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Global Crime

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1744-0572eISSN1744-0580

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.676

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.414

Total Worksi

532

Total Citationsi

9,984

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Crime is a social science journal devoted to the study of crime across international settings. Its focus is multi-disciplinary, aiming to make scholarship on crime available to both specialists and non-specialists. The journal publishes research in the area of criminology and penology.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications532

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-0572 / 1744-0580

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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

499

2019

183

2020

145

2021

161

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.

LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

LawSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesSex work and related issuesPolitical Conflict and GovernanceCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisPolicing Practices and Perceptions

Frequently asked questions about Global Crime

Is Global Crime a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Crime: 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 Global Crime?

Global Crime 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 1.27.

Is Global Crime indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Crime is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.