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Criminal Justice and Behavior

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1552-3594

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.881

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.402

Total Worksi

2,707

Total Citationsi

112,741

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Psychology, Clinical; Law; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 102 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,707

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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-3594

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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

2019

119

2020

1.3k

2021

738

2022

609

2023

119

492

2024

104

162

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 MedicineQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyPsychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

LawPsychology (miscellaneous)Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingCrime Patterns and InterventionsChild Abuse and TraumaHomelessness and Social IssuesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesPolicing Practices and PerceptionsDeception detection and forensic psychology

Frequently asked questions about Criminal Justice and Behavior

Is Criminal Justice and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Criminal Justice and Behavior: 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 Criminal Justice and Behavior?

Criminal Justice and 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 1.89.

Is Criminal Justice and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Criminal Justice and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Criminal Justice and Behavior?