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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q2SCImago #7,975CAS 3区Hybrid

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.72•SCImago Rank: #7,975•Identifier (ISSN):1355-3259(Print)/2044-8333(Online)•Articles / Year: 13•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,073 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
2
↑ +0.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
70

70 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate4.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
13articles/year
62.07% Gold OA•95.24% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

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

2.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20252.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.9)
🔵 Computed
20242.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.2)
🔵 Computed
20232.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 2.3)
🔵 Computed
20222.00đ
WoS Q1(IF: 1.756)
🔵 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

Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers in all areas of psychology and law: - victimology - policing and crime detection - crime prevention - management of offenders - mental health and the law - public attitudes to law - role of the expert witness - impact of law on behaviour - interviewing and eyewitness testimony - jury decision making - deception The journal publishes papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge defined broadly as the application of psychology to law and interdisciplinary enquiry in legal and psychological fields.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Psychology99.7%Medicine76.3%Political science63.1%Law63.1%Social psychology56.2%Medical emergency50.7%Environmental health49.3%Poison control47.9%Emergency medicine47.9%Sociology47.4%Computer science38.4%Human factors and ergonomics35.1%Philosophy34.5%Biology34.4%Psychiatry33.5%Criminology33.3%Suicide prevention31.2%Injury prevention30.3%Clinical psychology29.8%Developmental psychology27.5%Linguistics23.8%Geography23.4%Pathology22.2%History21%Archaeology20.5%Cognitive psychology20.2%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #7,975Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1996-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicinePsychology
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.72

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q2
Scopus H-Index (2025)
70

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.71

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,073 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations158
3-Year Documents55
Citable Documents43

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate63.1%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Applied PsychologyQ2
Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3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
Wiley-Blackwell
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
27/113Q1
LAW
JCRSSCI
56/443Q1
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCRSSCI
90/222Q2
CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
JCISSCI
15/113Q1
LAW
JCISSCI
89/443Q1
PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
JCISSCI
30/222Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—426
20251.96664
20242.22263
20232.32253
20221.75637283
2021—18231
2020—28332
2019—18292
2018—26378
2017—22376
2016—11168
2015—20656
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Legal and Criminological Psychology

WoS Q1
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: 4.5%

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

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Database Updated: 2026-09-28