Journal profile · CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Corrections
ISSN 2377-4657 · eISSN 2377-4665
Corrections: impact factor 1.5 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 48 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 37% (journal website); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Corrections's largest topics are Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending and Crime Patterns and Interventions, together about 65.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Corrections: Policy, Practice, and Research (CPPR) promotes methodologically rigorous scholarship on criminal sentencing, institutional confinement, community corrections, treatment interventions, alternative sanctions, and reentry. The journal prioritizes empirical studies that use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method research designs to advance correctional policy, practice and research. All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Ryan M. LabrecquePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences33.6%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology16.6%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences15%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions11.6%
- Policing Practices and PerceptionsSocial Sciences3.4%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology3.2%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine1.5%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions1.5%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusPublisher 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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 23,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 292 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4 | 28 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 2022 | 19 | 2 | 98 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 188 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
48 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 37%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Corrections is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: initial editor screening plus anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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
- ISSN
- 2377-4657
- Electronic ISSN
- 2377-4665
- Society / sponsor
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Corrections
What is the impact factor of Corrections?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at Corrections?
The publisher reports about 48 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 37%. 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 Corrections?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Corrections is indexed in ESCI. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Corrections open access, and what is the APC?
Corrections is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .