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Deviant Behavior

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1521-0456

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

114

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 107d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.684

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.128

Total Worksi

2,629

Total Citationsi

49,155

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Deviant Behavior is the only journal that specifically and exclusively addresses social deviance. It publishes refereed theoretical, descriptive, methodological, and applied papers on all aspects of deviant behavior.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,629

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-0456

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

154

2019

1.3k

2020

829

2021

716

2022

125

610

2023

153

479

2024

201

337

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyPsychology, SocialSociology

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime Patterns and InterventionsCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesHomelessness and Social IssuesPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

Frequently asked questions about Deviant Behavior

Is Deviant Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Deviant Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Deviant Behavior?

Deviant Behavior 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 1.58.

Is Deviant Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Deviant Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.