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Police Practice and Research

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1561-4263eISSN1477-271X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.737

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.172

Total Worksi

1,327

Total Citationsi

19,054

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Police Practice and Research presents current and innovative police research with a focus on informing policing policy, programs, and practice globally. It aims to foster research development in criminology, public relations, law enforcement, law, and social psychology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyFour Nos. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,327

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1561-4263 / 1477-271X

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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

2020

725

2021

419

2022

323

2023

170

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.

LawQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

LawSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Policing Practices and PerceptionsCrime Patterns and InterventionsCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceGun Ownership and Violence ResearchAcademic Writing and PublishingSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesMedical Research and PracticesWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesDeception detection and forensic psychology

Frequently asked questions about Police Practice and Research

Is Police Practice and Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Police Practice and Research: 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 Police Practice and Research?

Police Practice and Research 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 1.39.

Is Police Practice and Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Police Practice and Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.