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Trends in Organized Crime

Springer US · United States

ISSN1084-4791eISSN1936-4830

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

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

0.597

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.323

Total Works

1,248

Total Citations

14,935

2yr Mean Citedness

1.91

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Aims & Scope

Trends in Organized Crime is a comprehensive resource presenting analyses and syntheses of research on organized crime. Publishes peer-reviewed, original research articles and excerpts from significant governmental reports. Provides reviews of important new books and commentary on current issues in organized crime. Serves as an ideal resource for practitioners, policymakers, and the academic community.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,248

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer US

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1084-4791 / 1936-4830

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsSex work and related issuesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies