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Crime Media Culture
ISSN 1741-6590 · eISSN 1741-6604 · SAGE
Crime Media Culture: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 80 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Crime Media Culture is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crime, Deviance, and Social Control, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crime, Deviance, and Social ControlSocial Sciences16.1%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences10.4%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences9.1%
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences7.6%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences5.9%
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.5%
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Policing Practices and PerceptionsSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 265OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 30 | 10 |
| 2025 | 80 | 50 | 109 |
| 2024 | 46 | 26 | 104 |
| 2023 | 44 | 23 | 200 |
| 2022 | 34 | 12 | 147 |
| 2021 | 33 | 15 | 370 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1741-6590
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-6604
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Crime Media Culture
What CAS zone is Crime Media Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Crime Media Culture is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Criminology & Penology / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Crime Media Culture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.8; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 54.
Which databases index Crime Media Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Crime Media Culture is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Crime Media Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Crime Media Culture is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .