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Psychology, Crime and Law

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1477-2744

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.668

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.164

Total Worksi

1,597

Total Citationsi

41,100

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Psychology, Crime and Law promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to crime, criminal and civil law, and the influence of law on behavior. The journal aims to foster research in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Criminology and Psychiatry, with an emphasis on discussions on Deception in Social psychology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyEight Times Per Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,597

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-2744

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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

887

2019

896

2020

645

2021

636

2022

371

2023

251

2024

102

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

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyLawPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

LawPsychology (miscellaneous)Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingDeception detection and forensic psychologyCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime Patterns and InterventionsMemory Processes and InfluencesSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesChild Abuse and TraumaJury Decision Making ProcessesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyIntimate Partner and Family Violence

Frequently asked questions about Psychology, Crime and Law

Is Psychology, Crime and Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychology, Crime and 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 Psychology, Crime and Law?

Psychology, Crime and 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 1.18.

Is Psychology, Crime and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychology, Crime and Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.