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American Journal of Criminal Justice

The Journal of the Southern Criminal Justice Association

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Overview

The American Journal of Criminal Justice is a peer-reviewed journal offering extensive research on diverse criminal justice topics and issues.

  • Provides coverage of the criminal justice process, including the formal and informal interplay between system components.
  • Explores innovative practices, policy development, and implementation in the criminal justice field.
  • Recognizes problems and solutions experienced by various segments of populations within criminal justice.
  • Publishes original articles using a broad range of methodologies and perspectives.

Editor-in-Chief
  • J C Barnes
Journal Impact Factor
1.8 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
3.4 (2023)
Submission to first decision (median)
28 days
Downloads
336,932 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • Open Access in the American Journal of Criminal Justice

    The American Journal of Criminal Justice is Hybrid journal, publishing both paywalled and Open Access articles. Authors whose manuscripts are accepted manuscript following blinded peer review and editorial evaluation may publish either in subscription format, without paying a fee, or in Open Access format through our Open Choice program. Authors of accepted papers are guided through a process of determining eligibility for article-processing fee (APC) funding, which will support their paper's publication in Open Access format.

    If you're interested in publishing Open Access research in this journal., start by assessing your eligibility for funding—through Springer's Nature's Open Choice program as well as our fast-expanding Open Access agreements with a wide range of countries and institutions.

    Explore all of the Open Access articles published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice here.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1936-1351
Print ISSN
1066-2316
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ANVUR
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  7. Dimensions
  8. EBSCO
  9. Google Scholar
  10. Naver
  11. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  12. Portico
  13. ProQuest
  14. PsycINFO
  15. SCImago
  16. SCOPUS
  17. Social Science Citation Index
  18. TD Net Discovery Service
  19. UGC-CARE List (India)
  20. Wanfang
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