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Trends in Organized Crime

Springer US · United States

ISSN1084-4791eISSN1936-4830
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.664
H-Indexi
56
SNIPi
1.323
Total Worksi
1,248
Total Citationsi
14,935
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.91
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications1,248
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid
Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed
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

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer US
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1084-4791 / 1936-4830
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
Peer-reviewed
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?
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
24
495
2019
23
458
2020
38
594
2021
33
303
2022
45
448
2023
34
181
2024
26
34
2025
33
6
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)

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

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Organized Crime

Is Trends in Organized Crime a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Organized Crime: 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 Trends in Organized Crime?

Trends in Organized Crime 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 1.91.

Is Trends in Organized Crime indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Organized Crime is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Trends in Organized Crime?

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.

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