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Criminal Justice Ethics

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN1937-5948

SJR Q2✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.404

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.848

Total Worksi

891

Total Citationsi

5,052

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores the ethical considerations surrounding prosecutorial discretion, the use of behavioral influences for crime prevention, and the moral objections to extremist propaganda within violent video games.

AI-summarised from recent articles · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1982

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications891

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

1937-5948

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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

101

2019

2020

103

2021

112

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.

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisFree Will and AgencyTorture, Ethics, and LawDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringCriminal Law and EvidenceWar, Ethics, and JustificationPolitical Philosophy and EthicsLegal Education and Practice Innovations

Frequently asked questions about Criminal Justice Ethics

Is Criminal Justice Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Criminal Justice Ethics: 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 Criminal Justice Ethics?

Criminal Justice Ethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.404.

Is Criminal Justice Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Criminal Justice Ethics is indexed in Scopus.