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International Journal of Cyber Criminology

International Journal of Cyber Criminology · India

ISSN0974-2891
SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2023-03-09). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
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 ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.231
H-Indexi
25
SNIPi
0.572
Total Worksi
53
Total Citationsi
1,846
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Journal of Cyber Criminology is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of cyber crime, cyber criminal behavior, cyber victims, cyber laws, and cyber policy. It encompasses researchers from fields such as Criminology, Victimology, Sociology, Internet Science, and Computer Science.

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General Information

Country / RegionIndia
Primary Language—
1st Year Published—
Annual Volume~ 2 articles / year
StatusActive
Total Publications53
Publisher OrgInternational Journal of Cyber Criminology
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review—
OA License—
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

5/11 · 45%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
International Journal of Cyber Criminology
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
0974-2891
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Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
❌
Primary language documented?
N/A

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
9
577
2009
8
228
2010
6
72
2011
8
146
2012
9
265
2013
3
52
2014
1
35
2019
1
0
2022

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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesCrime Patterns and InterventionsHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionCopyright and Intellectual PropertySexuality, Behavior, and Technology

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Cyber Criminology

Is International Journal of Cyber Criminology a predatory journal?

International Journal of Cyber Criminology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-03-09). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Journal of Cyber Criminology?

International Journal of Cyber Criminology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.231.

Is International Journal of Cyber Criminology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Cyber Criminology is indexed in Scopus.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref