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Current Issues in Criminal Justice

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1953

ISSN1034-5329eISSN2206-9542

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.461

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.936

Total Worksi

1,301

Total Citationsi

9,719

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Sydney Law Review publishes original research on legal topics with a substantive connection to the Australian legal system.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,301

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1034-5329 / 2206-9542

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

892

2019

351

2020

337

2021

150

2022

271

2023

139

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

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime Patterns and InterventionsCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesPolicing Practices and Perceptions

Frequently asked questions about Current Issues in Criminal Justice

Is Current Issues in Criminal Justice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Issues in Criminal Justice: 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 Current Issues in Criminal Justice?

Current Issues in Criminal Justice 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 1.56.

Is Current Issues in Criminal Justice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Issues in Criminal Justice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Issues in Criminal Justice?