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Forensic Science International: Mind and Law

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2019

ISSN2666-3538

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-02-04). 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 ↗

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

0.345

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.835

Total Worksi

125

Total Citationsi

841

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications125

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-3538

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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

2019

441

2020

164

2021

152

2022

2023

2024

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

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawPsychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisMental Health Treatment and AccessHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsChild Abuse and TraumaDeception detection and forensic psychologySuicide and Self-Harm StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesMental Health and PsychiatryCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Forensic Science International: Mind and Law

Is Forensic Science International: Mind and Law a predatory journal?

Forensic Science International: Mind and Law was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-02-04). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Forensic Science International: Mind and Law?

Forensic Science International: Mind and Law is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.345.

Is Forensic Science International: Mind and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forensic Science International: Mind and Law is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forensic Science International: Mind and Law?