Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
About the journal
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History is an open-access journal published by Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in Germany, publishing in SPANISH and PORTUGUESE and ITALIAN and GERMAN. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared review time at DOAJ: 18 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
- ISSN
- 1619-4993 · 2195-9617
- Country
- Germany
- Languages
- SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN, GERMAN
- Access
- Open access
- Articles in DOAJ
- 1840
- Declared review time
- 18 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
- Official website
- https://rg.lhlt.mpg.de
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2018-03-20
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 18 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2025
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Articles in DOAJ
1840
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
18weeks
Works in OpenAlex
1532
Last recorded publication year
2025
h-index
17
i10-index
35
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy9
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-06-08
- Added to DOAJ
- 2018-03-20
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 0%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 0%
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- Rechtsgeschichte (Frankfurt. PrintRg. Rechtsgeschichte
- Source type
- journal
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Historical Legal Studies and Society
- Historical Legal Studies and Society
- Law and Political Science
- Law and Political Science
- European history and politics
- European history and politics
- Historical Economic and Legal Thought
- Historical Economic and Legal Thought
Show all subjects (50)
- Classical Studies and Legal History
- Classical Studies and Legal History
- European Political History Analysis
- European Political History Analysis
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
- Historical Studies in Latin America
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
- Historical Studies in Latin America
- German Literature and Culture Studies
- German Literature and Culture Studies
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Historical Influence and Diplomacy
- Criminal Law and Policy
- Historical Influence and Diplomacy
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Criminal Law and Policy
- Comparative and International Law Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies
- Comparative and International Law Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- European and International Law Studies
- European and International Law Studies
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Political Theology and Sovereignty
- Political Theology and Sovereignty
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
- Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- European and International Contract Law
- European and International Contract Law
- International Law and Human Rights
- International Law and Human Rights
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Keywords (DOAJ)
- conflict regulation
- legal pluralism
- multinormativity
- jurisprudence and legal theory
- comparative transnational and global legal history
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