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Aggression and Violent Behavior

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1873-6335

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 ↗

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📊 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

1.477

H-Indexi

172

SNIPi

1.455

Total Worksi

1,982

Total Citationsi

120,678

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Clinical Psychology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,982

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6335

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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

105

3.8k

2019

138

3.8k

2020

129

2.2k

2021

874

2022

779

2023

746

2024

113

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ1

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPathology and Forensic MedicineClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intimate Partner and Family ViolencePsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingChild Abuse and TraumaCrime Patterns and InterventionsBullying, Victimization, and AggressionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Aggression and Violent Behavior

Is Aggression and Violent Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Aggression and Violent Behavior: 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 Aggression and Violent Behavior?

Aggression and Violent Behavior 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 3.88.

Is Aggression and Violent Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Aggression and Violent Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Aggression and Violent Behavior?