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International Journal of Evidence and Proof

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1365-7127eISSN1740-5572

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.345

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.168

Total Worksi

767

Total Citationsi

3,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Sociology and Political Science; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications767

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-7127 / 1740-5572

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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

312

2019

233

2020

163

2021

2022

2023

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Law and EvidenceJury Decision Making ProcessesLaw in Society and CultureLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsLegal Education and Practice InnovationsCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionJudicial and Constitutional StudiesMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesLegal principles and applications

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Evidence and Proof

Is International Journal of Evidence and Proof a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Evidence and Proof: 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 International Journal of Evidence and Proof?

International Journal of Evidence and Proof 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 0.58.

Is International Journal of Evidence and Proof indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Evidence and Proof is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Evidence and Proof?