Journal metric profile

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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 1.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 78/111 Recorded category rank

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 78 out of 111 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 1,083 total citations, 35 total articles, 35 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.900, which is 0.900 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 1.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.920.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice is identified in this record by print ISSN 1043-9862 and electronic ISSN 1552-5406. 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 Contemporary Criminal Justice
Abbreviated journalJ CONTEMP CRIM JUST
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank13,445
ISSN1043-9862
eISSN1552-5406
Total cites1,083
Total articles35
Citable items35
Cited half-life10.8 years
Citing half-life8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.000
5-Year Impact Factor1.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.920
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank78/111
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice is 1.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice?

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice?

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.

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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