Indian Law Journals Ranking System

The Indian Law Journals Ranking System (ILJRS) is an open and systematic ranking system tailored specifically for Indian law journals. Our ranking methodology employs a multi-factor approach, considering elements such as the credentials and affiliations of contributing authors, available citation metrics, and practices like transparent peer-review processes and editorial standards. The initial phase of this project has indexed and ranked 29 generalist law journals, including both faculty-edited and student-edited publications. The updated rankings can be found below.

List of Journals Indexed

S.No	Journal Name	Journal Abbreviation	Publishing University	Start Year	Issues Indexed	Articles Indexed	Faculty/Student
1	Amity Law Review	ALR	Amity University, Noida	2000	11	122	F
2	Christ University Law Journal	Christ U. L. J.	Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru	2012	22	135	S
3	CNLU Law Journal	CNLU L.J.	Chanakya National Law University, Patna	2010	7	232	S
4	Delhi Law Review	DLR	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi	1972	4	94	F
5	Delhi Law Review (Student Edition)	DSLR	Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi	2004	3	57	S
6	DNLU Student Law Journal	DNLU St. L. J.	Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur	2022	3	30	S
7	GNLU Student Law Review	GNLU St. L. Rev.	Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar	2020	5	45	S
8	Indian Law Review	ILR	Taylor & Francis (with Indian academic board)	2017	25	157	F
9	Jindal Global Law Review	JGLR	Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University	2009	20	241	F
10	Journal of the Indian Law Institute	JILI	Indian Law Institute, New Delhi	1958	42	290	F
11	KIIT Student Law Review	KIIT St. L. Rev.	KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar	2014	9	73	S
12	Lexigentia-International Law Journal of Lloyd Law College	Lexigentia	Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida	2015	3	31	S
13	Nalsar Law Review	NALSAR L. Rev.	NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad	2004	3	52	F
14	NALSAR Student Law Review	NALSAR St. L. Rev.	NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad	2005	6	96	S
15	National Law School Journal	NLSJ	NLSIU, Bengaluru	1989	6	48	F
16	National Law School of India Review	NLSIR	NLSIU, Bengaluru	1988	15	222	S
17	Nirma University Law Journal	NULJ	Nirma University, Ahmedabad	2011	15	101	S
18	NLIU Law Review	NLIU L. Rev.	National Law Institute University, Bhopal	2010	15	245	S
19	NLUA Law Review	NLUALR	National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam	2015	4	118	S
20	NLUD Journal of Legal Studies	NLUD J. Leg. Stud.	National Law University, Delhi	2013	9	47	S
21	NLUJ Law Review	NLUJ L. Rev.	National Law University, Jodhpur	2011	17	180	S
22	NMIMS Student Law Review	NMIMS St. L. Rev.	Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, Mumbai	2018	3	49	S
23	NUALS Law Journal	NUALS L.J.	NUALS, Kochi	2005	14	170	S
24	NUJS Law Review	NUJS L. Rev.	WBNUJS, Kolkata	2008	44	424	S
25	RGNUL Student Research Review	RGNUL St. Res. Rev.	RGNUL, Punjab	2014	17	115	S
26	RMLNLU Law Review	RMLNLU L. Rev.	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow	2015	10	132	S
27	Tamil Nadu National Law University Law Review	TNNLU L. Rev.	Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirapalli	2017	8	25	F
28	The Banaras Law Journal	BLJ	Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University	1965	17	199	F
29	UPES Law Review	UPES L. Rev.	School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun	2013	3	15	S
Total					360	3745

Impact on Courts

Journal	SC	HC	Tribunal	Total	Total (Since 2014)	Unique	(Since 2014)
ALR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christ U. L. J.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CNLU L.J.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DLR	1	4	0	4	0	0	0
DSLR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNLU St. L. J.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GNLU St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ILR	6	3	0	3	6	3	3
JGLR	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
JILI	16	47	2	49	0	0	0
KIIT St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lexigentia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NALSAR L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NALSAR St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NLSJ	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
NLSIR	4	2	1	3	3	2	2
NULJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NLIU L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NLUALR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NLUD J. Leg. Stud.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NLUJ L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NMIMS St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NUALS L.J.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NUJS L. Rev.	3	5	1	6	3	3	3
RGNUL St. Res. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RMLNLU L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TNNLU L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BLJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
UPES L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	33	64	4	68	12	8	8

