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Journal of Financial Crime

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1758-7239

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.607

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.22

Total Worksi

1,764

Total Citationsi

19,754

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,764

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-7239

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2.1k

2019

170

3.2k

2020

131

2.1k

2021

1.2k

2022

108

872

2023

259

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

LawQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawEconomics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCorruption and Economic DevelopmentCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCrime Patterns and InterventionsTaxation and Compliance StudiesLaw, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEthics in Business and EducationRegulation and Compliance StudiesCorporate Finance and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Financial Crime

Is Journal of Financial Crime a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Financial Crime: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Financial Crime?

Journal of Financial Crime is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.607.

Is Journal of Financial Crime indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Financial Crime is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Financial Crime?