Journal profile · CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Journal of Forensic Practice
ISSN 2050-8794 · eISSN 2050-8808 · Emerald
Journal of Forensic Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Forensic Practice is published by Emerald and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Criminal Justice and Penology, together about 44.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology20.8%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences14%
- Criminal Justice and PenologySocial Sciences9.5%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences8.8%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology8.5%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychology4.8%
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology3.7%
- Personality Disorders and PsychopathologyPsychology3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Criminology & Penology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q2 | 545/1162 | 53rd |
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | Q3 | 145/209 | 30th |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q4 | 443/580 | 23rd |
| Applied Psychology | Q4 | 205/258 | 20th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 10 | 282 |
| 2025 | 43 | 18 | 316 |
| 2024 | 34 | 10 | 343 |
| 2023 | 33 | 12 | 245 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4 | 245 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4 | 210 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 2050-8794
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-8808
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Forensic Practice
What CAS zone is Journal of Forensic Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Forensic Practice is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Criminology & Penology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Forensic Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Forensic Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Forensic Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Forensic Practice is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .