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Criminal Law Forum

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands

ISSN1046-8374eISSN1572-9850

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total28

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.27

H-Index

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SNIP

0.351

Total Works

966

Total Citations

6,956

2yr Mean Citedness

0.69

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the analysis and critique of criminal law and justice systems, examining issues such as the application of legal defenses like duress in international and national contexts, the legal treatment of domestic violence and coercive control, and the implications of forfeiture laws. It also explores sentencing policies, including suspended sentences, imprisonment rates, and the ethics and proportionality of punishment, often through comparative analysis and the work of prominent scholars in the field. The journal further investigates the historical patterns of crime and violence, and the procedural distinctions in sentencing between adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications966

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

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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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1046-8374 / 1572-9850

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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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyLaw

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Law and Human RightsGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsCriminal Law and EvidenceEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis