Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 104/434 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by NORTHWESTERN UNIV. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.300, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 104 out of 434 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 1,571 total citations, 12 total articles, 12 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is 0.700 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.710.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0091-4169 and electronic ISSN 2160-0325. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY
Abbreviated journalJ CRIM LAW CRIM
PublisherNORTHWESTERN UNIV
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,740
ISSN0091-4169
eISSN2160-0325
Total cites1,571
Total articles12
Citable items12
Cited half-life19.6 years
Citing half-life11.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.710
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank104/434
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY is 1.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY is listed as being published by NORTHWESTERN UNIV.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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