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Criminal Justice Policy Review

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN0887-4034

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.534

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.046

Total Worksi

1,179

Total Citationsi

17,637

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on criminal justice policy and practice, with a focus on policing, corrections, and court systems. Articles examine the effectiveness of interventions, the impact of legislation, and the experiences of individuals within the justice system. Topics include evidence-based policing, gang intervention, victim and witness participation, pretrial release, protective orders, problem-solving courts, hate crime reporting, ransomware legislation, bail reform, prosecutorial decision-making, drug courts, community supervision, correctional officer job satisfaction, sex work decriminalization, criminal record clearing, risk assessment tools, mental health crises response, and suicide among youth in juvenile justice facilities.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,179

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0887-4034

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

544

2019

316

2020

284

2021

146

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

LawQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime Patterns and InterventionsPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPolicing Practices and PerceptionsHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Criminal Justice Policy Review

Is Criminal Justice Policy Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Criminal Justice Policy Review: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Criminal Justice Policy Review?

Criminal Justice Policy Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.534.

Is Criminal Justice Policy Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Criminal Justice Policy Review is indexed in Scopus.