Impact on Scholarship

Rank	Abbreviation	In-cite	In-cite (self)	Google Scholar-10	Google Scholar-20	Google Scholar-50	Google Scholar (high)
1	ILR	31	21	21.9	31.9	31.26	31.9
2	JGLR	10	0	3.9	16.25	13.7	16.25
3	NUJS L. Rev.	127	45	9.1	15.9	14.9	15.9
4	JILI	118	0	14.5	11.75	10.6	14.5
5	NLSJ	4	0	13.3	7.5	3.38	13.3
6	NLSIR	39	13	3.1	6.15	4.32	6.15
7	NALSAR L. Rev.	10	0	5.1	2.75	1.32	5.1
8	NUALS L.J.	1	0	3.1	2.45	1.5	3.1
9	DLR	7	2	1.4	3.05	1.76	3.05
10	NLUJ L. Rev.	6	1	1.7	0.85	0.34	1.7
11	ALR	1	0	1.5	0.75	0.3	1.5
12	BLJ	4	3	1.5	1.1	0.44	1.5
13	NLUALR	0	0	1.4	0.7	0.28	1.4
14	NLIU L. Rev.	0	0	0.4	1.3	0.54	1.3
15	NULJ	4	0	0.9	0.45	0.18	0.9
16	NLUD J. Leg. Stud.	3	0	0.8	0.85	0.54	0.85
17	RMLNLU L. Rev.	6	1	0.8	0.4	0.16	0.8
18	RGNUL St. Res. Rev.	5	0	0.7	0.45	0.18	0.7
19	Christ U. L. J.	4	0	0.4	0.2	0.08	0.4
20	NALSAR St. L. Rev.	6	0	0.4	0.2	0.08	0.4
21	UPES L. Rev.	1	0	0.3	0.15	0.06	0.3
22	CNLU L.J.	0	0	0.2	0.1	0.04	0.2
23	DNLU St. L. J.	0	0	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.1
24	TNNLU L. Rev.	0	0	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.1
25	DSLR	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	GNLU St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	KIIT St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Lexigentia	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	NMIMS St. L. Rev.	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	388	86	2.986	3.631	2.966	3.631

Author Credentials

Rank	Journal	Student UG (+1)	Student PG (+2)	Student PhD (+3)	Researcher (+3)	Professor (+4)	Litigator (+4)	Law Firm (+4)	Judge (+5)	Foreign (+1)	Credential Score
1	ILR	0.00%	1.31%	3.92%	6.54%	73.86%	11.11%	3.27%	0.00%	41.83%	4.31
2	JGLR	1.35%	0.00%	3.59%	4.93%	77.13%	7.17%	4.48%	1.35%	42.60%	4.19
3	TNNLU L. Rev.	8.33%	0.00%	0.00%	8.33%	75.00%	8.33%	0.00%	0.00%	41.67%	4.08
4	DLR	2.17%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	93.48%	4.35%	0.00%	0.00%	6.52%	4.04
5	NLSJ	5.26%	0.00%	26.32%	0.00%	57.89%	5.26%	0.00%	5.26%	31.58%	3.97
6	NALSAR L. Rev.	0.00%	2.50%	10.00%	2.50%	75.00%	5.00%	0.00%	5.00%	12.50%	3.96
7	ALR	0.00%	0.85%	5.93%	5.08%	79.66%	5.93%	1.69%	0.85%	11.02%	3.96
8	JILI	0.00%	0.37%	4.10%	6.34%	75.75%	8.58%	0.75%	4.10%	12.31%	3.93
9	NLSIR	7.22%	3.09%	2.06%	10.31%	44.33%	23.71%	7.22%	2.06%	21.65%	3.88
10	BLJ	0.52%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	97.40%	1.04%	0.52%	0.52%	11.46%	3.48
11	NLUD J. Leg. Stud.	23.40%	0.00%	12.77%	10.64%	12.77%	29.79%	10.64%	0.00%	14.89%	3.15
12	Lexigentia	0.00%	3.33%	20.00%	3.33%	46.67%	20.00%	0.00%	6.67%	6.67%	2.77
13	NUJS L. Rev.	45.32%	2.96%	4.93%	9.36%	20.20%	13.79%	3.45%	0.00%	6.65%	2.5
14	NULJ	44.79%	5.21%	5.21%	1.04%	35.42%	6.25%	0.00%	2.08%	4.17%	2.48
15	NLUALR	42.34%	6.31%	4.50%	6.31%	33.33%	6.31%	0.90%	0.00%	1.80%	2.46
16	CNLU L.J.	48.89%	1.11%	1.11%	3.33%	40.00%	1.11%	2.22%	2.22%	1.11%	2.46
17	NLUJ L. Rev.	45.45%	7.79%	3.90%	1.30%	20.78%	7.79%	11.69%	1.30%	4.55%	2.44
18	RGNUL St. Res. Rev.	50.91%	6.36%	0.91%	12.73%	11.82%	5.45%	11.82%	0.00%	9.09%	2.23
19	NUALS L.J.	60.26%	5.13%	5.13%	6.41%	14.10%	7.69%	1.28%	0.00%	3.21%	2.02
20	NALSAR St. L. Rev.	68.29%	2.44%	0.00%	4.88%	12.20%	4.88%	7.32%	0.00%	3.66%	1.96
21	KIIT St. L. Rev.	70.15%	1.49%	0.00%	0.00%	16.42%	2.99%	8.96%	0.00%	7.46%	1.86
22	GNLU St. L. Rev.	66.67%	11.11%	4.44%	0.00%	8.89%	8.89%	0.00%	0.00%	6.67%	1.74
23	Christ U. L. J.	75.57%	0.76%	0.76%	3.05%	13.74%	3.82%	1.53%	0.76%	8.40%	1.74
24	NMIMS St. L. Rev.	70.27%	5.41%	0.00%	2.70%	18.92%	0.00%	2.70%	0.00%	2.70%	1.73
25	DNLU St. L. J.	68.97%	6.90%	3.45%	3.45%	6.90%	10.34%	0.00%	0.00%	6.90%	1.62
26	RMLNLU L. Rev.	79.31%	1.72%	0.00%	1.72%	10.34%	0.00%	6.90%	0.00%	1.72%	1.57
27	DSLR	80.70%	3.51%	1.75%	5.26%	1.75%	7.02%	0.00%	0.00%	1.75%	1.42
28	NLIU L. Rev.	89.87%	0.00%	0.84%	0.84%	3.80%	2.53%	2.11%	0.00%	0.42%	1.29
29	UPES L. Rev.	91.67%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	8.33%	0.00%	0.00%	1.1
	Average	36.76%	2.40%	3.25%	4.89%	40.33%	8.06%	3.31%	1.00%	11.31%

