Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.76.3.2
The Law Journal as a Reflection of National Legal Discourse: The Case of the Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu (Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb)
Jelka Petrak
; Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tomislav Karlović
orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-1318
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper highlights the specific features of publishing in legal scholarship that have so far been identified and discussed, as well as the problems related to their evaluation through bibliographic and citation databases in the European context, and, on that basis, examines their relevance for Croatia through a case study. More specifically, the paper analyses the profile of the Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu (Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb), the oldest Croatian law journal, in the period from 2007 (the first year of its inclusion in Scopus) until the end of 2024, both with regard to its substantive characteristics and accessibility, and the impact that the published articles have had within the wider academic community. Citation rates in Scopus and Google Scholar are compared, while particular attention is devoted to the linguistic distribution of the most highly cited papers. The paper concludes that the number of citations in commercial bibliographic databases constitutes a questionable measure for evaluating research output in legal scholarship, whereas the sustainability of scholarly journals that address local specificities, establish professional linguistic standards in the national language, bring together the local academic and professional community, and create links with the national educational system is of particular importance in nationally oriented disciplines, to which legal scholarship undoubtedly belongs.
Ključne riječi
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu; law journals; law; citation count; open access
Hrčak ID:
349760
URI
Datum izdavanja:
24.7.2026.
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