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Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1478-9957

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.393

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.639

Total Worksi

1,305

Total Citationsi

21,694

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to publishing papers relating to aspects of psychiatry and psychological knowledge as applied to offenders and to legal issues. It aims to foster research in clinical psychology, psychiatry, mental health, criminology, and forensic science.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,305

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1478-9957

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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

524

2019

748

2020

193

2021

231

2022

143

2023

143

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyPsychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisChild Abuse and TraumaPersonality Disorders and PsychopathologySchizophrenia research and treatmentPsychiatric care and mental health servicesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCrime Patterns and InterventionsSuicide and Self-Harm Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Is Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology: 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 Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology 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 1.07.

Is Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.