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Critical Criminology

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1989

ISSN1572-9877

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.496

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.795

Total Worksi

1,079

Total Citationsi

13,734

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Law; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,079

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-9877

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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

1.2k

2019

723

2020

573

2021

358

2022

198

2023

131

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesCrime Patterns and InterventionsCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlHomelessness and Social IssuesGeographies of human-animal interactionsPolicing Practices and PerceptionsPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingLaw in Society and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Critical Criminology

Is Critical Criminology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Criminology: 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 Critical Criminology?

Critical Criminology 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 Critical Criminology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Criminology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Critical Criminology?