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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW

BRILL · NL · Est. 2001

ISSN1567-536XeISSN1571-8123

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.278

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.741

Total Worksi

1,004

Total Citationsi

7,571

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on international criminal law, examining its principles, application, and challenges. It covers topics such as the jurisdiction and functioning of international courts, the prosecution of core international crimes, and the enforcement of international criminal law through state cooperation. The journal also explores transitional justice mechanisms, the interpretation of international criminal law, and the impact of international legal standards on domestic legal systems.

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General Information

Country / RegionNL

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,004

Publisher OrgBrill

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BRILL

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1567-536X / 1571-8123

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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

186

2019

2020

335

2021

2022

2023

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.

LawQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Law and Human RightsGlobal Peace and Security DynamicsHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionEuropean and International Law StudiesTorture, Ethics, and LawInternational Law and AviationHuman Rights and DevelopmentInternational Arbitration and Investment LawGender, Security, and Conflict

Frequently asked questions about INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW

Is INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW: 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 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW?

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW 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 0.23.

Is INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEW is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.