Laws

Laws is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on legal systems, theory, and institutions, published bimonthly online by MDPI. 

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, ESCI (Web of Science), RePEc, vLex Justis, CanLII, Law Journal Library, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Law) / CiteScore - Q1 (Law)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 41.6 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 6.7 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• MDPI’s Journal Cluster of Social Studies: Challenges-Journal of Planetary Health, Disabilities, Genealogy, Laws, Sexes, Social Sciences, Societies and Systems.