Journal profile · Multiple
Deviant Behavior
ISSN 0163-9625 · eISSN 1521-0456 · Taylor & Francis
Deviant Behavior: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.63; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,250; median 137 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 33% (journal website); 200 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Deviant Behavior is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Crime Patterns and Interventions, Crime, Deviance, and Social Control and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance, together about 34.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Deviant Behavior is the only journal that specifically and exclusively addresses social deviance. International and interdisciplinary in scope; it publishes refereed theoretical, descriptive, methodological, and applied papers. All aspects of deviant behavior are discussed, including: crime, juvenile delinquency, alcohol abuse and narcotic addiction, sexual deviance, societal reaction to handicap and disfigurement, mental illness, and socially inappropriate behavior. In addition, Deviant Behavior frequently includes articles that address contemporary theoretical and conceptual controversies, allowing the specialist in deviance to stay informed of ongoing debates. The journal also publishes overview articles on particular aspects of deviance, updating the reader on research and theoretical developments. Readership: Sociologists, criminologists, anthropologists, criminal justice professionals, social workers, counselors, therapists, and correctional and law enforcement administrators. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by 2 anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Craig J. ForsythPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences20.4%
- Crime, Deviance, and Social ControlSocial Sciences6.9%
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.8%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences6.7%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology4.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, E-psyche, Gale, National Library of Medicine, Ovid, Taylor & Francis, Thomson Reuters
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
- 1.63LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.25Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 195LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 517,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,716 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 48 | 62 |
| 2025 | 200 | 62 | 445 |
| 2024 | 153 | 47 | 553 |
| 2023 | 125 | 39 | 688 |
| 2022 | 81 | 21 | 767 |
| 2021 | 85 | 18 | 881 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
137 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 92 days – 211 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (379 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,250 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Deviant Behavior 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 reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by 2 anonymous referees. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by 2 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
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0163-9625
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-0456
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Deviant Behavior
What CAS zone is Deviant Behavior in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Deviant Behavior is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Criminology & Penology / Psychology, Social / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Deviant Behavior?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.63; CiteScore 4, h-index 93.
How long does peer review take at Deviant Behavior?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 137 days (interquartile range 92–211 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Deviant Behavior in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Sociology.
Which databases index Deviant Behavior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Deviant Behavior is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Deviant Behavior open access, and what is the APC?
Deviant Behavior is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,250.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .