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Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0957-9664eISSN1471-2857

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.525

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.72

Total Worksi

1,875

Total Citationsi

30,665

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Psychiatry; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Psychology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 1993-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,875

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0957-9664 / 1471-2857

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

556

2019

461

2020

238

2021

209

2022

179

2023

142

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.

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyPsychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthPathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingCrime Patterns and InterventionsChild Abuse and TraumaCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Is Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health?

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.20.

Is Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health?