LAW PROBABILITY & RISK
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Journal Title
LAW PROBABILITY & RISK
LAW PROBAB RISK
ISSN / eISSN
1470-8396 / 1470-840X
Aims and Scope
Law, Probability & Risk is a fully refereed journal which publishes papers dealing with topics on the interface of law and probabilistic reasoning. These are interpreted broadly to include aspects relevant to the interpretation of scientific evidence, the assessment of uncertainty and the assessment of risk. The readership includes academic lawyers, mathematicians, statisticians and social scientists with interests in quantitative reasoning.
The primary objective of the journal is to cover issues in law, which have a scientific element, with an emphasis on statistical and probabilistic issues and the assessment of risk.
Examples of topics which may be covered include communications law, computers and the law, environmental law, law and medicine, regulatory law for science and technology, identification problems (such as DNA but including other materials), sampling issues (drugs, computer pornography, fraud), offender profiling, credit scoring, risk assessment, the role of statistics and probability in drafting legislation, the assessment of competing theories of evidence (possibly with a view to forming an optimal combination of them). In addition, a whole new area is emerging in the application of computers to medicine and other safety-critical areas. New legislation is required to define the responsibility of computer experts who develop software for tackling these safety-critical problems.
The primary objective of the journal is to cover issues in law, which have a scientific element, with an emphasis on statistical and probabilistic issues and the assessment of risk.
Examples of topics which may be covered include communications law, computers and the law, environmental law, law and medicine, regulatory law for science and technology, identification problems (such as DNA but including other materials), sampling issues (drugs, computer pornography, fraud), offender profiling, credit scoring, risk assessment, the role of statistics and probability in drafting legislation, the assessment of competing theories of evidence (possibly with a view to forming an optimal combination of them). In addition, a whole new area is emerging in the application of computers to medicine and other safety-critical areas. New legislation is required to define the responsibility of computer experts who develop software for tackling these safety-critical problems.
Subject Area
LAW
MATHEMATICS
SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS
CiteScore
2.10
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CiteScore Ranking
| Category | Quartile | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities - Philosophy | Q1 | #100/806 |
| Arts and Humanities - Law | Q1 | #233/1025 |
| Arts and Humanities - Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty | Q2 | #83/168 |
Web of Science Core Collection
| Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) |
|---|---|
| Indexed | Indexed |
| Category (Journal Citation Reports 2024) | Quartile |
|---|---|
| LAW | Q1 |
| MATHEMATICS | Q1 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS | Q3 |
| STATISTICS & PROBABILITY | Q2 |
H-index
11
Country/Area of Publication
ENGLAND
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Annual Article Volume
6
Open Access
NO
Contact
GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD, ENGLAND, OX2 6DP
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