Legal Sciences — international HAC-Approved Journals
According to Uzbekistan's Higher Attestation Commission (HAC, locally OAK), 72 international academic journals are currently approved in the Legal Sciences field. Articles published in these journals count toward PhD and DSc dissertation defenses.
How many HAC-approved journals cover Legal Sciences?
72. These are approved by Uzbekistan's HAC as international academic journals in the Legal Sciences field and are listed in full below.
Journal list
| Journal | ISSN | Publisher | Country | HAC decision | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nalogi Legal Sciences | 1999-4796 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Nasledstvennoe pravo Legal Sciences | 2072-4179 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Pravo i zhizn Legal Sciences | — | Tsentr publichnogo prava | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Pravo intellektualnoy sobstvennosti Legal Sciences | — | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Pravo. Zhurnal vysshey shkoly ekonomiki Legal Sciences | 2072-8166 | Natsionalnyy issledovatelskiy universitet «Vysshaya shkola ekonomiki» | Russian Federation | — | h-13 |
| Pravovedenie Legal Sciences | — | OOO «Universitetskiy izdatelskiy konsortsium «Yuridicheskaya kniga» | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Predstavitelnaya vlast – XXI vek Legal Sciences | 2073-9532 | Tsentr mezhdunarodnogo prava Diplomaticheskoy akademii MID RF | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Rossiyskaya yustitsiya Legal Sciences | 0131-6761 | GU Izdatelstvo «Yuridicheskaya literatura» Administratsii Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Rossiyskiy sledovatel Legal Sciences | 1812-3783 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-4 |
| Rossiyskiy sudya Legal Sciences | 1812-3791 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Rossiyskoe pravosudie Legal Sciences | 2071-6141 | Verkhovnyy sud RF, Rossiyskiy universitet pravosudiya | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Sudebnaya ekspertiza Legal Sciences | — | Volgogradskaya akademiya MVD Rossiyskoy Federatsii | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Teoriya i praktika sudebnoy ekspertizy Legal Sciences | 1819-2785 | Rossiyskiy federalnyy tsentr sudebnoy ekspertizy pri Ministerstve yustitsii | Russian Federation | — | h-9 |
| Ugolovnoe pravo Legal Sciences | 2071-5870 | ANO «Yuridicheskie programmy» | Russian Federation | — | h-3 |
| Ugolovnoe sudoproizvodstvo Legal Sciences | 2072-4411 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-2 |
| Finansovoe pravo Legal Sciences | 1813-1220 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-4 |
| Khozyaystvo i pravo Legal Sciences | 0134-2398 | Ministerstvo yustitsii Rossiyskoy Federatsii | Russian Federation | — | h-2 |
| Ekologicheskoe pravo Legal Sciences | 1812-3775 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-4 |
| Ekologiya i pravo Legal Sciences | — | Ekologicheskiy pravozashchitnyy tsentr «Bellona» | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Ekspert-kriminalist Legal Sciences | 2072-442X | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-1 |
| Yuridicheskaya psikhologiya Legal Sciences | — | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | — |
| Yuridicheskiy mir Legal Sciences | 1811-1475 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-1 |
| Yuridicheskoe obrazovanie i nauka Legal Sciences | 1813-1190 | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | h-2 |
| Yurist Legal Sciences | — | Izdatelskaya gruppa «Yurist» | Russian Federation | — | — |
How do I publish in a HAC-approved journal?
The exact number of required articles is set by OAK and varies by academic field and degree type (PhD or DSc) — check the current requirements on oak.uz or with your dissertation council. The one rule that always applies: the article must be published before the defense date, and the journal must be on the OAK list at the time of publication. Each journal's submission requirements, scope, and contact details are on its own page.