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Police Quarterly

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1098-6111eISSN1552-745X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.32

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.02

Total Worksi

639

Total Citationsi

24,537

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Law; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications639

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1098-6111 / 1552-745X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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

543

2019

519

2020

804

2021

324

2022

161

2023

163

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

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Policing Practices and PerceptionsCrime Patterns and InterventionsGun Ownership and Violence ResearchCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesRegulation and Compliance StudiesCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial and Intergroup PsychologyWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesWorkplace Violence and Bullying

Frequently asked questions about Police Quarterly

Is Police Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Police Quarterly: 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 Police Quarterly?

Police Quarterly 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 3.27.

Is Police Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Police Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Police Quarterly?