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WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #9,839CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Crime Media Culture

Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 0.6•SCImago Rank: #9,839•Identifier (ISSN):1741-6590(Print)/1741-6604(Online)•Articles / Year: 33•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,057 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q2
1.9
– 0

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
52

52 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate5.9%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
33articles/year
65.77% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q2(IF: 1.9)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.9)
🔵 Computed
20251.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.9)
🔵 Computed
20241.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.7)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.8)
🔵 Computed
20221.50đ
WoS Q2(IF: 1.868)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Crime, Media, Culture is a fully peer reviewed, international journal providing the primary vehicle for exchange between scholars who are working at the intersections of criminological and cultural inquiry. It promotes a broad cross-disciplinary understanding of the relationship between crime, criminal justice, media and culture. The journal invites papers in three broad substantive areas: * The relationship between crime, criminal justice and media forms * The relationship between criminal justice and cultural dynamics * The intersections of crime, criminal justice, media forms and cultural dynamics

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Sociology80%Psychology70.1%Political science69.8%Law63.9%Criminology57%Philosophy52.2%Art45.9%History45.4%Computer science38.5%Geography32.5%Archaeology29.6%Media studies25.9%Economics25.7%Politics25.3%Linguistics24.7%Biology23.8%Physics23.3%Literature22.3%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #9,839Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2005-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.6

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
52

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.50

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,057 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations241
3-Year Documents90
Citable Documents84

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)1

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate50.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1
CommunicationQ1
Cultural StudiesQ1
LawQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
SAGE
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
JCRSSCI
35/113Q2
SOCIOLOGY
JCRSSCI
81/222Q2
CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
JCISSCI
46/113Q2
SOCIOLOGY
JCISSCI
79/222Q2

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—5410
20251.98099
20241.74698
20231.844196
20221.86834145
2021—33366
2020—39530
2019—47426
2018—32516
2017—50760
2016—481,384
2015—39436
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Crime Media Culture

WoS Q2
122320222023202420251.90
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:1.9

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 5.9%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 6c109c1c-3321-47e4-8458-ec6d5b84892f
Database Updated: 2026-09-28