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Crime Science

SpringerOpen · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2193-7680eISSN2193-7680

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.548

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.524

Total Worksi

317

Total Citationsi

7,685

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Cultural Studies; Law; Urban Studies; Safety Research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications317

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoLibrary of Congress, National Digital Preservation Program, ChinaCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SpringerOpen

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2193-7680 / 2193-7680

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Library of Congress, National Digital Preservation Program, China, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

360

2019

1.6k

2020

733

2021

374

2022

135

2023

305

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

LawQ1

Urban StudiesQ1

Safety ResearchQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & Penology

Scopus Categories

Safety ResearchLawUrban StudiesCultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Crime Patterns and InterventionsCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisPolicing Practices and PerceptionsTraffic and Road SafetyCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Crime Science

Is Crime Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Crime Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Crime Science?

Crime Science 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 2.66.

Is Crime Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Crime Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Crime Science?