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SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ

INST SECURITY STUDIES · ZA · Est. 2002

ISSN1991-3877eISSN1991-3877

✓ WOS ESCI

Removed from DOAJ (2024-02-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

929

Total Citationsi

3,064

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology.

General Information

Country / RegionZA

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications929

Publisher OrgInstitute for Security Studies

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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?

INST SECURITY STUDIES

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1991-3877 / 1991-3877

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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

179

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal Issues in South AfricaSouth African History and CultureCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisPolicing Practices and PerceptionsCrime Patterns and InterventionsIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceSex work and related issuesChild Abuse and TraumaHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesSocial Development and Education Research

Frequently asked questions about SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ

Is SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ a predatory journal?

SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2024-02-06). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ?

SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ 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 0.33.

Is SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of SOUTH AFRICAN CRIME QUARTERLY-SACQ?