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Behavioral Sciences and the Law

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1943

ISSN1099-0798

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.848

Total Worksi

2,413

Total Citationsi

62,093

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Psychology, Applied; Clinical Psychology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1943

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,413

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1099-0798

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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

1.2k

2019

644

2020

414

2021

247

2022

162

2023

283

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.

LawQ2

Clinical PsychologyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LawPsychology, Applied

Scopus Categories

LawPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsCrime Patterns and InterventionsDeception detection and forensic psychologyChild Abuse and TraumaSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesHomicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseJury Decision Making ProcessesStalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment

Frequently asked questions about Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Is Behavioral Sciences and the Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Behavioral Sciences and the Law: 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 Behavioral Sciences and the Law?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law 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 1.57.

Is Behavioral Sciences and the Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Behavioral Sciences and the Law?