UGC Criteria

Rank	Abbreviation	UGC CARE	UGC (2025)
1	ILR	9	35
2	JGLR	9	27
3	NLSIR	9	24
4	JILI	5	22
5	NUJS L. Rev.	6	21
6	DLR	4	21
7	NLIU L. Rev.	6	21
8	Christ U. L. J.	9	21
9	NLSJ	6	20
10	NALSAR St. L. Rev.	5	20
11	ALR	5	19
12	UPES L. Rev.	6	19
13	GNLU St. L. Rev.	4	19
14	NLUJ L. Rev.	7	18
15	RGNUL St. Res. Rev.	7	18
16	NUALS L.J.	7	17
17	NULJ	8	17
18	DNLU St. L. J.	8	17
19	Lexigentia	6	17
20	NLUD J. Leg. Stud.	5	16
21	TNNLU L. Rev.	4	16
22	BLJ	7	15
23	NLUALR	6	15
24	RMLNLU L. Rev.	5	15
25	CNLU L.J.	5	15
26	KIIT St. L. Rev.	5	12
27	NALSAR L. Rev.	7	11
28	NMIMS St. L. Rev.	4	10
29	DSLR	2	6

Consolidated Rankings

Rank	Journal	Influence	Credentials	Criteria	Overall
1	Indian Law Review	100	100	100	100
2	Jindal Global Law Review	51	96	72	73
3	Journal of the Indian Law Institute	45	88	55	63
4	National Law School Journal	42	89	48	60
5	National Law School of India Review	19	87	62	56
6	Delhi Law Review	10	92	52	51
7	NUJS Law Review	50	44	52	49
8	Amity Law Review	5	89	45	46
9	Tamil Nadu National Law University Law Review	0	93	34	42
10	NALSAR Law Review	16	89	17	41
11	The Banaras Law Journal	5	74	31	37
12	NLUD Journal of Legal Studies	3	64	34	34
13	Lexigentia-International Law Journal of Lloyd Law College	0	52	38	30
14	NLUJ Law Review	5	42	41	29
15	Nirma University Law Journal	3	43	38	28
16	RGNUL Student Research Review	2	35	41	26
17	NUALS Law Journal	10	29	38	26
18	NLUA Law Review	4	42	31	26
19	NALSAR Student Law Review	1	27	48	25
20	CNLU Law Journal	1	42	31	25
21	Christ University Law Journal	1	20	52	24
22	GNLU Student Law Review	0	20	45	22
23	NLIU Law Review	4	6	52	21
24	DNLU Student Law Journal	0	16	38	18
25	RMLNLU Law Review	3	15	31	16
26	UPES Law Review	1	0	45	15
27	KIIT Student Law Review	0	24	21	15
28	NMIMS Student Law Review	0	20	14	11
29	Delhi Law Review (Student Edition)	0	10	0	3