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Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Basil Blackwell.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0265-5527Verify ISSN ↗1468-2311Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Basil Blackwell
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Howard Journal of Criminal Justice indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2012–2015 (also 1951–1995, 1945–1949, 1929–1943, 1926–1927, 1921–1922)).
What is the impact factor of Howard Journal of Criminal Justice?
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and what is its ISSN?
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice is published by Basil Blackwell. Its print ISSN is 0265-5527 and its online ISSN is 1468-2311.
Is Howard Journal of Criminal Justice in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Howard Journal of Criminal Justice open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Howard Journal of Criminal Justice for 73 years, between 1921 and 2015, with 22 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2015, 11 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 2,649 works and 16,536 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2015, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2015, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Howard Journal of Criminal Justice? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice published 68 papers in 2015; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 96. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Howard Journal of Criminal Justice? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2015. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2015
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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