Journal profile
Behavior Law Journal
ISSN 2444-4170 · Behavior & Law Research Foundation · Spain
Behavior Law Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 26 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Behavior Law Journal is published by Behavior & Law Research Foundation. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Deception detection and forensic psychology, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending and Criminal Justice and Penology, together about 29.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Revista Behavior & Law Journal. "El puente entre la academia y la práctica". Una revista de investigaciones científicas del ámbito de las Ciencias del Comportamiento y las Ciencias Forenses con filosofía aplicada. Investigaciones cercanas al ámbito profesional y con una aplicación clara. Más Menos
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology12.9%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology10.5%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences6.4%
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology5.9%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseSocial Sciences5.3%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences4.7%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 97 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted8
- aportaciones teóricas novedosas.Aportaciones teóricas novedosas.Length not stated
- artículosArtículosLength not stated
- artículos originales que recojan investigaciones empíricas.Artículos originales que recojan investigaciones empíricas.Length not stated
- comunicación breve.Comunicación breve.Length not stated
- editoriales.Editoriales.Length not stated
- in memoriam.In memoriam.Length not stated
- reportes de caso.Reportes de caso.Length not stated
- revisiones sistemáticas (con o sin meta-análisis).Revisiones sistemáticas (con o sin meta-análisis).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional (CC BY NC ND 4.0) Model summary
Salvo indicación contraria, todos los contenidos de la revista se distribuyen bajo una licencia de uso y distribución “Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional ” (CC BY NC ND 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
Esta revista proporciona un acceso abierto a su contenido, basado en el principio de que ofrecer al público un acceso libre a las investigaciones ayuda a un mayor intercambio global del conocimiento.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by two reviewers Model summary
Todos los manuscritos se revisarán anónimamente (peer review) por dos revisores.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
iThenticate de Turnitin Model summary
Behavior & Law Journal aplica el software de comparación de texto iThenticate de Turnitin.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Behavior & Law Research Foundation
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2444-4170
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Behavior Law Journal
How long does peer review take at Behavior Law Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Behavior Law Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Behavior Law Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Behavior Law Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Behavior Law Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .