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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1), WoS SSCI. Published by Northwestern University.
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ISSN 0091-4169Verify ISSN ↗2160-0325Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Northwestern University
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 636 / 1162 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present (also 1991, 1987, 1974–1985), best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology is Q3 in Law (rank 636 of 1162), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 45th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.307, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 58.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology is published by Northwestern University. Its print ISSN is 0091-4169 and its online ISSN is 2160-0325.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology has an h-index of 116 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #915 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 8. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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