Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Overview

Impact Factor

3.2

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.947

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 914169
Publisher: Williams & Wilkins Co.
History: 1974-1985, 1987, 1991, 1996-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The Journal remains one of the most widely read and widely cited publications in the world. It is the second most widely subscribed journal published by any law school in the country. It is one of the most widely circulated law journals in the country, and our broad readership includes judges and legal academics, as well as practitioners, criminologists, and police officers. Research in the area of criminal law and criminology addresses concerns that are pertinent to most of American society. The Journal strives to publish the very best scholarship in this area, inspiring the intellectual debate and discussion essential to the development of social reform.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
SCR Impact Factor

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
SCR Journal Ranking

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

0.578

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.976 1.215 1.468
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.114 1.259 1.432
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.947 1.37 1.286
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.667 1.509 1.575
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.333 1.397 1.299
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    1.018 1.127 1.213
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.604 0.803 1.086
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.75 1.068 1.933
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.844 1.813 1.821
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    1.86 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    1.377 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    1.056 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.615 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.83 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.46 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.339 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.422 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0.517 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.167 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.049 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.118 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.15 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.218 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.324 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History