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RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

BAIKAL STATE UNIV · RU · Est. 2007

ISSN2500-4255eISSN2500-1442

✓ WOS ESCI

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,318

Total Citationsi

1,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology.

General Information

Country / RegionRU

Primary LanguageRussian

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,318

Publisher OrgBall State University

OA Since2018

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BAIKAL STATE UNIV

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2500-4255 / 2500-1442

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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?

Russian

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

146

405

2018

159

428

2019

142

282

2020

145

2021

141

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 and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesLegal and Policy IssuesDigital Transformation in LawCrime Patterns and InterventionsEducation, Law, and SocietyWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesCybercrime and Law Enforcement StudiesUkrainian Legal and Forensic Studies

Frequently asked questions about RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

Is RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY?

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY 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 0.43.

Is RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY?