing

The Annual Review of Law and Social Science defines its scope as covering significant developments in the field of law. Its reviews examine the interconnections of law, culture, social structure, and society.[8] Most volumes include a prefatory chapter in which a prominent scholar in the field reflects on their careers and experiences.[5] As of 2025, Journal Citation Reports lists the journal's 2024 impact factor as 3, ranking it as 18th out of 434 journal titles in the category "Law" and 22nd of 219 titles in "Sociology".[1] It is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, IBZ Online, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Political Science Complete, and Academic Search, among others.[9]

## Editorial processes

The Annual Review of Law and Social Science is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[10] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[11]

### List of editors

* John L. Hagan (2005-2018)[5]
* Robert J. MacCoun (2018-2023)[6][7]
* Carol A. Heimer (November 2023-present)[2]

### Current editorial board

As of 2023, the editorial committee consists of the editor and the following members:[12]

* Michael W. McCann
* Martin Krygier
* Ron Levi
* Osagie Obasogie
* Arzoo Osanloo
* Jennifer Robbennolt

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Journal Impact Factors". https://www.annualreviews.org/about/impact-factors.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Current Editorial Committee". https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?0000,lawsocsci.
3. ↑ "Subscribe to Open". https://www.annualreviews.org/s2o_supplement.
4. ↑ "Expected Publication Dates". 11 January 2021. https://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hagan, John (1 December 2005). "Preface by John Hagan". Annual Review of Law and Social Science 1 (1). doi:10.1146/annurev.ls.1.110105.100001. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ls.1.110105.100001. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 MacCoun, Rob (13 October 2018). "Introduction". Annual Review of Law and Social Science 14 (1): v. doi:10.1146/annurev-ls-14-081718-100001. ISSN 1550-3585.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 19, 2023". https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?2023,lawsocsci.
8. ↑ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science". https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/lawsocsci.
9. ↑ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science". http://miar.ub.edu/issn/1550-3585.
10. ↑ "Editorial Principles and Policies". https://www.annualreviews.org/page/authors/editorial-policies.
11. ↑ "Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". https://www.annualreviews.org/page/authors/author-instructions/unsolicited-authors.
12. ↑ "Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Current Editorial Committee". https://www.annualreviews.org/db/directory?0000,lawsocsci.

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