Journal profile
Biuletyn Kryminologiczny
ISSN 2719-440X · Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN · Poland
Biuletyn Kryminologiczny: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biuletyn Kryminologiczny is published by Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Criminal Justice and Penology, Criminal Law and Policy and Polish Law and Legal System, together about 56.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Celem Biuletynu Kryminologicznego jest promowanie przede wszystkim polskiej myśli kryminologicznej, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem młodych naukowców oraz osób przygotowujących rozprawę doktorską, którzy na jego łamach pragnęliby opublikować wyniki prowadzonych przez siebie badań lub analiz teoretycznych; dostarczenie rzetelnej specjalistycznej wiedzy opartej o badania naukowe, popularyzacja kryminologii w społeczeństwie, w tym informowanie o publikacjach i spotkaniach naukowych w zakresie kryminologii i nauk pokrewnych a także bycie pomostem pomiędzy naukowcami polskimi i zagranicznymi na wszystkich etapach kariery naukowej.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences24.7%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences17.3%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences14.1%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences10.5%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Crime, Deviance, and Social ControlSocial Sciences3.8%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences3.1%
- Ukrainian Legal and Forensic StudiesSocial Sciences2.7%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Ebsco – Legal Source, ePBP – Polska Bibliografia PrawniczaPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 242 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 3 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 3 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–7
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
No author fees Model summary
Redakcja nie płaci za publikowane teksty.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review Model summary
Recenzja jest oparta o zasadę podwójnej tajności: nazwisko autora nie jest znane recenzentowi ani nazwisko recenzenta nie jest znane autorowi oraz drugiemu recenzentowi.
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
- Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 2719-440X
- Print ISSN
- 2084-5375
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biuletyn Kryminologiczny
How long does peer review take at Biuletyn Kryminologiczny?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Biuletyn Kryminologiczny?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biuletyn Kryminologiczny is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Biuletyn Kryminologiczny open access, and what is the APC?
Biuletyn Kryminologiczny 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .