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Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1934-1687

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.522

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.23

Total Worksi

1,763

Total Citationsi

18,049

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Law; Psychiatry; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Psychology (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyQuarterly, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,763

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1934-1687

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

400

2019

102

1.3k

2020

556

2021

299

2022

250

2023

213

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

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyLawPsychiatryPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

LawPsychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthPathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingChild Abuse and TraumaCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisDeception detection and forensic psychologyHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsCrime Patterns and InterventionsMemory Processes and InfluencesSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesJury Decision Making ProcessesHomicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse

Frequently asked questions about Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Is Psychiatry, Psychology and Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Psychiatry, Psychology and Law: 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 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law?

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 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 1.09.

Is Psychiatry, Psychology and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law?